2009 headquarters lausanne switzerland key people giovanni leonardi ceo products energy production energy trading renewable energy revenue chf 14.82 billion 2009 number of employees 10 795 2009 website www.alpiq.com alpiq is an electric power production and distribution utility with headquarters in lausanne switzerland . it 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 bulgaria and the czech republic . 1 the group was established in 2009 in neuch tel switzerland after the merger of two swiss energy companies aare tessin ltd. for electricity atel and energie ouest suisse eos . 2 contents 1 history 2 group companies 2.1 switzerland 2.2 czech republic 2.3 denmark 2.4 france 2.5 germany 2.6 greece 2.7 hungary 2.8 italy 2.9 norway 2.10 poland 2.11 romania 2.12 spain 3 activity 3.1 hydroelectric power stations 3.2 thermal power stations 3.3 other power stations 3.4 electricity trading 4 references 5 see also history edit 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 . 2 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 sources and owned many stations in the country . it also had a 1 000 kilometres 620 mi energy distribution network in the same area . 2 group companies edit the alpiq group comprises the following companies 3 switzerland edit alpiq alpiq holding alpiq suisse alpiq central europe alpiq ecopower switzerland alpiq ecoservices alpiq enertrans alpiq hydro aare alpiq hydro ticino alpiq intec alpiq prozessautomation societ elettrica sopracenerina czech republic edit alpiq energy se alpiq generation denmark edit alpiq denmark france edit alpiq energie france germany edit alpiq energie deutschland alpiq anlagentechnik greece edit alpiq energy hellas hungary edit alpiq csepel alpiq energy italy edit alpiq energia italia alpiq produzione italia norway edit alpiq norway poland edit alpiq energy romania edit alpiq romindustries spain edit alpiq energ a espa a activity edit alpiq is specialised in the production distribution and trading of electric power . the company owns around 6 322 mw in hydroelectric thermal wind and solar power stations . 4 alpiq has stakes in 2 963 mw of hydroelectric power stations 3 250 mw of thermal power stations and 109 mw in small hydroelectric power stations wind farms and solar power stations . 4 hydroelectric power stations edit 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 lucendro hydroelectric power station located in switzerland that has an installed capacity of 60 mw . the company also owns a 60 % stake in the grande dixence sa company that manages the grande dixence dam . 5 rank name type country capacity mw annual production million kwh stake % note 1 flumenthal run of river switzerland 23.7 146 100 6 2 g sgen run of river switzerland 51.3 300 100 7 3 klingnau run of river switzerland 37 230 10 8 4 ruppoldingen run of river switzerland 21.1 115 100 9 5 ryburg schw rstadt run of river switzerland 110 760 25 10 6 blenio conventional switzerland 400 890 17 11 7 chandoline conventional switzerland 120 320 10.9 12 8 cleuson dixence conventional switzerland 1 269 32 13 8 emosson conventional switzerland 360 840 50 14 9 engadine conventional switzerland 414 1 330 22 15 10 conches conventional switzerland 119 280 41 16 11 fully conventional switzerland 6 12 28 17 12 martigny bourg conventional switzerland 21 90 18 18 13 gd st bernard conventional switzerland 40 96 25 19 14 hongrin l man conventional switzerland 240 530 39.3 20 15 gougra conventional switzerland 159 575 65 21 16 grande dixence conventional switzerland 680 2 000 60 22 17 hinterrhein conventional switzerland 741 1 460 9.3 23 18 lucendro conventional switzerland 60 104 100 24 19 maggia conventional switzerland 626 1 475 12.5 25 20 massa conventional switzerland 340 545 34.5 26 21 mese conventional italy 377 1 128 20 27 22 salanfe conventional switzerland 60 120 100 28 23 simplon conventional switzerland 62 240 80 29 24 tusciano conventional italy 96 313 20 30 25 udine conventional italy 309 1 161 20 31 26 zervreila conventional switzerland 268 560 30 32 thermal power stations edit 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 . rank name type country capacity mw annual production million kwh stake % note 1 brindisi fossil fuel italy 640 1 528 20 33 2 kladno district fossil fuel czech republic 388 1 500 100 34 3 san filippo del mela fossil fuel italy 1 280 4 009 20 35 4 zl n fossil fuel czech republic 66 176 100 36 5 biella combined cycle italy 20 180 60 37 6 chivasso combined cycle italy 1 140 3 001 20 38 7 csepel combined cycle hungary 403 2 130 100 39 8 kladno ii combined cycle czech republic 45 100 40 9 monthey combined cycle switzerland 55 456 100 41 10 novel combined cycle italy 100 597 51 42 11 piacenza combined cycle italy 860 2 593 20 43 12 plana del vent combined cycle spain 800 100 44 13 sermide combined cycle italy 1 140 2 667 20 45 14 spreetal combined cycle germany 56 100 46 15 turbigo combined cycle italy 1 740 2 466 20 47 16 vercelli combined cycle italy 50 116 95 48 17 g sgen nuclear power switzerland 970 7 964 40 49 18 leibstadt nuclear power switzerland 1 165 9 385 32.4 50 other power stations edit alpiq partially or fully owns around 109 mw of small hydropower stations wind farms and solar power stations in switzerland italy norway and bulgaria . 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 . 51 the company owns stakes in five wind farms located in switzerland and italy with a combined electric power generation capacity of 178 mw and an annual power generation of 346 gwh . 52 alpiq is also involved in the construction of another two wind farms in italy and bulgaria with a combined capacity of 90 mw . 53 54 the company is also involved in the construction of the narbone serre solar park located near agrigento in sicily 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 . 55 electricity trading edit alpiq has trading branches in 16 countries in europe . in 2008 the company bought two leading romanian electricity trading companies buzmann industries and ehol distribution both companies based in bucharest . 56 in 2010 alpiq became the largest open market electric power trader in romania surpassing alro slatina and having a 16 % market share . 57 references edit where we operate . alpiq . archived from the original on 18 september 2010 . retrieved 2010 09 19 . a b c pooling traditional strengths . alpiq . archived from the original on 2 october 2010 . retrieved 2010 09 19 . a strong partner . alpiq group . retrieved 2012 11 22 . a b power generation mw . alpiq . archived from the original on 1 october 2010 . retrieved 2010 09 19 . the company partners . grande dixence.ch . 2010 . archived from the original on 17 october 2010 . retrieved 2010 09 19 . flumenthal run of river power station . alpiq . 2010 . retrieved 2010 09 19 . g sgen run of river power station . alpiq . 2010 . 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station . alpiq . 2010 . retrieved 2010 09 19 . san filippo del mela thermal power station . alpiq . 2010 . retrieved 2010 09 19 . zl n thermal power station . alpiq . 2010 . retrieved 2010 09 19 . biella thermal power station . alpiq . 2010 . retrieved 2010 09 19 . chivasso thermal power station . alpiq . 2010 . retrieved 2010 09 19 . csepel thermal power station . alpiq . 2010 . retrieved 2010 09 19 . kladno ii thermal power station . alpiq . 2010 . retrieved 2010 09 19 . monthey thermal power station . alpiq . 2010 . retrieved 2010 09 19 . novel thermal power station . alpiq . 2010 . retrieved 2010 09 19 . piacenza thermal power station . alpiq . 2010 . retrieved 2010 09 19 . plana del vent thermal power station . alpiq . 2010 . archived from the original on 18 august 2010 . retrieved 2010 09 19 . sermide thermal power station . alpiq . 2010 . retrieved 2010 09 19 . spreetal thermal power station . alpiq . 2010 . retrieved 2010 09 19 . turbigo thermal power station . alpiq