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Chavalon Thermal Power Plant above Vouvry
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Chavalon Thermal Power Plant above Vouvry
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The Chavalon Thermal Power Plant above Vouvry was Switzerland’s only oil-fired power station. Commissioned in 1965, it burned heavy fuel oil to supplement hydroelectric production during periods of high winter demand.
The hillside complex operated until 1999. Its generating plant, compact cooling towers and tall chimney formed one of the most distinctive pieces of post-war energy infrastructure in the Rhône Valley.
The plant stood on the Chavalon terrace at about 825 metres elevation; its chimney was about 120 metres high. The surviving industrial complex is an unusually complete reminder of Switzerland’s brief era of large-scale oil-fired electricity generation.
The hillside complex operated until 1999. Its generating plant, compact cooling towers and tall chimney formed one of the most distinctive pieces of post-war energy infrastructure in the Rhône Valley.
The plant stood on the Chavalon terrace at about 825 metres elevation; its chimney was about 120 metres high. The surviving industrial complex is an unusually complete reminder of Switzerland’s brief era of large-scale oil-fired electricity generation.
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Telephoto view of the former Chavalon Thermal Power Plant, with four cooling towers, industrial buildings, chimney and hillside housing.
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Centrale thermique de Chavalon
Chavalon
Chavalon Thermal Power Plant
chimney
cooling tower
Corbeyrier
electricity
energy
energy source
Europe
fossil fuel
Historic industrial buildings
Industrial architecture
Industrial heritage
oil power
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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