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- Transmission Line80,968
- Power Plant32,429
- Substation / Converter7,614
- Oil & Gas Field7,055
- Coal / Uranium Mine5,382
- Pipeline4,951
- Cement Plant3,513
- Data Centre3,283
- Iron & Steel Plant1,293
- LNG Terminal1,198
- Grid Storage965
- Iron Ore Mine949
- Chemical Plant868
- Interconnector704
- Export Terminal519
- Refinery279
- Storage / Tank Farm38
- Oil / Commodity Contract19
- Hydrogen Project18
- Carbon Capture (CCS)16
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Interconnector
Switzerland – Germany interconnection (planned)
4th-largest interconnector in Switzerland of 8 · top 27% worldwide (#187 of 704)
- Status
- proposed
- Capacity
- 1,850 MW
- Commissioned
- 2045
- Length
- 669 km
- Connects to
- Germany
- Reverse capacity
- 1,700 MW
- Geometry
- Schematic — node to node, not a surveyed route
Comparable interconnectors · Switzerland · 8 ranked
- #1Switzerland – Germany interconnection4.2 GW
- #2Switzerland – Italy interconnection3.8 GW
- #3Switzerland – France interconnection3.7 GW
- #4Switzerland – Germany interconnection (planned)1.9 GW
- #5Switzerland – Germany interconnection (planned)1.2 GW
- #6Switzerland – Italy interconnection (planned)1.0 GW
Co-located infrastructure · within 25 km
- Austria – Germany interconnection (planned)0 m · Interconnector · 100 MW
- Czechia – Germany interconnection (planned)0 m · Interconnector · 150 MW
- Czechia – Germany interconnection (planned)0 m · Interconnector · 500 MW
- Berlin338 m · Data Centre
- Berlin Mitte power station1.4 km · Power Plant · 461 MW · gas
- Berlin-Marzahn power station2.0 km · Power Plant · 267 MW · gas
- Umspannwerk Mitte3.1 km · Substation / Converter
- IPB Internet Provider in Berlin GmbH3.1 km · Data Centre
- Umspannwerk Friedrichshain3.5 km · Substation / Converter
- Berlin-Moabit power station4.4 km · Power Plant · 100 MW · coal
- Umspannwerk Charlottenburg6.1 km · Substation / Converter
- Berlin Cement Plant7.1 km · Cement Plant
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The EMBER dataset includes a column with expected 2040 capacities + projects in permitting, planning and under consideration. We assume that these capacities are commissioned by 2045.
SOURCE: Global Transmission Database v0.1 (CC BY 4.0)