Alpiq is a leading energy company in Switzerland and the largest energy service provider with focus on European markets. The company operates mainly in Switzerland, but it also has power stations in Italy, France, Norway, Hungary and the Czech Republic and building new ones in Germany, Italy, France,

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and the Czech Republic. The group was established in 2009 in

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, Switzerland after the merger of two Swiss energy companies Aare-Tessin Ltd. for Electricity (Atel) and Energie Ouest Suisse (EOS).

History

Alpiq was founded in 2009 as a result of the merger of Swiss energy companies Atel and EOS. Atel (Aare-Tessin Ltd. for Electricity) was founded in 1894 and was active in Europe in the production, trading and sale of

electricity Electricity is the set of physical phenomena associated with the presence and motion of matter that has a property of electric charge. Electricity is related to magnetism, both being part of the phenomenon of electromagnetism, as described ...

. EOS (Energie Ouest Suisse) was founded in 1919 by several electricity companies based in Western Switzerland. The company was specialised in producing electric power from

hydroelectric Hydroelectricity, or hydroelectric power, is electricity generated from hydropower (water power). Hydropower supplies one sixth of the world's electricity, almost 4500 TWh in 2020, which is more than all other renewable sources combined and ...

sources and owned many stations in the country. It also had a energy distribution network in the same area.

Group companies

The Alpiq Group comprises the following companies:

Switzerland

*Alpiq * Alpiq Holding *

Alpiq Suisse Alpiq is a leading energy company in Switzerland and the largest energy service provider with focus on European markets. The company operates mainly in Switzerland, but it also has power stations in Italy, France, Norway, Hungary and the Czech Repu ...

Alpiq Central Europe Alpiq is a leading energy company in Switzerland and the largest energy service provider with focus on European markets. The company operates mainly in Switzerland, but it also has power stations in Italy, France, Norway, Hungary and the Czech Repu ...

* Alpiq EcoPower Switzerland * Alpiq EcoServices *

Alpiq EnerTrans Alpiq is a leading energy company in Switzerland and the largest energy service provider with focus on European markets. The company operates mainly in Switzerland, but it also has power stations in Italy, France, Norway, Hungary and the Czech Repu ...

Alpiq Hydro Aare Alpiq is a leading energy company in Switzerland and the largest energy service provider with focus on European markets. The company operates mainly in Switzerland, but it also has power stations in Italy, France, Norway, Hungary and the Czech Repu ...

Alpiq Hydro Ticino Alpiq is a leading energy company in Switzerland and the largest energy service provider with focus on European markets. The company operates mainly in Switzerland, but it also has power stations in Italy, France, Norway, Hungary and the Czech Repu ...

* Alpiq InTec *

Alpiq Prozessautomation Alpiq is a leading energy company in Switzerland and the largest energy service provider with focus on European markets. The company operates mainly in Switzerland, but it also has power stations in Italy, France, Norway, Hungary and the Czech Repu ...

Società Elettrica Sopracenerina The Società Elettrica Sopracenerina, or Electricity Company of Sopraceneri, is a Swiss electricity supply company. It operates throughout the Sopraceneri region of the canton of Ticino, and is headquartered in the city of Locarno. It is part of th ...

Czech Republic

Alpiq Energy SE Alpiq is a leading energy company in Switzerland and the largest energy service provider with focus on European markets. The company operates mainly in Switzerland, but it also has power stations in Italy, France, Norway, Hungary and the Czech Repu ...

Alpiq Generation Alpiq is a leading energy company in Switzerland and the largest energy service provider with focus on European markets. The company operates mainly in Switzerland, but it also has power stations in Italy, France, Norway, Hungary and the Czech Repu ...

Alpiq Retail CZ Alpiq is a leading energy company in Switzerland and the largest energy service provider with focus on European markets. The company operates mainly in Switzerland, but it also has power stations in Italy, France, Norway, Hungary and the Czech Repu ...

Denmark

Alpiq Denmark Alpiq is a leading energy company in Switzerland and the largest energy service provider with focus on European markets. The company operates mainly in Switzerland, but it also has power stations in Italy, France, Norway, Hungary and the Czech Repu ...

France

Alpiq Energie France Alpiq is a leading energy company in Switzerland and the largest energy service provider with focus on European markets. The company operates mainly in Switzerland, but it also has power stations in Italy, France, Norway, Hungary and the Czech Repu ...

Alpiq Retail France Alpiq is a leading energy company in Switzerland and the largest energy service provider with focus on European markets. The company operates mainly in Switzerland, but it also has power stations in Italy, France, Norway, Hungary and the Czech Repu ...

Germany

Alpiq Energie Deutschland Alpiq is a leading energy company in Switzerland and the largest energy service provider with focus on European markets. The company operates mainly in Switzerland, but it also has power stations in Italy, France, Norway, Hungary and the Czech Repu ...

Alpiq Anlagentechnik Alpiq is a leading energy company in Switzerland and the largest energy service provider with focus on European markets. The company operates mainly in Switzerland, but it also has power stations in Italy, France, Norway, Hungary and the Czech Repu ...

