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type: "Public Data API"
title: "Potential of small hydropower plants in Switzerland"
description: "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 of Switzerland's small hy-dropower plant potential’."
resource: "https://api3.geo.admin.ch/rest/services/api/MapServer/ch.bfe.kleinwasserkraftpotentiale"
timestamp: "2026-10-28T03:09:02.526Z"
slug: "potential-of-small-hydropower-plants-in-switzerland"
verification_state: "VERIFIED"
free_access_class: "FREE_NO_AUTH"
auth_type: "NONE"
country_code: "CH"
geographic_scope: "NATIONAL"
confidence: 0.4
canonical: "https://c0mm0.com/entry/potential-of-small-hydropower-plants-in-switzerland/"
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# Potential of small hydropower plants in Switzerland

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 of Switzerland's small hy-dropower plant potential’. This calculated the theoretical hydroelectric potential of all natu…

# Access

| Property | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Access | Free no auth |
| Authentication | None |
| Homepage | http://data.europa.eu/88u/dataset/c4b695b0-23ad-4d0d-a496-16fc0f597819-bundesamt-fur-energie-bfe |
| Documentation | http://data.europa.eu/88u/dataset/c4b695b0-23ad-4d0d-a496-16fc0f597819-bundesamt-fur-energie-bfe |
| Repository | — |

# Verification

| Property | Value |
| --- | --- |
| State | VERIFIED |
| Last verified | 2026-10-28T03:09:02.208Z |
| Latency p50 | 881 ms |
| Latency p95 | — |
| Consecutive successes | 52 |

# Citations

[1] [https://api3.geo.admin.ch/rest/services/api/MapServer/ch.bfe.kleinwasserkraftpotentiale](https://api3.geo.admin.ch/rest/services/api/MapServer/ch.bfe.kleinwasserkraftpotentiale) — primary source
[2] [https://api3.geo.admin.ch/rest/services/api/MapServer/ch.bfe.kleinwasserkraftpotentiale](https://api3.geo.admin.ch/rest/services/api/MapServer/ch.bfe.kleinwasserkraftpotentiale) — country_code, claimed, confidence 0.9
[3] [https://api3.geo.admin.ch/rest/services/api/MapServer/ch.bfe.kleinwasserkraftpotentiale](https://api3.geo.admin.ch/rest/services/api/MapServer/ch.bfe.kleinwasserkraftpotentiale) — description, claimed, confidence 0.9
[4] [https://api3.geo.admin.ch/rest/services/api/MapServer/ch.bfe.kleinwasserkraftpotentiale](https://api3.geo.admin.ch/rest/services/api/MapServer/ch.bfe.kleinwasserkraftpotentiale) — docs_url, claimed, confidence 0.9
[5] [https://api3.geo.admin.ch/rest/services/api/MapServer/ch.bfe.kleinwasserkraftpotentiale](https://api3.geo.admin.ch/rest/services/api/MapServer/ch.bfe.kleinwasserkraftpotentiale) — homepage_url, claimed, confidence 0.9
[6] [https://api3.geo.admin.ch/rest/services/api/MapServer/ch.bfe.kleinwasserkraftpotentiale](https://api3.geo.admin.ch/rest/services/api/MapServer/ch.bfe.kleinwasserkraftpotentiale) — institution_id, inferred, confidence 0.6
[7] [https://api3.geo.admin.ch/rest/services/api/MapServer/ch.bfe.kleinwasserkraftpotentiale](https://api3.geo.admin.ch/rest/services/api/MapServer/ch.bfe.kleinwasserkraftpotentiale) — name, claimed, confidence 0.9
[8] [https://api3.geo.admin.ch/rest/services/api/MapServer/ch.bfe.kleinwasserkraftpotentiale](https://api3.geo.admin.ch/rest/services/api/MapServer/ch.bfe.kleinwasserkraftpotentiale) — primary_source_url, measured, confidence 0.9