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Electricity Transmission Lines sectoral plan
Regions and cities, Environment
Sectoral planning is the federal government’s overlying planning and coordination tool for implementing its spatial planning duties. Projects concerning the construction and exp...
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Sectoral Plan Deep Geological Repositories
Regions and cities, Environment
Most of the radioactive waste in Switzerland comes from the country's five nuclear power plants, though a certain amount is also produced in the healthcare sector, in industry a...
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2000-Watt Sites
Energy, 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 ...
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Energy cities
Energy, 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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Current pilot and demonstration projects of the Swiss Federal Office of Energy
Energy, 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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Projects of the Coordination Office for Sustainable Mobility COMO
Energy, Environment
The Coordination Office for Sustainable Mobility (COMO) is the central contact and coordination point and the first contact point at federal level in matters of sustainable mobi...
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Heating with renewables: Apartment blocks with more than 6 apartments
Energy, 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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Thermal networks: demand from residential and commercial buildings
Energy, 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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Thermal networks: heat and cooling sources
Energy, Environment
Heat and cooling sources are local, renewable and CO2-free energy sources which may be of interest for heat production in thermal networks. Nowadays, only renewable or CO2-free ...
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Thermal networks (local heating, district heating, district cooling)
Energy, 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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Heating with renewables: Detached homes and apartment blocks with up to 6 apartments
Energy, 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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Thermal networks: demand from industry
Energy, 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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Suitability of roofs for the use of solar energy
Energy, 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...
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Biogas plants
Energy, Environment
Biogas plants convert organic matter into gas through a fermentation process. The resulting gas mixture is composed mainly of energy-rich methane (CH4) and carbon dioxide (CO2)....
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Electricity Transmission Lines sectoral plan - consultations
Energy, Environment
Current or past consultations of the cantons and communes as well as information and participation of the population in accordance with Art. 19 RPV of the Electricity Transmissi...
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Wind energy plants
Energy, 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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Suitability of façades for the use of solar energy
Energy, 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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Wind Atlas of Switzerland: Frequency of meteorological icing at 100 metres...
Energy, 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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Compensation for losses due to the use of hydraulic power (CLHPO)
Energy, 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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Dams under federal supervision
Energy, 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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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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Statistics on hydropower plants (WASTA)
Energy, 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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Electricity production plants
Energy, 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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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...