HYDRO Exploitation, a leader in Switzerland
HYDRO Exploitation SA is a service provider for the operation of electrical installations and hydroelectric facilities.
HYDRO Exploitation SA is a service provider for the operation of electrical installations and hydroelectric facilities. We bring together under one roof all the skills specific to the installations' operation, maintenance as well as rehabilitation.
Based in Sion (VS), our company operates facilities with an installed capacity of approximately 22% of Switzerland's hydroelectric power plants (25% including pumping systems). Together, these facilities produce almost 16% of Switzerland's hydroelectric energy.
Our company's size ensures that our customers enjoy an optimised cost-performance ratio. They benefit from the many possible collaborations within 11 hydroelectric operating groups.
Today, HYDRO Exploitation employs 400 people, from Haut-Valais to the Vaud Jura region.
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Our central workshops: meticulousness and precision
At the end of 2023, our workshops completely overhauled and restored a head valve at Montbovon power station in the Gruyère region. It was a meticulous task, brilliantly carried out by the mechanical assembly teams in Martigny.Vaud Jura: replacement of transformers
As part of the refurbishment of its high-voltage installations at Les Clées power station, Romande Energie commissioned HYDRO to replace the transformers on the three production machines.