The Swiss Federal Office of Energy (SFOE) is the country's competence centre for issues relating to energy supply and energy use at the Federal Department of the Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications (DETEC).

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28 datasets found

  • Wind Atlas of Switzerland: Frequency of meteorological icing at 100 metres above the ground

    Swiss Federal Office of Energy SFOE
    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 the...

    Last updated: May 31, 2016

    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • ZIP
    • SERVICE
    • API
    • meteorology
    • energy
    • wind-power
    • wind-power-station
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Electricity Transmission Lines sectoral plan - consultations

    Swiss Federal Office of Energy SFOE
    Education, culture and sport, Energy, Regions and cities, 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 Transmission...

    Last updated: October 2, 2023

    • WMS
    • SERVICE
    • API
    • energy
    • sectoral-plan
    • current
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
    • power-grid
  • Current pilot and demonstration projects of the Swiss Federal Office of Energy

    Swiss Federal Office of Energy SFOE
    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...

    Last updated: February 28, 2024

    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • SERVICE
    • ZIP
    • GPKG
    • API
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
    • energy-resources
    • energy-supply
  • Projects of the Coordination Office for Sustainable Mobility COMO

    Swiss Federal Office of Energy SFOE
    Education, culture and sport, Energy, Regions and cities, Environment, Transport

    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...

    Last updated: February 29, 2024

    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • ZIP
    • GPKG
    • SERVICE
    • API
    • mobility
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Heating with renewables: Apartment blocks with more than 6 apartments

    Swiss Federal Office of Energy SFOE
    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 most...

    Last updated: December 13, 2022

    • WMS
    • ZIP
    • GPKG
    • SERVICE
    • API
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
    • energy-source-material
  • 2000-Watt Sites

    Swiss Federal Office of Energy SFOE
    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...

    Last updated: February 28, 2024

    • ZIP
    • GPKG
    • WMS
    • API
    • SERVICE
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Wind energy plants

    Swiss Federal Office of Energy SFOE
    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...

    Last updated: February 26, 2024

    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • SERVICE
    • ZIP
    • GPKG
    • API
    • HTML
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • energy-resources
    • wind-power
    • wind-power-station
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Dams under federal supervision

    Swiss Federal Office of Energy SFOE
    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...

    Last updated: November 28, 2023

    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • SERVICE
    • ZIP
    • GPKG
    • API
    • official-geodata
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • energy-resources
    • hydrography
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Waste incineration plants (MWI)

    Swiss Federal Office of Energy SFOE
    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 waste...

    Last updated: December 31, 2022

    • ZIP
    • GPKG
    • API
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • SERVICE
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • energy-resources
    • energy-recovery
    • waste
    • incineration-of-waste
    • waste-disposal
    • energy
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Thermal networks: demand from industry

    Swiss Federal Office of Energy SFOE
    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...

    Last updated: December 31, 2013

    • GPKG
    • ZIP
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • SERVICE
    • API
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Potential of small hydropower plants in Switzerland

    Swiss Federal Office of Energy SFOE
    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 ‘Survey...

    Last updated: June 1, 2012

    • ZIP
    • SERVICE
    • API
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • energy
    • renewable-energy-source
    • water-power
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Sustainable potential of woody biomass resources for bioenergy in Switzerland at the municipality level

    Swiss Federal Office of Energy SFOE
    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. Woody types of biomass were...

    Last updated: September 6, 2018

    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • SERVICE
    • GPKG
    • API
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • energy-resource
    • energy-resources
    • energy
    • biomass-energy
    • biomass
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Compensation for losses due to the use of hydraulic power (CLHPO)

    Swiss Federal Office of Energy SFOE
    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 between...

    Last updated: September 8, 2011

    • GPKG
    • WMS
    • ZIP
    • SERVICE
    • API
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • official-geodata
    • energy-resources
    • protected-sites
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Thermal networks: demand from residential and commercial buildings

    Swiss Federal Office of Energy SFOE
    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...

    Last updated: December 31, 2013

    • GPKG
    • ZIP
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • SERVICE
    • API
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Potential use of lakes and rivers for heat extraction and heat discharge

    Swiss Federal Office of Energy SFOE
    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)...

    Last updated: December 31, 2018

    • GPKG
    • API
    • WMS
    • SERVICE
    • water-related-process
    • space-provided-for-waters
    • nature
    • gis-geographic-information-system
    • standing-water
    • watercourse
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
    • water
    • urban-environment-urban-stress
    • climate
    • energy
    • social-aspects-population
    • natural-dynamics
    • resources
    • general
    • geography
    • trade-services
    • surface-water-management
    • energy
    • water-geographic
  • Suitability of façades for the use of solar energy

    Swiss Federal Office of Energy SFOE
    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...

    Last updated: January 11, 2023

    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • SERVICE
    • ZIP
    • API
    • renewable-energy-source
    • solar-energy
    • energy-source
    • energy-resources
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Thermal networks (local heating, district heating, district cooling)

    Swiss Federal Office of Energy SFOE
    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...

    Last updated: February 28, 2024

    • WMS
    • SERVICE
    • ZIP
    • GPKG
    • API
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Potential heat recovery from wastewater treatment plants

    Swiss Federal Office of Energy SFOE
    Education, culture and sport, Energy, Regions and cities, Environment

    Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) treat and purify wastewater. Wastewater is water that has been polluted through activities such as cooking, doing laundry or showering and then...

    Last updated: October 3, 2018

    • ZIP
    • GPKG
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • SERVICE
    • API
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Suitability of roofs for the use of solar energy

    Swiss Federal Office of Energy SFOE
    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 the...

    Last updated: January 11, 2023

    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • ZIP
    • SERVICE
    • API
    • energy-resources
    • renewable-energy-source
    • solar-energy
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Sustainable potential of non-woody biomass resources for bioenergy in Switzerland at the municipality level

    Swiss Federal Office of Energy SFOE
    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...

    Last updated: September 6, 2018

    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • SERVICE
    • GPKG
    • API
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • energy-resource
    • energy-resources
    • energy
    • biomass-energy
    • biomass
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure