Four universities of applied sciences are launching a new platform for Alpinsolar projects. This provides an overview of the current status of all planned, rejected and realised alpine solar plants in Switzerland. The aim is to improve transparency and acceptance. The reason: many of the projects meet with resistance.
The plants in Graubünden have a legally binding building permit from the canton. A large proportion of the electricity will be used in the local ski resort.
Solitek has joined forces with Reech AG, a Swiss engineering and planning company, for the two projects in the Alps of Switzerland. One on the wall above a road and the other in St. Moritz.
The Bernese utility BKW is stepping up the expansion of solar energy: following the launch of the Belpmoossolar project, the Group is now presenting six Alpinsolar projects in its own canton. All of the planned plants will produce almost 100 gigawatt hours of electricity per year.
Following the commissioning of Switzerland's largest alpine solar plant to date in the municipality of Glarus Süd in August 2022, Axpo is now planning to build a ten-megawatt solar plant in the same region. The plant will supply particularly important winter electricity and also increase value creation in the municipality.
Photovoltaic systems in the Alps produce up to two times more solar power than generators in the lowlands. In winter, actually even more. But it depends on the system configuration.
The plans for the expansion of solar generators high up in the Alps are extensive. But which projects will actually be realised is far from certain.
Axpo wants to install more than 1.2 gigawatts of solar power in the Alps and on the Swiss Plateau by 2030. This is also the result of improved political framework conditions for alpine installations. The next project is already being planned. A practical report:
The Alpinsolar power plant on the Muttsee dam at an altitude of 2,500 metres has an output of 2.2 megawatts. The solar installation in the Swiss Alps has been fully operational since the beginning of September. The highlight: during the winter months, it will produce three times more electricity than a comparable plant in the Swiss Lowlands.
Over the next four months, Axpo and IWB will build the largest alpine solar plant in Switzerland at the Muttsee dam. Following construction approval from the local municipality of Glarus Süd, the first components have been flown up to the dam.
A solar power plant will soon be built on the Muttsee dam in the Swiss Alps. It is to deliver similarly high electricity yields in summer and winter. Located at an altitude of 2,500 metres above sea level, the project is a technical and logistical challenge. A practical report:
The system on the dam wall of Lake Albigna in the Swiss Alps has been in operation for six months. The yields of the first winter confirm the positive forecast of the planners.
