Centre d'essais et de formation

In 1990, the company GARDY refocusedits activities in Geneva, leaving its high power test laboratory used for research and development of high current electrical equipment.

These facilities being unique in Switzerland, it seemed important to theelectricity distributors of the French speaking Switzerland(Romand) to keep them in business by developing the crenel of the training of their personnel with life size demonstrations.

Currently, an association whose partners are the following companies manages the CEF:

• Groupe E
• Services Industriels de Lausanne
• Romande Energie SA
• Energie Ouest Suisse Holding SA
• ABB Sécheron SA
• EPFL Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne by the Laboratory Help Society (SAL)
• HEIG-VD - HES-SO Ecole d'ingénierie et de gestion du canton de Vaud by its Energy Competence Center (CCE)

  

  

• A turbo group of 500 MVA in short-circuit.
• An alternator of 50 MVA in short-circuit.
• A group of transformers completed by many accessories (switchgear, transformers, inductors, etc.).
• A demonstration site that allows to create critical situations met by electrical energy professionals.