Chandoline power plant - alt. 493 m

Originally, the power plant turbined the water from the first Dixence dam, which was submerged in 1957 into Lake Dix. Until then, it had held the record for the world’s biggest gross head of water. Chandoline has close links with the works at the Cleuson-Dixence complex.

5 Pelton turbines
Total capacity: 120 MW
Gross head: 1748 m 

• Cleuson-Dixence Hydropower complex PDF (21 KB)

Grande Dixence dam - alt. 2365 m

Built: 1950 - 1964
Commissioned: 1961 - 1965
Type: gravity dam
Height: 284 m
Crest: 700 m
Reservoir capacity: 385 m m3
Area: 4.04 km2
Catchment area: 420 km2

• www.grande-dixence.ch

Cleuson dam - alt. 2186 m

Built: 1947
Commissioned: 1951
Type: hollow gravity dam (one hollow block in two is filled with concrete)
Height  87 m
Crest: 420 m
Reservoir capacity: 20 m m3
Area: 50 ha
Catchment area: 16 km2

Pumping station

Lake Cleuson - 20 m m3
Capacity 4.1 MW, max. discharge rate 2.2 m3/s