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dam-l Switzerland: Bid dam project stopped



Message from: ERN European Rivers Network, Roberto A. Epple


Switzerland: Bid dam project stopped


After 15 years of opposition by  Swiss Environmental NGO’s, the power producing (privat) Companys « Misoxer KW » und « EW Laufenburg » stopped the 380 Million $ pump storage - dam project « Val Curciusa ».

Official reason: Producing Electricity using Pump Storage Technology is actually to  expensiv, especially in the complet new context of the liberalisation of the power market in Europe.

It is the third big victory of Swiss NGO’s fighting against dams in Swiss Alps within the last 15 years. 

For more information (press release in german ) contact ERN's Server:

http://www.rivernet.org  or  http://www.ern.org



Roberto A. Epple

Executive Director, ERN-European Rivers Network

e-mail : ern@rivernet.org       website: http://www.rivernet.org


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