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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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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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Current pilot and demonstration projects of the Swiss Federal Office of Energy
Education, culture and sport, Energy, Regions and cities, Environment
With its Pilot and Demonstration programme the Swiss Federal Office of Energy (SFOE) promotes the development and testing of new technologies, solutions and concepts relating to...
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Thermal networks: demand from residential and commercial buildings
Education, culture and sport, Energy, Regions and cities, Environment
The demand for heat and cooling is a key element in the strategic planning of thermal networks. Building a thermal network is only viable if sufficient sales turnover can be gen...
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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 90° 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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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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Thermal networks: demand from industry
Education, culture and sport, Energy, Regions and cities, Environment
In strategic planning, heat demand is used to identify large connected areas that may be appropriate for a thermal network. Areas with a heat density of at least 700 MWh/a per h...
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Wind energy concept – Swiss federal government basic map of main areas with...
Education, culture and sport, Energy, Regions and cities, Environment
The wind energy concept is a concept in accordance with Art. 13 of the Swiss Spatial Planning Act (SPA, SR 700). The concept defines both the principal federal government intere...
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Sustainable potential of non-woody biomass resources for bioenergy in...
Education, culture and sport, Energy, Regions and cities, Environment
Biomass is a renewable resource for energy which can be transformed into several forms of energy: heat, electricity, biogas or liquid fuels. Non-woody types of biomass were inve...
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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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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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Dams under federal supervision
Education, culture and sport, Energy, Regions and cities, Environment
The dataset contains fundamental information about dams in Switzerland which come under the direct supervision of the Swiss Confederation. This includes data concerning the cons...
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Wind energy plants
Education, culture and sport, Energy, Regions and cities, Environment
Wind energy plants utilise the kinetic energy of airflow to rotate turbine blades. The mechanical energy that is produced in this way is then converted by a generator into elect...
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Waste incineration plants (MWI)
Education, culture and sport, Energy, Regions and cities, Environment
Waste incineration is the burning of combustible waste components to reduce the volume of the waste while using the energy it contains.In 2017, Switzerland had 30 municipal wast...
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Statistics on hydropower plants (WASTA)
Education, culture and sport, Energy, Regions and cities, Environment
The "Statistics on hydropower plants" (WASTA) contain data concerning the Swiss hydropower plants with an output of at least 300 kW. This includes technical data relating to asp...
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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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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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Groundwater heat utilisation potential
Education, culture and sport, Energy, Regions and cities, Environment
The thermal energy stored in groundwater can be used for heating purposes. With groundwater heat pump systems, the heat can be extracted from the groundwater and transferred to ...
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Compensation for losses due to the use of hydraulic power (CLHPO)
Education, culture and sport, Energy, Regions and cities, Environment
Protected areas under the terms of the Ordinance of 25 October 1995 on Compensation for Losses due to the Use of Hydraulic Power (CLHPO), based on contractual regulations betwee...
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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 use of lakes and rivers for heat extraction and heat discharge
Education, culture and sport, Energy, Regions and cities, Environment
Lakes and rivers provide a great yet largely untapped source of thermal energy. In Switzerland, this renewable source of energy source could be used for heating (heat extraction...
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Suitability of façades for the use of solar energy
Education, culture and sport, Energy, Regions and cities, Environment
The sun's energy that reaches the Earth's surface can be used, via two proven forms of solar technology – photovoltaics (electric current) and solar thermal energy (heat) – to g...
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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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2000-Watt Sites
Education, culture and sport, Energy, Regions and cities, Environment
The 2000-Watt Sites label is used for certifying residential areas that are able to demonstrate a sustainable use of resources for the construction, operation and renovation of ...