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Biogas plants
Education, culture and sport, Energy, Regions and cities, 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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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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Geographical Names Switzerland - INSPIRE
Regions and cities, Environment
Geographical Names is based on the data set swissNAMES3D by swisstopo. It is the most comprehensive collection of geographical names for Switzerland and Liechtenstein. swissNAME...