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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29 datasets found

  • 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
    • GPKG
    • GDB
    • SERVICE
    • API
    • energy-resources
    • renewable-energy-source
    • solar-energy
    • 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

    • GPKG
    • SERVICE
    • API
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • energy
    • renewable-energy-source
    • water-power
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Electricity requirements for plug-in vehicles for the year 2035

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

    The map shows for each selected municipality what percentage of electrical energy will be charged at home in 2035 according to the "Bequem" charging world. In addition, the total...

    Last updated: December 31, 2023

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    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • API
    • SERVICE
    • GPKG
    • CSV
    • gis-geographic-information-system
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
    • outline-map
    • traffic-network
    • mobility
    • data-infrastructure
    • urban-environment-urban-stress
    • energy
    • social-aspects-population
    • resources
    • general
    • geography
    • research
    • transport
    • energy
    • geography
    • transport
    • electric-vehicle
  • 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
  • Number of generally accessible charging points in the ‘Flexible’ charging world for the year 2035

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

    The map shows how many generally accessible charging points should be available in the selected municipality in 2035 in order to meet the charging demand. A charging point is a...

    Last updated: December 31, 2023

    • HTML
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • API
    • SERVICE
    • GPKG
    • CSV
    • nature
    • gis-geographic-information-system
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
    • outline-map
    • traffic-network
    • climate
    • urban-environment-urban-stress
    • energy
    • social-aspects-population
    • general
    • resources
    • geography
    • trade-services
    • research
    • transport
    • surface-water-management
    • water-geographic
    • geography
    • electric-vehicle
    • energy
    • transport
  • Location and adjoining areas of pipeline systems according to the Ordnance on Protection against Major Accidents

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

    The Ordinance on Protection against Major Accidents (MAO, SR 814.012) is designed to protect the public and the environment from serious damage resulting from major accidents. It...

    Last updated: May 1, 2023

    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • ZIP
    • SERVICE
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • official-geodata
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Number of generally accessible charging points in the ‘Convenient’ charging world for the year 2035

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

    The map shows how many generally accessible charging points should be available in the selected municipality in 2035 in order to meet the charging demand. A charging point is a...

    Last updated: December 31, 2023

    • HTML
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • API
    • SERVICE
    • GPKG
    • CSV
    • gis-geographic-information-system
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
    • outline-map
    • traffic-network
    • urban-environment-urban-stress
    • energy
    • geography
    • research
    • general
    • resources
    • trade-services
    • transport
    • social-aspects-population
    • energy
    • transport
    • geography
    • electric-vehicle
  • Charging requirements: Home charging availability in the ‘Convenient’ charging world for the year 2035

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

    The map shows the percentage of plug-in vehicles (battery electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids) per selected municipality that will have no charging facilities at home or at work...

    Last updated: December 31, 2023

    • HTML
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • API
    • SERVICE
    • GPKG
    • CSV
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
    • gis-geographic-information-system
    • outline-map
    • traffic-network
    • geography
    • energy
    • urban-environment-urban-stress
    • climate
    • social-aspects-population
    • resources
    • general
    • research
    • electric-vehicle
    • geography
    • energy
    • transport
  • Solar irradiation on a horizontal surface

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

    The irradiation maps show the solar radiation on a south-facing surface for four different inclinations: Horizontal, 30°, 75° and 90°. The data is based on Switzerland-wide...

    Last updated: December 31, 2023

    • GPKG
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • API
    • SERVICE
    • HTML
    • water-related-process
    • space-provided-for-waters
    • nature
    • gis-geographic-information-system
    • standing-water
    • watercourse
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
    • outline-map
    • traffic-network
    • water
    • climate
    • urban-environment-urban-stress
    • energy
    • social-aspects-population
    • natural-dynamics
    • resources
    • general
    • geography
    • trade-services
    • transport
    • research
    • energy
    • geography
    • transport
    • surface-water-management
    • water-geographic
    • electric-vehicle
  • 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: October 1, 2025

    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • SERVICE
    • CSV
    • GPKG
    • INTERLIS
    • API
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
    • energy-resources
    • energy-supply
  • 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
    • GeoTIFF
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • INTERLIS
    • SERVICE
    • API
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Solar irradiation on a surface inclined 90° to the south

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

    The irradiation maps show the solar radiation on a south-facing surface for four different inclinations: Horizontal, 30°, 75° and 90°. The data is based on Switzerland-wide...

    Last updated: February 15, 2024

    • GPKG
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • API
    • SERVICE
    • HTML
    • climate
    • urban-environment-urban-stress
    • energy
    • social-aspects-population
    • resources
    • general
    • geography
    • trade-services
    • research
    • solar-energy
    • geography
    • solar-cell
    • energy
    • transport
    • solar-radiation
    • duration-of-sunshine
    • nature
    • gis-geographic-information-system
    • 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
    • GeoTIFF
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • INTERLIS
    • SERVICE
    • API
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • 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
  • 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
    • CSV
    • GPKG
    • INTERLIS
    • API
    • official-geodata
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • energy-resources
    • hydrography
    • 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
    • CSV
    • GPKG
    • INTERLIS
    • API
    • HTML
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • energy-resources
    • wind-power
    • wind-power-station
    • 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

    • CSV
    • GPKG
    • INTERLIS
    • 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
  • Statistics on hydropower plants (WASTA)

    Swiss Federal Office of Energy SFOE
    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...

    Last updated: December 31, 2022

    • CSV
    • GPKG
    • INTERLIS
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • SERVICE
    • API
    • RDF XML
    • official-geodata
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • energy-resources
    • hydrography
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Nuclear Power Plants

    Swiss Federal Office of Energy SFOE
    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...

    Last updated: December 20, 2019

    • CSV
    • GPKG
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • INTERLIS
    • SERVICE
    • API
    • inspire
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • official-geodata
    • utility-and-governmental-services
    • energy-resources
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Number of generally accessible charging points in the ‘Planned’ charging world for 2035

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

    The map shows how many generally accessible charging points should be available in the selected municipality in 2035 in order to meet the charging demand. A charging point is a...

    Last updated: December 31, 2023

    • HTML
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • API
    • SERVICE
    • GPKG
    • CSV
    • gis-geographic-information-system
    • traffic-network
    • outline-map
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
    • energy
    • general
    • urban-environment-urban-stress
    • geography
    • resources
    • research
    • trade-services
    • transport
    • electric-vehicle
    • transport
    • energy
    • geography