Alpine solar plants of the «Solarexpress» (Switzerland): Statistics

Alpine solar plants of the «Solarexpress»

The table below shows all alpine solar systems that we have read and/or heard about so far in the context of the «Solarexpress» (Switzerland, start: fall 2022). The list does not claim to be complete.

Project status: cancelled after initial project municipality has rejected municipality has approved publicly available granted first instance legally approved under construction
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Name	Height	Canton	Project status	Objection	Complaint
Belalp-Solar	2650	VS	publicly available
Bernina Solar	2481	GR	publicly available
Felsenstrom, Walensee	454	SG	publicly available
Gibidum Solar	2200	VS	publicly available	x
Gletschersolar Matterhorn	2900	VS	publicly available
Gondo Solar	2071	VS	granted first instance	x	x
Grands Plans	2450	VS	municipality has approved
Grengiols Solar	2382	VS	publicly available	x
Hahnenmoosbärgli (Lenk)	2014	BE	publicly available	x
Hintisberg (Lütschental)	1700	BE	publicly available
Hohsaas	3142	VS	granted first instance
Madrisa Solar	1962	GR	under construction
Mont Soleil	1250	BE	granted first instance
Morgeten Solar	2127	BE	granted first instance		x
NalpSolar	2003	GR	under construction
Parco Solare Alpino Duragno	1768	TI	publicly available
Prafleuri Solar	2800	VS	publicly available
PV Alpin Parsenn	2444	GR	granted first instance
PVA Gries	2450	VS	publicly available
Rosswald-Solar	2200	VS	municipality has approved
Schwandfäl (Adelboden)	2000	BE	municipality has approved
Scuol Solar	2272	GR	publicly available
Sedrun Solar	2029	GR	under construction
Sidenplangg	1894	UR	under construction
Solar Magriel	2189	GR	granted first instance
Solarkraftwerk Samedan	1705	GR	publicly available
Sufers Solar		GR	municipality has approved / Project cancelled
Tschingel Ost (Schattenhalb)		BE	municipality has approved / Project cancelled
Vispertal Solar 1 (Mäsweid)		VS	municipality has approved
Vispertal Solar 2 (Wysse Bode)		VS	municipality has approved
Vorab	2591	GR	legally approved
Z'Ompisch Hubil		VS	municipality has approved

Last updated: 29.08.2025

Sources: Publicly accessible data such as project websites, announcements by the municipalities, DETEC overview, media releases, etc.

Statistics “Solarexpress” (Switzerland)

The table below shows the number of Alpine solar plants by project status.

Project status	Number
cancelled after initial project	7
municipality has rejected	14
Project cancelled	2
Subtotal projects not realised	23
municipality has approved	8 (2)
publicly available	13
granted first instance	6
legally approved	1
under construction	4
in operation	0
Subtotal projects in Progress	30
Total Projects	53
Plants are not realised	23	43.4%
Plants in work	30	56.6%
Objections	4
Complaints	2

Number 10 (1) means: Ten projects have reached status, one project was cancelled before the next step.

Inserted: 21.6.2025

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