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  • Switzerland’s first low-pressure turbine commissioned in Martigny-Bourg

    Switzerland’s first low-pressure turbine commissioned in Martigny-Bourg

    The Forces Motrices de Martigny-Bourg (FMMB) have commissioned Switzerland’s first low-pressure turbine. As Alpiq writes in a press release, 850,000 kilowatt hours of electricity can now be generated per year in the underwater channel of the river power plant on the Dranse. The power plant’s current three production units generate 89 million kilowatt hours per year.

    Depending on the flow rate, the low-pressure turbine can turbine between 1.25 and 10.2 cubic metres of water per second. It is designed for a head of up to 2.5 metres. It has no additional impact on the environment and does not affect existing electricity production. “The installation of this new low-pressure turbine makes it possible to make the best possible use of the available water resources while at the same time being considerate of the environment,” said power plant manager Georges-Alain Zuber in the press release.

    Planning for the plant began in 2011. It is being subsidised with funds from the cost-covering feed-in remuneration.

    The power plant was built in 1908 as an electricity generator for Electro-Chimie de Paris. Today, the municipalities of Bovernier with 23.04 per cent, Sembrancher with 18.72 per cent, Martigny with 17.22 per cent, Martigny-Combe with 15.58 per cent and Vollèges with 1.64 per cent as well as Alpiq with 18 per cent and the Valais energy supplier FMV with 5.8 per cent have a stake in FMMB.

  • Romande Energie wants to accelerate renovations

    Romande Energie wants to accelerate renovations

    In Switzerland, less than 1 percent of the building stock is energetically renovated every year. Romande Energie wants to increase this share in the canton of Vaud. For this he launched, according to a release , the program commune Renove . As part of the program, the energy supplier accompanies the individual renovation projects step by step. He acts as a contact person for all parties involved, for the owners and administrations as well as for the craftsmen and the authorities.

    The program builds on the experiences of the Onex-Rénove project. The Geneva municipality Onex started this program in 2014 and was able to use it to sevenfold the renovation rate.

    For its program, Romande Energie works with the Center de Recherches Energétiques et Municipale in Martigny VS, with the building energy specialist Signa-Terra in Geneva and with Pierre Olivier. The energy project consultant was one of the leaders of Onex-Rénove. "The renovation of the building stock is one of the levers for reducing CO2 emissions", Christian Petit, General Manager of Romande Energie, is quoted in his company's announcement.

    The federal government and the canton of Vaud support the Commune Rénove program. Two municipalities have already decided to participate.