Switzerland Zurich energy storage installed capacity growth rate

What is the future of electricity storage in Switzerland?

One important pillar of this strategy is the further development of electricity storage capacity in Switzerland. In the next years, three large-scale pumped hydro storage power plants will be connected to the grid. The first, the Limmern pumped storage plant (1 GW), should become operational in 2016.

Which energy storage projects have been commissioned in Switzerland?

Axpo commissioned its BESS in February this year while utility Thurplus commissioned a 3MW system in September last year. But Switzerland was the location for one of the largest energy storage projects commissioned in recent years, a 20GWh pumped hydro energy storage (PHES) unit which started operations in June 2022 in the Canton of Valais.

What is Switzerland's energy balance?

Switzerland's energy balance provides information on domestic production, import / export, storage, conversion, own consumption, transport and grid losses and consumption of the various energy carriers in Switzerland on an annual basis. Anpassung der Heizwerte von Petrolkoks, Steinkohle und Braunkohle in der Gesamtenergiestatistik. Faktenblatt

Does human-made storage capacity decrease in Switzerland?

The reduction of human-made storage capacity in Switzerland is not precisely known or monitored. Em-pirical lumped estimates indicate an annual rate of loss of storage volume of ≈ 0.2 to 0.5 % of the total storage capacity in Switzerland and worldwide, re-spectively (Schleiss et al., 2010; Schleiss et al., 2016; Boes, 2011a; ZeK HYDRO, 2020).

How does a cost-covering fee affect electricity production in Switzerland?

Further, the introduction of a cost-covering fee for feed-in to the electricity grid, in order to subsidise new renewable energy sources in Switzerland, disadvantaged traditional hydro electricity producers. As a result, high prices during peak load times dropped, which substantially lowered the revenue stream of pumped storage plants.

Does Switzerland support pumped storage operators?

Despite the government’s objectives defined in the Energy Strategy 2050, there is currently no direct support via subsidy for pumped storage operators in Switzerland.