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Wind energy plants
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 electricity.The first wind energy facility in Switzerland was put into operation in 1986 near Soolhof Farm (Langenbruck, canton of Baselland) and had an output of 28 kilowatts. In 2013, a total of 34 wind power plants produced around 85 gigawatt hours (GWh) of electricity. The largest wind park is on Mont Crosin in the Bernese Jura near St Imier: this facility comprises 16 wind turbines with a total output of 23.6 megawatts. Other large facilities are in operation in Rhonetal (canton of Valais), near Entlebuch (canton of Lucerne) and on the Gütsch (above Andermatt, canton of Uri). There is still a great deal of potential for wind energy in Switzerland. The goal is to increase the annual production of electricity from wind energy plants to around 600 GWh by 2020 and 4,000 GWh by 2050. Suitable locations for wind parks exist in the Jura range, as well as in the Alps and the western region of the central plateau. The “Wind energy plants” geodata document the current situation regarding wind energy facilities in Switzerland. All data are based on information provided by the power plant operators and are intended to function as information material for the general public. They do not take the form of official information and are not legally binding.
Simple
Identification info
- Alternate title
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Wind energy plants
- Date (Creation)
- 2014-06-01
- Date (Revision)
- 2024-02-26
- Citation identifier
- ch.bfe.windenergieanlagen
Citation identifier
Point of contact
Responsible party
- Organisation name
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Swiss Federal Office of Energy
- Position name
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Dienst Geoinformation
Address
- City
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Bern
- Postal code
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3003
- Country
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CH
- Electronic mail address
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geoinformation@bfe.adm geoinformation@bfe.admin.ch
- Protocol
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WWW:LINK
- Role
- Owner
- Organisation Acronym
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SFOE
- Maintenance and update frequency
- Annually
Appraisal AAP
- Duration of conservation
- 50
- Appraisal of archival value
- of archival value
- Reason for archiving value
- Evidence of business practice
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geocat.ch
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Conservation and archiving planning AAP - Confederation
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opendata.swiss
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GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
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Energy resources
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GEMET
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wind power
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wind power station
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geocat.ch
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FSDI Federal Spatial Data Infrastructure
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- Use constraints
- Other restrictions
- Other constraints
- Opendata BY: Open use. Must provide the source.
- Denominator
- 25000
- Denominator
- 1000000
- Language
- Deutsch
- Character set
- UTF8
- Topic category
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- Q Utilities, Supply, Disposal, Communication
- Q1 Energy
Extent
- Description
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Switzerland
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- Distribution format
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INTERLIS 2 (XTF)
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TEXT, comma separated (CSV)
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OGC Geopackage (GPKG)
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INTERLIS 2 (XTF)
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- OnLine resource
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Swiss Federal Office of Energy SFOE - Detail description
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WWW:LINK
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Swiss Federal Office of Energy SFOE - Detail description
- OnLine resource
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ch.bfe.windenergieanlagen
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OGC:WMS
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WMS-FSDI service, layer "Wind energy plants"
- OnLine resource
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ch.bfe.windenergieanlagen
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OGC:WMTS
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WMTS-FSDI service, layer "Wind energy plants"
- OnLine resource
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Thematic geoportal - map.energie.admin.ch
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MAP:Preview
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Thematic geoportal - map.energie.admin.ch
- OnLine resource
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Csv
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WWW:DOWNLOAD:TEXT, comma separated (CSV)
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Csv
- OnLine resource
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Geopackage
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WWW:DOWNLOAD:OGC Geopackage (GPKG)
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Geopackage
- OnLine resource
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Interlis
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WWW:DOWNLOAD:INTERLIS 1 (ITF)
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Interlis
- OnLine resource
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swisstopo REST API
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ESRI:REST
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swisstopo REST API
- OnLine resource
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Download STAC
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WWW:DOWNLOAD-URL
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Download STAC
- Geometric object type
- Point
- Reference system identifier
- EPSG:2056
Metadata
- Metadata language
- Deutsch
- Character set
- UTF8
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
- Date stamp
- 2024-02-26T09:32:09.31Z
- Metadata standard name
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GM03 2+
Metadata author
Responsible party
- Organisation name
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Swiss Federal Office of Energy
- Position name
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Dienst Geoinformation
Address
- City
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Bern
- Postal code
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3003
- Country
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CH
- Electronic mail address
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geoinformation@bfe.adm geoinformation@bfe.admin.ch
- Protocol
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WWW:LINK
- Role
- Point of contact
- Organisation Acronym
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SFOE