Greece

Alpiq Energy Hellas Alpiq is a leading energy company in Switzerland and the largest energy service provider with focus on European markets. The company operates mainly in Switzerland, but it also has power stations in Italy, France, Norway, Hungary and the Czech Repu ...

Hungary

Alpiq Csepel Alpiq is a leading energy company in Switzerland and the largest energy service provider with focus on European markets. The company operates mainly in Switzerland, but it also has power stations in Italy, France, Norway, Hungary and the Czech Repu ...

* Alpiq Energy

Italy

* Alpiq Energia Italia * Alpiq Produzione Italia

Norway

Alpiq Norway Alpiq is a leading energy company in Switzerland and the largest energy service provider with focus on European markets. The company operates mainly in Switzerland, but it also has power stations in Italy, France, Norway, Hungary and the Czech Repu ...

Poland

* Alpiq Energy

Romania

Alpiq RomIndustries Alpiq is a leading energy company in Switzerland and the largest energy service provider with focus on European markets. The company operates mainly in Switzerland, but it also has power stations in Italy, France, Norway, Hungary and the Czech Repu ...

Spain

* Alpiq Energía España

Activity

Alpiq is specialised in the production, distribution and trading of electric power. The company owns around 6,322 MW in

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wind Wind is the natural movement of air or other gases relative to a planet's surface. Winds occur on a range of scales, from thunderstorm flows lasting tens of minutes, to local breezes generated by heating of land surfaces and lasting a few hou ...

and solar power stations. Alpiq has stakes in 2,963 MW of

hydroelectric power station Hydroelectricity, or hydroelectric power, is electricity generated from hydropower (water power). Hydropower supplies one sixth of the world's electricity, almost 4500 TWh in 2020, which is more than all other renewable sources combined and ...

s, 3,250 MW of

thermal power station A thermal power station is a type of power station in which heat energy is converted to electrical energy. In a steam-generating cycle heat is used to boil water in a large pressure vessel to produce high-pressure steam, which drives a stea ...

s and 109 MW in small hydroelectric power stations,

wind farm A wind farm or wind park, also called a wind power station or wind power plant, is a group of wind turbines in the same location used Wind power, to produce electricity. Wind farms vary in size from a small number of turbines to several hundre ...

s and solar power stations.

Hydroelectric power stations

The company partially or fully owns around 2,963 MW of hydroelectric power station in Switzerland and Italy. The largest hydroelectric power station fully owned by Alpiq is the

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located in Switzerland that has an installed capacity of 60 MW. The company also owns a 60% stake in the

Grande Dixence SA :'' This article refers to the Grande Dixence Corporation; for the dam of the same name see Grande Dixence Dam'' Grande Dixence S.A. is a ''Société Anonyme'' operating in Switzerland which runs the Bieudron Hydro Project and the Grande Dixe ...

, company that manages the

Grande Dixence Dam __NOTOC__ The Grande Dixence Dam is a concrete gravity dam on the Dixence (river), Dixence at the head of the Val d'Hérémence in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. At high, it is the List of tallest dams in the world, tallest gravity dam in ...

Thermal power stations

The company partially or fully owns around 3,250 MW of thermal power stations in Switzerland, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Spain and the Czech Republic. The largest thermal power station fully owned by Alpiq is the Plana del Vent thermal power station located in Spain that has an installed capacity of 800 MW.

Other power stations

Alpiq partially or fully owns around 109 MW of small hydropower stations, wind farms and solar power stations in Switzerland, Italy, Norway and

. The company owns stakes in 11 small hydropower stations in Switzerland, Italy and Norway with a combined electric power generation capacity of 20.63 MW and an annual power generation of 72.17 GWh. The company owns stakes in five

s located in Switzerland and Italy with a combined electric power generation capacity of 178 MW and an annual power generation of 346 GWh. Alpiq is also involved in the construction of another two wind farms in Italy and

with a combined capacity of 90 MW. The company is also involved in the construction of the Narbone Serre solar park located near

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, Italy. The power station will use thin-film solar cells. The solar cells will have a combined capacity of 14 MW. The first section of the solar farm will go operational in 2010, generating 6.5 MW. The second section rated at 7.5 MW is still at the approvals phase.

Electricity trading

Alpiq has trading branches in 16 countries in Europe and is active on all major European energy exchanges. The company focuses on origination and sales activities in the B2B customer segment for electricity and natural gas. Alpiq has a pan-European presence with regional roots and know-how and has an experienced team in the optimization and marketing of renewable energies and flexible production units. With the 24/7 intraday team, Alpiq customers have access to the intraday, spot and forward markets around the clock in Europe. This service opens up attractive revenue potentials, supports the risk management and the active management of energy positions. In 2008 the company bought two leading

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n electricity trading companies Buzmann Industries and Ehol Distribution, both companies based in

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. In 2010 Alpiq became the largest open market electric power trader in

surpassing

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and having a 16% market share.

References

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