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Large-scale photovoltaic systems in Switzerland
Education, culture and sport, Energy, Regions and cities, Environment
Depending on their location and orientation, high-alpine photovoltaic systems can generate more electricity per installed kilowatt of power in the winter months than comparable ...
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Electrical installations with a nominal voltage exceeding 36kV
Education, culture and sport, Energy, Regions and cities, Environment
The electricity grid is the point of connection between producers and consumers of electrical energy. Via the grid, electricity is transported, transformed (from a higher to low...
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Thermal networks (local heating, district heating, district cooling)
Education, culture and sport, Energy, Regions and cities, Environment
Thermal networks – including district heating-, local heating- or district cooling networks – are systems that provide a number of separate buildings with thermal energy. They s...
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Energy cities
Education, culture and sport, Energy, Regions and cities, Environment
The Energy City label is used for certifying municipalities that develop and implement a sustainable energy policy. Municipalities that have been awarded this label promote rene...
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Public energy advice services
Education, culture and sport, Energy, Regions and cities, Environment
There is a wide variety of public energy advice services available in Switzerland. They offer impartial advice (neutral relative to products and companies) to the public in gene...
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Electricity requirements for plug-in vehicles for the year 2035
Education, culture and sport, Energy, Regions and cities, Environment
The map shows for each selected municipality what percentage of electrical energy will be charged at home in 2035 according to the "Bequem" charging world. In addition, the tota...
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Number of generally accessible charging points in the ‘Flexible’ charging...
Education, culture and sport, Energy, Regions and cities, Environment
The map shows how many generally accessible charging points should be available in the selected municipality in 2035 in order to meet the charging demand. A charging point is a ...
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Number of generally accessible charging points in the ‘Convenient’ charging...
Education, culture and sport, Energy, Regions and cities, Environment
The map shows how many generally accessible charging points should be available in the selected municipality in 2035 in order to meet the charging demand. A charging point is a ...
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Charging requirements: stock of plug-in vehicles for the year 2035
Education, culture and sport, Energy, Regions and cities, Environment
The map shows the proportion of plug-in vehicles in relation to all registered passenger cars (in per cent) for each selected municipality. The number of existing vehicles (pass...
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Charging requirements: Home charging availability in the charging world...
Education, culture and sport, Energy, Regions and cities, Environment
The map shows the percentage of plug-in vehicles (battery electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids) per selected municipality that will have no charging facilities at home or at wo...
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Charging requirements: Home charging availability in the ‘Convenient’...
Education, culture and sport, Energy, Regions and cities, Environment
The map shows the percentage of plug-in vehicles (battery electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids) per selected municipality that will have no charging facilities at home or at wo...
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Charging requirements: Home charging availability in the ‘Flexible’ charging...
Education, culture and sport, Energy, Regions and cities, Environment
The map shows the percentage of plug-in vehicles (battery electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids) per selected municipality that will have no charging facilities at home or at wo...
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Number of generally accessible charging points in the ‘Planned’ charging...
Education, culture and sport, Energy, Regions and cities, Environment
The map shows how many generally accessible charging points should be available in the selected municipality in 2035 in order to meet the charging demand. A charging point is a ...
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Charging requirement scenarios
Education, culture and sport, Energy, Regions and cities, Environment
What charging infrastructure for plug-in electric vehicles will we need tomorrow? And where exactly? This can only be answered by knowing the future charging requirements. The “...
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Solar irradiation on a horizontal surface
Education, culture and sport, Energy, Regions and cities, Environment
The irradiation maps show the solar radiation on a south-facing surface for four different inclinations: Horizontal, 30°, 75° and 90°. The data is based on Switzerland-wide mode...
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Wind Atlas of Switzerland: Annual average of the modelled wind speed and...
Education, culture and sport, Energy, Regions and cities, Environment
The Wind Atlas of Switzerland describes the wind conditions at five different heights above the ground: 50, 75, 100, 125 and 150 metres. The data are based on a nation-wide mode...
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Wind Atlas of Switzerland: Annual average of the modelled wind speed and...
Education, culture and sport, Energy, Regions and cities, Environment
The Wind Atlas of Switzerland describes the wind conditions at five different heights above the ground: 50, 75, 100, 125 and 150 metres. The data are based on a nation-wide mode...
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Potential of small hydropower plants in Switzerland
Education, culture and sport, Energy, Regions and cities, Environment
The geodata product ‘Potential of small hydropower plants in Switzerland’ is the result of a GIS-based analysis carried out in 2012 as part of the research project 102835 ‘Surve...
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Heating with renewables: Detached homes and apartment blocks with up to 6 apartments
Education, culture and sport, Energy, Regions and cities, Environment
A ‘renewable heating’ advice service is available to building owners who have oil, gas or electric heating and who wish to find out which renewable low-carbon heat source is mos...
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Nuclear Power Plants
Education, culture and sport, Energy, Regions and cities, Environment
Nuclear power plants are facilities for the commercial generation of electrical power from controlled nuclear fission. The four Swiss nuclear power plants have a total output of...
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Wind Atlas of Switzerland: Annual average of the modelled wind speed and...
Education, culture and sport, Energy, Regions and cities, Environment
The Wind Atlas of Switzerland describes the wind conditions at five different heights above the ground: 50, 75, 100, 125 and 150 metres. The data are based on a nation-wide mode...
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Solar irradiation on a surface inclined 75° to the south
Education, culture and sport, Energy, Regions and cities, Environment
The irradiation maps show the solar radiation on a south-facing surface for four different inclinations: Horizontal, 30°, 75° and 90°. The data is based on Switzerland-wide mode...
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Wind Atlas of Switzerland: Frequency of meteorological icing at 100 metres...
Education, culture and sport, Energy, Regions and cities, Environment
In Switzerland, the mountain regions (Jura, Alps and Alpine foothills) are the most suitable regions for exploiting wind energy potential. But here, the air temperature during t...
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Electricity production plants
Education, culture and sport, Energy, Regions and cities, Environment
An electricity production plant is a technical facility for generating electricity. It is in the public interest to have a spatial overview of all electricity production plants ...
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Suitability of roofs for the use of solar energy
Education, culture and sport, Energy, Regions and cities, Environment
Solar energy that reaches the earth’s surface can be utilised with the aid of the two established solar technologies, photovoltaics (electricity) and solar thermal energy, for t...