List of wind turbines in Switzerland

The list of wind turbines in Switzerland names locations with wind turbines , including seven wind farms . In mid-2014 there were around 55 wind turbines in Switzerland; at the end of 2016 there were 57 turbines at 37 locations. They cover part (approx. 0.04%) of Switzerland's energy consumption .

Overview

Sorted by canton and municipality:

Location name	Construction year	Total installed power (kW)	Annual production 2016 (MWh)	number	Plant type	local community	Canton	Coordinates	Project planner / operator	Remarks
Mont Crosin	1996 1998 2001 2004 2010 2013 2016	37'200	57,171	16	Vestas V90-2MW (12 ×) Vestas V112-3.3MW (4 ×)	Saint-Imier Villeret Cormoret Courtelary	Bern	568 181/225 072	Juvent	largest wind farm in Switzerland, repowering in 2013 and 2016 (4 × Vestas V90-2MW and 4 × Vestas V112-3.0MW instead of 3 × Vestas V44-600kW , 1 × Vestas V47-660kW , 2 × Vestas V52-850kW and 2 × Vestas V66 -1.75MW )
Peuchapatte	2010	6,000	13,366	3	Enercon E-82 (3 ×)	Le Peuchapatte	law	563 945/228 030	Alpiq
Saint-Brais	2009	4,000	6,142	2	Enercon E-82 (2 ×)	Saint-Brais	law	574 685/239 185	ADEV
Haldenstein	2012-2013	3,000	4,372	1	Vestas V112-3.0 MW (1 ×)	Haldenstein	Grisons	671 885/146 175	calanda wind	Largest wind power plant in Switzerland at the time of construction
Field moss	2005 2011	1,850	1,081	2	NEG Micon NM52 / 900 (1 ×) NEG Micon NM54 / 950 (1 ×)	Entlebuch	Lucerne	649 318/204 375	WindPower AG
Lutersarni	2013	2,300	2,787	1	Enercon E-82 E2 (1 ×)	Entlebuch	Lucerne	649 318/204 375	CKW
Obergrenchenberg	1994	150	119	1	AN Bonus 150/30 (1 ×)	Grenchen	Solothurn	574 685/239 185	ADEV
Gütsch	2002 2004 2010 2012	3,300	5,071	4th	Enercon E-40 / 6.44 (1 ×) Enercon E-44 (3 ×)	Andermatt	Uri	690 106/167 760	Ursern electricity company	from 2002 to 2011 the highest wind turbine site in Europe ( 2332  m altitude); originally a Lagerwey LW50 / 750 was built, which was replaced in 2004 by an Enercon E-40 / 6.44
Gotthard	2019-2020	11,750		5	Enercon E-92 (5 ×)	Airolo	Ticino		Azienda Elettrica Ticinese	under construction
Charrat	2012	3,050	7,047	1	Enercon E-101 (1 ×)	Charrat	Valais	649 318/204 375	Coal Nusbaumer, ValEole
Collonges	2005	2,000	4,333	1	Enercon E-70 (1 ×)	Collonges	Valais	649 318/204 375	RhônEole
Semolina	2011 2016	9,350	1,397	4th	Enercon E-70 (1 ×) Enercon E-92 (3 ×)	Obergoms	Valais	671 885/146 175	Swisswinds, Gries Wind AG	Highest wind turbine site since 2011 and highest wind farm in Europe since 2016 ( 2500  m altitude)
Martigny	2008	2,000	4,597	1	Enercon E-82 (1 ×)	Martigny	Valais	649 318/204 375	RhônEole
Taggenberg 1 and 2	2002	13	18th	2	Aventa AV-7 (2 x)	Winterthur	Zurich		Aventa AG / Aventa Energy

List of wind farms in planning

Sorted by canton and municipality:

Location name	Start of construction (planned)	Total installed power (kW)	number	local community	Canton	Project planner / operator	Remarks
Grenchenberg	2020	16,000	6th	Grenchen	Solothurn	Municipal Works Grenchen (SWG)	Six systems with a total height of up to 160 meters are planned.
Le Chalet-à-Gobet	k. A.	k. A.	8th	Lausanne	Vaud	(City of Lausanne)	Eight systems with a total height of up to 210 meters are planned.

See also

• List of power plants in Switzerland
• List of wind turbines in Germany

Web links

Commons : Wind turbines in Switzerland  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Interactive map
2. ↑ list
3. ↑ ^{a b} Urs Kaufmann: Swiss Statistics on Renewable Energies, 2016 edition . Ed .: Federal Office for Energy SFOE. Bern September 2017, p. 32 ( online at the Swiss Federal Office of Energy SFOE [PDF]).
4. ↑ Locations of wind turbines in operation. wind-data.ch, accessed on April 15, 2017 . 
5. ↑ Development since 1995. In: Juvent. Retrieved November 14, 2016 . 
6. ↑ JUVENT SA: Official website. Retrieved November 28, 2016 . 
7. ↑ Le Peuchapatte wind farm. In: Alpiq. Retrieved November 14, 2016 . 
8. ↑ St. Brais wind power plant, Switzerland. In: ADEV Energiegenossenschaft. adev.ch, accessed on November 14, 2016 . 
9. ↑ ADEV energy cooperative: Official website. Retrieved November 28, 2016 . 
10. ↑ wind turbine. In: calandawind.ch. Retrieved November 14, 2016 . 
11. ↑ calandawind: Official website. Retrieved November 28, 2016 . 
12. ↑ Lutersarni wind power station. In: Entlebuch municipality. entlebuch.ch, accessed on November 14, 2016 . 
13. ↑ Wind power plant Obergrenchenberg, Switzerland. In: ADEV Energiegenossenschaft. adev.ch, accessed on November 14, 2016 . 
14. ^ High mountain wind park on the Gütsch. In: Elektrizitätswerk Ursern. Retrieved November 14, 2016 . 
15. ↑ Start of construction for the Gotthard wind farm. In: energate-messenger.ch. Retrieved January 19, 2020 . 
16. ↑ NZZ.ch August 4, 2020: The wind turbines on the Gotthard are as big as those outside in the North Sea. But here the rotor blades are heated so that no ice forms
17. ↑ The largest wind turbine in Switzerland. (No longer available online.) In: Hier ist Energie from November 5, 2012. Archived from the original on May 8, 2016 ; accessed on November 14, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
18. ^ Regine Krüger: Turbine at 2500 meters above sea level. In: Renewable Energies. October 6, 2011, accessed November 14, 2016 . 
19. ↑ SwissWinds Development GmbH: Official website. Retrieved November 28, 2016 . 
20. ↑ Grenchen wind farm | Grenchen wind power. Retrieved October 17, 2018 . 
21. ↑ Green light for the construction of a wind farm. In: schweizerbauer.ch . October 2, 2019, accessed October 2, 2019 . 

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