Hagneck Hydroelectric Power Plant

Completed in 1878, the Hagneck Canal connects the Aare river and Lake Biel and is used to manage flood levels in the Bern area of Switzerland’s Seeland region. Around 110 years after the first hydroelectric power plant, which is still operating today, a second run-of-the-river (ROR) plant is being built on the site of an old weir at the mouth...