Hydro Surselva AG
Axpo AG, formerly NOK, acquired 100% of the shares in Hydro Surselva AG from EMS-Chemie Holding AG on 1 January 2003. The company, which is headquartered in Domat/Ems, has three power stations - Pintrun, Tavanasa-Obersaxen and Russein – in the Anterior Rhine Valley. The facilities which were built in the 1940s to supply power to Holzverzuckerungs AG in Domat/Ems draw water from a number of catchments totaling 164 km2 and have a mean annual production of approx. 101.5 GWh. Hydro Surselva AG source energy from Kraftwerke Frisal AG and Kraftwerke Reichenau AG and distributes to industry and to local power-distribution companies in the Anterior Rhine Valley. Hydro Surselva AG has an 80.6% stake in Kraftwerke Frisal AG.
Hydro Surselva AG is also a used by Axpo Hydro Energy as a competence center for the operational and managerial running of hydro power stations.
| Pintrun power station | |
|---|---|
| Mean annual production: | 30.8m kWh |
| Installed output: | 6.2 MW |
| Turbines: | 2 Francis turbines, 3.1 MW each |
| Water reservoir: | Pintrun reservoir with 25,000 m3 of usable storage capacity |