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Potential of small hydropower plants in Switzerland
Energy, 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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Sustainable potential of woody biomass resources for bioenergy in...
Energy, Environment
Biomass is a renewable resource for energy which can be transformed into several forms of energy: heat, electricity, biogas or liquid fuels. Woody types of biomass were investig...
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Sustainable potential of non-woody biomass resources for bioenergy in...
Energy, 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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Waste incineration plants (MWI)
Energy, 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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Potential use of lakes and rivers for heat extraction and heat discharge
Energy, 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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Public energy advice services
Energy, 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...