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Chavalon Thermal Power Plant and Limestone Escarpment
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Chavalon Thermal Power Plant and Limestone Escarpment
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The former Chavalon Thermal Power Plant occupies a high terrace above Vouvry in the Valais. It was commissioned in 1965 as Switzerland’s sole oil-fired power station and ceased operation in 1999.
Its location above the Rhône Valley was part of the plant’s engineering context: the industrial platforms, cooling system, chimney and associated housing were fitted into a steep, geologically complex mountainside.
The surviving complex records a period when oil-fired generation was used to reinforce Switzerland’s predominantly hydroelectric electricity system, especially during winter demand peaks.
Its location above the Rhône Valley was part of the plant’s engineering context: the industrial platforms, cooling system, chimney and associated housing were fitted into a steep, geologically complex mountainside.
The surviving complex records a period when oil-fired generation was used to reinforce Switzerland’s predominantly hydroelectric electricity system, especially during winter demand peaks.
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Wide telephoto view of Chavalon Thermal Power Plant above a pale limestone cliff, with cooling towers, industrial buildings and housing.
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Centrale thermique de Chavalon
Chavalon
Chavalon Thermal Power Plant
chimney
Cliffs
cooling tower
Corbeyrier
electricity
energy
Europe
Forests
Historic industrial buildings
Industrial architecture
Industrial heritage
oil-fired
power plant
Rhône Valley
River valleys
Switzerland
Valais
Vaud
Vouvry
Vouvry Thermal Power Plant
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Jan-Willem Kruse
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