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  • BKW, AEK and onyx are merging their networks

    BKW, AEK and onyx are merging their networks

    BKW Energie AG in Bern, AEK Energie AG in Solothurn and onyx Energie Mittelland AG in Langenthal will all operate under one roof on January 1, 2022. The merger of the three distribution network operators of the BKW Group is to be approved at the general meetings of AEK and onyx next year, according to a media release .

    The locations in the areas of Emmental, Oberaargau, Seeland, Oberland, Jura and Solothurn are to be retained, as are the more than 600 jobs in the areas of energy, buildings and infrastructure.

    The employees are to develop the largest distribution network in Switzerland in the future. For this purpose, a place for new, future-oriented cooperation models in the areas of energy and infrastructure will be created in Solothurn.

    The merger of the networks is a reaction of the companies to a changing market environment in the course of the energy transition, according to the media release. So there are increasingly high power peaks when owners of electric cars connect their cars for charging at the same time.

    In addition, more and more consumers who produce electricity themselves are feeding their surpluses into the grid. This leads to higher costs. These additional costs are to be cushioned through closer coordination, standardization and automation of the previously independent networks.

    The networks from BKW, AEK and onyx supply one million people with electricity. They include 425,000 connections and 22,000 kilometers of network along the Aare from the Grimsel to Solothurn and in the Jura.

  • Swiss Energypark achieves record production

    Swiss Energypark achieves record production

    Last year, the Swiss Energypark achieved a production record for the generation of energy from wind power, hydropower and solar power. The amount of energy is stated in a press release as 127 gigawatt hours. In mathematical terms, this corresponds to the consumption of 28,200 households.

    The Swiss Energypark, founded in 2016 on the initiative of Bern-based BKW Energie AG and the cantons of Bern and Jura, produces electricity in the Juvent wind power plant, the Mont-Soleil solar power plant and the La Goule hydropower plant on the Doubs. The region, which corresponds to the supply area of La Goule, was able to cover 86 percent of its needs with local renewable energy from sustainable sources, according to the announcement. Such a quota is unique in Switzerland at this level.

    In the communication from Energypark and BKW it is pointed out that the supplied region is suitable as a test field for future developments in energy supply. Because the energy mix of wind power, hydropower and solar energy leads to the compensation of underproduction in one of the sectors. The stable high-pressure weather in 2020 increased solar power production, while the yield from hydropower decreased due to the temporary low water of the Doubs.

    The Juvent wind power plant generated almost 85 gigawatt hours in 2020, which is the highest value ever achieved at a location in Switzerland and corresponds to the consumption of around 18,900 households. The forecasts made during construction in 2016 were exceeded by 20 percent.