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== Power generation == Like many Swiss rivers, the Limmat is intensively used for production of [[Hydroelectricity|hydroelectric power]]: along its course of {{convert|35|km|mi|abbr=on}}, its fall is used by no less than ten hydroelectric [[power station]]s. These include: {|class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Station !! Capacity ([[Megawatt|MW]]) !! [[Location (geography)|Location]] !! [[Geographic coordinates]] |- | [[Aue Power Station]]<ref name=rwab>{{cite web|url=http://www.regionalwerke.ch/index.php?id=57|title=Limmat Power Generation|publisher=Regional Werke AG Baden|access-date=2013-04-25|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130521094819/http://www.regionalwerke.ch/index.php?id=57|archive-date=2013-05-21}}</ref> || 3.9 || [[Baden, Switzerland|Baden]] || {{Coord|47.47034|N|8.31098|E|format=dms|type:landmark_region:CH|name=Aue Power Station}} |- | [[Dietikon Power Station]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ekz.ch/content/ekz/de/umwelt/erneuerbare/wasserkraft/dietikon.html|title=Flusskraftwerk Dietikon|publisher=Elektrizitätswerke des Kantons Zürich|access-date=2013-04-25|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130522183123/http://www.ekz.ch/content/ekz/de/umwelt/erneuerbare/wasserkraft/dietikon.html|archive-date=2013-05-22}}</ref> || 2.6 || [[Dietikon]] || {{Coord|47.410137|N|8.408344|E|format=dms|type:landmark_region:CH|name=Dietikon Power Station}} |- | [[Höngg Power Station]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stadt-zuerich.ch/content/ewz/de/index/energie/stromproduktion/wasserkraft/ewz-kraftwerke/kraftwerke_an_derlimmat0/Hoengg.html|title=Kraftwerk Höngg|publisher=City of Zürich|access-date=2013-04-25|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130628072256/http://www.stadt-zuerich.ch/content/ewz/de/index/energie/stromproduktion/wasserkraft/ewz-kraftwerke/kraftwerke_an_derlimmat0/Hoengg.html|archive-date=2013-06-28}}</ref> || 1 || [[Zurich]] || {{Coord|47.401835|N|8.487035|E|format=dms|type:landmark_region:CH|name=Höngg Power Station}} |- | [[Kappelerhof Power Station]]<ref name=rwab /> || 6.8 || [[Baden, Switzerland|Baden]] || {{Coord|47.484469|N|8.292945|E|format=dms|type:landmark_region:CH|name=Kappelerhof Power Station}} |- | [[Letten Power Station]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stadt-zuerich.ch/ewz/de/index/energie/stromproduktion/wasserkraft/ewz-kraftwerke/kraftwerke_an_derlimmat0/Letten.html|title=Kraftwerk Letten|publisher=City of Zürich|access-date=2013-04-25|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130628075855/http://www.stadt-zuerich.ch/ewz/de/index/energie/stromproduktion/wasserkraft/ewz-kraftwerke/kraftwerke_an_derlimmat0/Letten.html|archive-date=2013-06-28}}</ref> || 4 || [[Zurich]] || {{Coord|47.387396|N|8.532321|E|format=dms|type:landmark_region:CH|name=Letten Power Station}} |- | [[Schiffmühle Power Station]]<ref name=rwab /> || 2.6 || [[Untersiggenthal]] || {{Coord|47.488687|N|8.264937|E|format=dms|type:landmark_region:CH|name=Schiffmühle Power Station}} |- | [[Turgi Power Station]]<ref name=rwab /> || 1 || [[Turgi]] || |- | [[Wettingen Power Station]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stadt-zuerich.ch/content/ewz/de/index/energie/stromproduktion/wasserkraft/ewz-kraftwerke/kraftwerke_an_derlimmat0/Wettingen.html|title=Kraftwerk Wettingen|publisher=City of Zürich|access-date=2013-04-25|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130115193756/http://www.stadt-zuerich.ch/content/ewz/de/index/energie/stromproduktion/wasserkraft/ewz-kraftwerke/kraftwerke_an_derlimmat0/Wettingen.html|archive-date=2013-01-15}}</ref> || 26 || [[Wettingen]] || {{Coord|47.456554|N|8.320631|E|format=dms|type:landmark_region:CH|name=Wettingen Power Station}} |- |} {{Expand list|date=April 2013}}
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