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Potential use of lakes and rivers for heat extraction and heat discharge
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) and cooling (heat discharge), since many cities are located close to lakes and rivers and the technology is well established.
The potential of Switzerland’s largest lakes and rivers for heat extraction and heat discharge was estimated using simple assumptions. Water body-specific characteristics were only partially taken into account. The potentials are to be understood as a reference point, and should therefore not be used as a definitive basis for planning. The assessment was carried out by Eawag, the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology of the ETH Domain, and financed by the Federal Office for the Environment.
This dataset indicates the potential of Switzerland’s larger lakes and rivers for heat extraction and heat discharge.
Simple
- Alternate title
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Potential heat use of water bodies
- Date (Creation)
- 2018-12-31T00:00:00
- Identifier
- ch.bfe.waermepotential-gewaesser
Point of contact
Owner
Spatial resolution
Equivalent scale
- Denominator
- 5000
Spatial resolution
Equivalent scale
- Denominator
- 1000000
- Topic category
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- Q Utilities communication
Extent
Extent
- Description
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Switzerland
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- Maintenance and update frequency
- Unknown
- geocat.ch
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water related process
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space provided for waters
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nature
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GIS (Geographic Information System)
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opendata.swiss
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standing water
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watercourse
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FSDI Federal Spatial Data Infrastructure
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- GEMET themes
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water
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urban environment, urban stress
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climate
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energy
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social aspects, population
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natural dynamics
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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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- GEMET
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surface water management
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energy
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water (geographic)
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Resource constraints
- Other constraints
- Opendata BY: Open use. Must provide the source.
- Language
- Deutsch
- Character encoding
- UTF8
- Subtopic Category
- Q1 Energy
- Subtopic Category
- Q1 Energy
- Basic Geodata
- false
- Basic Geodata Legal Level
- Federal
- Distribution format
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OGC Geopackage (GPKG)
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Digital transfer options
- OnLine resource
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Geopackage
Geopackage
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- OnLine resource
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swisstopo REST API
swisstopo REST API
Digital transfer options
- OnLine resource
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Permalink opendata.swiss
Permalink opendata.swiss
Digital transfer options
- OnLine resource
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ch.bfe.waermepotential-gewaesser
WMS-FSDI service, layer "Potential heat use of water bodies"
Digital transfer options
- OnLine resource
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Bundesamt für Energie BFE - Detailbeschreibung
Swiss Federal Office of Energy SFOE - Detail description
Digital transfer options
- OnLine resource
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Potenzialstudien und Publikationen zur Wärmenutzung aus Seen und Grundwasser
Potenzialstudien und Publikationen zur Wärmenutzung aus Seen und Grundwasser
- Geometric object type
- Point
- Reference system identifier
- EPSG:2056
- Maintenance and update frequency
- Continual
Metadata
- Metadata identifier
- f51ab0db-c25c-4211-ab07-365734380066
- Language
- Deutsch
- Character encoding
- UTF8
- Language
- Français
- Character encoding
- UTF8
- Language
- Italiano
- Character encoding
- UTF8
- Language
- English
- Character encoding
- UTF8
- Language
- Rumantsch
- Character encoding
- UTF8
Point of contact
Type of resource
- Resource scope
- Dataset
- Metadata linkage
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https://www.geocat.ch/geonetwork/srv/api/records/f51ab0db-c25c-4211-ab07-365734380066
- Date info (Creation)
- 2021-06-02T11:46:02Z
- Date info (Revision)
- 2026-06-15T07:26:38.615993Z
Metadata standard
- Title
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eCH-0271
