Switch to the Axpo Group website.

Go to Axpo Group website.

11.04.2017 | Eglisau-Glattfelden hydro power plant: Elevator and ladder for fish

Free ride for fish

Yesterday Axpo presented its two new fish migration systems at the Eglisau-Glattfelden power plant to the media. A new fish ladder on the Swiss bank and a fish elevator on the German bank facilitate upstream passage. Concretely the fish have to overcome over an elevation of 11.4 metres – this by means of the new ladder in a serpentine line, or more comfortably, by taking the elevator..

In a video, Heinz Wildberger, Manager of the Eglisau-Glattfelden power plant, explains how the systems exactly work.

More articles for you

Show all

Sustainability

Reichenau power plant: a clear path for lake trout

Successful renovation of the access to the fish ladder

Read more

Energy market

Electricity Act – implementation is progressing

The ordinance provisions are defined

Read more

People

Learning the trading lingo

One year at Axpo: Iris’s journey as a trader

Read more