Change in the Executive Board of Swissgrid in 2021
Rainer Mühlberger (62), Head of Technology and Deputy CEO, has decided to hand over the management of the business unit Technology and leave the Executive Board in the course of 2021.
A chain of technical and human factors led to a supply disruption in Valais on 17 July 2020. This can be seen following investigations into this complex incident.
Equigy: Schweizer Pilotprojekt erreicht ersten Meilenstein
With the Crowd Balancing Platform, Swissgrid launched a pilot project in Switzerland that targets the use of storage technologies for the provision of primary control energy.
On 11 August, Swissgrid completed the repair work of the Banlieue Ouest-Foretaille and Crans-Romanel 220 kV lines. It was possible to return them to service two weeks earlier than planned.
Pradella – La Punt line: ESTI gives Swissgrid the green light
Swissgrid has the go-ahead to commence assembly work for the reinforcement and construction of new pylons. The project will expand the security of supply in the canton of Grisons and increase the import capacity. As an alternative measure for the project, 1,100 pylons will be removed from the landscape.
Work begins on the La Bâtiaz – Le Verney underground link
Construction of the third and final section of the extra high voltage line linking the pumped storage power station in Nant de Drance to the power grid has started in Martigny in the Rhone valley
Swissgrid submits the planning approval procedure for Airolo – Lavorgo
Swissgrid is increasing the capacity of the extra-high voltage lines between the Ticino substations in Airolo and Lavorgo. It is the first time in Switzerland that a grid expansion project has been developed in such close cooperation with the canton.
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