If production capacities are compared with trends in demand, it becomes apparent that there is likely to be a gap in Switzerland's supply from 2012, depending on how consumption rises.
The Axpo Group believes in the future of renewable energies, and supports the Federal goal of increasing power generation from renewable energy sources in Switzerland.
The power stations belonging to Linth-Limmern AG (KLL) in Glarus were built between 1957 and 1968. They use the water inflow from a catchment of around 140 km2 in the headwaters of the River Linth.
In the first half of the 2009/10 financial year Axpo Holding AG achieved a rise of 3.3% in energy sales. Operating profit at Axpo Group fell by 15% to CHF 416 million.
The problem of the electricity gap is becoming more acute: import difficulties, opposition to new energies and gas-fired combined cycle power plants
May 20, 2010
Current figures from the new edition of the Axpo study "Stromperspektiven 2020" show that the problem of the electricity gap has become significantly more acute.
