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Griessee dam (canton Valais) Christian Helmle

Grande Dixence pipeline (canton Valais) Christian Helmle

Power lines in Nufenen (canton Valais/Ticino) Christian Helmle

Electricity substation in Innertkirchen (canton Bern) Christian Helmle

Zervreila dam (canton Graubünden) Christian Helmle

Hydropower station at Mühleberg (canton Bern) Christian Helmle

Oelberg power station (canton Fribourg) Christian Helmle

Albbruck-Dogern reservoir (Rhine power station, Swiss-German border)

Albigna dam (Canton Graubünden) Christian Helmle

Zervreila power station (canton Graubünden) Christian Helmle

Albanatscha underground substation (canton Graubünden) Christian Helmle

Birsfelden hydropower plant (canton Basel Country) Christian Helmle

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Switzerland's hydropower infrastructure takes many different architectural forms.

Some 60 per cent of Switzerland’s energy is produced by water. Christian Helmle photographed the architecture of hydropower plants around the country.