• Hydropower
  • Fischwanderhilfen
  • Small hydropower - strategy & promotion
• Solar Energy – Photovoltaics
• Rural electrification
• Water
• Project Selection

ITECO Engineering Ltd.
Alte Obfelderstrasse 68
Postfach
8910 Affoltern a.A.
Switzerland

Tel: +41-(0)44-762 18 18
Fax: +41-(0)44-762 18 15
E-mail: itecoREMOVE_THIS@itecoREMOVE_THIS.ch
www.iteco.ch

 

ITECO works to promote the benefits of small hydropower at various levels and with different focus points. We are active in:

• providing information and counselling;
• promoting small hydropower;
• assisting to bring innovative ideas and concepts to the market;
• supplying background information at the political level and campaigning publicly and in the legislature for a higher profile to be given to renewable energy in general, and small hydro in particular; and
• providing a variety of services to both Government and private clients.

A summary of our activities is shown below...

Since 1992, the project has formed an important and autonomous part of the renewable energy promotion of the Swiss Federal Government programmes "DIANE", "Energy 2000", and "Swissenergy" - ITECO carried out investigations of the possibilities of increasing energy production from renewable and alternative resources and to initiate through provision of initial technical and financial support to owners and investors as well as media work for the general public.

 

ITECO compiled a complete inventory of about 1500 currently abandoned sites and prepared a small database management system. This was used to make a selection of the best sites (based on both technical and financial viability) for re-activation. The study was followed up by a countrywide survey of existing utilised and abandoned water rights for hydropower production facilities with an actual or theoretical generating capacity of less than 300 kW.