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Groundwater heat utilisation potential
The thermal energy stored in groundwater can be used for heating purposes. With groundwater heat pump systems, the heat can be extracted from the groundwater and transferred to the heating system. The potential of groundwater for heating is large and can be estimated. The groundwater heat utilisation potential in Switzerland's unconsolidated aquifers was estimated using a heat balance approach. This involves determining the usable heat from a simplified heat balance, taking long-term changes into account. The groundwater is considered an open system, i.e. heat is exchanged with the atmosphere, hydrosphere and geosphere. The calculated heat utilisation potential is regarded as heat that can be used sustainably in the medium term. It should be noted that only the potential for heat recovery from groundwater was taken into account; any utilisation for cooling purposes or seasonal heat storage was not considered. Existing utilisation plants were also not taken into account. The basis for the calculation was provided by the cantons and the federal government.
The geodata set "Groundwater heat utilisation potential in Switzerland's unconsolidated aquifers" shows the maximum sustainable heat that can be extracted from groundwater in the medium term.
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Identification info
- Alternate title
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Groundwater heat utilisation potential
- Date (Creation)
- 2023-12-31T00:00:00
Citation identifier
- Citation identifier
- ch.bfe.grundwasserwaermenutzungspotential/
Point of contact
Responsible party
- Organisation name
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Swiss Federal Office of Energy
- Position name
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Dienst Geoinformation
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- Protocol
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WWW:LINK
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- Point of contact
- Organisation Acronym
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SFOE
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OGC Geopackage (GPKG)
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geocat.ch
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GIS (Geographic Information System)
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outline map
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data infrastructure
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opendata.swiss
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FSDI Federal Spatial Data Infrastructure
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groundwater resources
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GEMET themes
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urban environment, urban stress
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climate
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social aspects, population
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resources
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general
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geography
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trade, services
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research
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GEMET
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geography
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energy
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groundwater
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heat (physics)
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- Other constraints
- Opendata BY: Open use. Must provide the source.
- Language
- Deutsch
- Character set
- UTF8
- Topic category
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- Q Utilities, Supply, Disposal, Communication
- Q1 Energy
- Q1 Energy
Extent
- Description
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Switzerland
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- Basic geodata identifier type
- Federal
- Distribution format
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OGC Geopackage (GPKG)
()
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OGC Geopackage (GPKG)
()
- OnLine resource
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Geopackage
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WWW:DOWNLOAD:OGC Geopackage (GPKG)
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Geopackage
- Protocol
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ESRI:REST
- Name of the resource
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swisstopo REST API
- Description
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swisstopo REST API
- OnLine resource
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ch.bfe.grundwasserwaermenutzungspotential
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OGC:WMS
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Grundwasserwärmenutzungspotenzial
- 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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Fachportal - 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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Permalink opendata.swiss
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OPENDATA:SWISS
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Permalink opendata.swiss
- Geometric object type
- Surface
- Reference system identifier
- EPSG:2056
Metadata
- Metadata language
- Deutsch
- Character set
- UTF8
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
- Date stamp
- 2025-08-20T05:58:35.038Z
- 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
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- Protocol
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WWW:LINK
- Role
- Point of contact
- Organisation Acronym
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SFOE
- Maintenance and update frequency
- Continual
