Nant de Drance is a 900MW hydro power project. It is located in Valais, Switzerland. According to GlobalData, who tracks and profiles over 170,000 power plants worldwide, the project is currently active. It has been developed in multiple phases. The project construction commenced in 2008 and subsequently entered into commercial operation in 2020. Buy the profile here.
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Description
The project was developed by Nant de Drance. Alpiq Holding, Swiss Federal Railways, Industrielle Werke Basel and Forces motrices valaisannes are currently owning the project having ownership stake of 39%, 36%, 15% and 10% respectively.
Nant de Drance is a pumped storage project. The hydro reservoir capacity is 227 million cubic meter. The net head of the project is 71.1m. The total number of penstocks, pipes or long channels that carry water down from the hydroelectric reservoir to the turbines inside the actual power station, are 2 in number. The project generated 2,500 GWh of electricity.
Development status
The project construction commenced in 2008 and subsequently entered into commercial operation in 2020.
Contractors involved
GE Renewable Energy was selected as the turbine supplier for the hydro power project. The project consists of 6 units of Pump turbines, each with 150MW nameplate capacity.
GE Renewable Energy supplied 1 electric generator for the Nant de Drance (Nant de Drance Active). The generator capacity is 175 MVA.
GE Renewable Energy supplied 5 electric generators for the Nant de Drance (Nant de Drance UC). The generator capacity is 175 MVA.
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