The project is controversial: Tiwag (Tiroler Wasserkraft AG) wants to expand its power plant in the Kaunertal to the MEGA pumped storage power plant in order to generate more renewable energy by hydropower. But she meets local resistance. In June, the affected community of Pfunds voted almost 85 percent against the expansion. NGOs and experts such as the Swiss glaciologist and geomorphologist Wilfried Haeberli also expressed criticism of the undertaking.
