Data on power stations

Note: Bieudron power station holds three world records: height of its head, output of each pelton turbine, and output per pole of the generators (35.7MVA).

Power station Fionnay Nendaz Bieudron
Number of turbines (Pelton) 6×2 6×2 3 (423MW each) 5
Capacity 290MW 390MW 1269MW 150MW
Flow rate 45m3/sec 45m3/sec 75m3/sec 10.25m3/sec
Head height 874m 1008m 1883m 1748m
Altitude 1490m 478m 481m 493m