Electricity production plants
This dataset provides a spatial overview of electricity production plants across Switzerland, published by the Swiss Federal Office of Energy (BFE) under the Swiss Confederation. An electricity production plant is defined as a technical facility for generating electricity. Maintaining a nationwide geographic inventory of such facilities serves the public interest, particularly for tracking the expansion of plants that generate electricity from renewable energy sources, supporting energy policy monitoring, planning, and transparency regarding the national electricity generation infrastructure.An electricity production plant is a technical facility for generating electricity. It is in the public interest to have a spatial overview of all electricity production plants in Switzerland. In particular, the expansion of production plants that produce electricity from renewable energy should be…
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Data schema (19 fields)
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| sub_category_de | varchar | Plant sub-category name in German.Plant sub-category name in German. |
| sub_category_en | varchar | Plant sub-category name in English.Plant sub-category name in English. |
| detail_orientation_deOrientation of the installation DE | varchar | Orientation of the installation, in German.Orientation of the installation, in German. |
| detail_orientation_frOrientation of the installation FR | varchar | Orientation of the installation, in French.Orientation of the installation, in French. |
| total_powerTotal operating power | varchar | Current total operating power of the plant.Current total operating power of the plant. |
| egidFederal Building ID (EGID) | integer | Federal Building Identifier (EGID) of the building.Federal Building Identifier (EGID) of the building. |
| sub_category_fr | varchar | Plant sub-category name in French.Plant sub-category name in French. |
| address | varchar | Street address of the plant's location.Street address of the plant's location. |
| initial_powerInitial power at commissioning | varchar | Power output of the plant at commissioning.Power output of the plant at commissioning. |
| plant_type_dePlant category DE | varchar | Plant category name in German.Plant category name in German. |
| detail_orientation_enOrientation of the installation EN | varchar | Orientation of the installation, in English.Orientation of the installation, in English. |
| detail_inclinationInclination of the installation | varchar | Inclination angle of the installation.Inclination angle of the installation. |
| sub_category_it | varchar | Plant sub-category name in Italian.Plant sub-category name in Italian. |
| id | varchar | Unique identifier of the plant record.Unique identifier of the plant record. |
| plant_type_itPlant category IT | varchar | Plant category name in Italian.Plant category name in Italian. |
| beginning_of_operationCommissioning date | varchar | Date the plant began operation.Date the plant began operation. |
| plant_type_frPlant category FR | varchar | Plant category name in French.Plant category name in French. |
| plant_type_enPlant category EN | varchar | Plant category name in English.Plant category name in English. |
| detail_orientation_itOrientation of the installation IT | varchar | Orientation of the installation, in Italian.Orientation of the installation, in Italian. |
Schema captured from arcgis 11 hours ago.
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