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RepoRt<br />
pRoJeCt LINtHAL 2015:<br />
ALL SYSTEMS GO<br />
FOR WATER POWER<br />
10<br />
Photos: Axpo AG/Marti AG<br />
In the heart of a mountain at 1700 meters above sea level, workers labor around the clock toward a common goal. In 2015,<br />
four pump turbines will commence operation here in this imposing cavern, supplying 1000 megawatts of electricity.<br />
Pumped storage plants function as gigantic batteries for the electricity<br />
industry. Consumers don’t always need all of the electricity<br />
generated by large power plants in continuous operation. In these<br />
cases, pumped storage plants can be used to lift water up to high-<br />
altitude reservoirs, from which water turbines can then supply<br />
electricity precisely at times of peak demand. Switzerland’s biggest<br />
pumped storage facility is currently being built in Linthal in the<br />
Canton of Glarus.<br />
Clean electricity, available at the right moment, will<br />
continue to be a key success factor for our society for a<br />
long time to come. Kraftwerke Linth-Limmern AG (KLL),<br />
in which energy company Axpo and the Canton of<br />
Glarus hold interests of 85% and 15% respectively, currently<br />
has generating capacity of 480 megawatts (MW)