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- Transmission Line80,968
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Interconnector
Switzerland – France interconnection (planned)
7th-largest interconnector in Switzerland of 8 · top 68% worldwide (#476 of 704)
- Status
- proposed
- Capacity
- 500 MW
- Commissioned
- 2045
- Length
- 488 km
- Connects to
- France
- Geometry
- Schematic — node to node, not a surveyed route
Comparable interconnectors · Switzerland · 8 ranked
- #1Switzerland – Germany interconnection4.2 GW
- #5Switzerland – Germany interconnection (planned)1.2 GW
- #6Switzerland – Italy interconnection (planned)1.0 GW
- #7Switzerland – France interconnection (planned)500 MW
- #8Switzerland – Italy interconnection (planned)200 MW
Co-located infrastructure · within 25 km
- Germany – France interconnection (planned)0 m · Interconnector · 300 MW
- Belgium – France interconnection (planned)0 m · Interconnector · 1.0 GW
- Belgium – France interconnection (planned)0 m · Interconnector · 1.5 GW
- Paris401 m · Data Centre
- Datacenter Orange Archives816 m · Data Centre
- zColo Poissonnière1.5 km · Data Centre
- Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine power station6.4 km · Power Plant · 128 MW · gas
- Vitry power station8.6 km · Power Plant · 540 MW · coal
- Vitry-sur-Seine cogeneration power station8.9 km · Power Plant · 125 MW · gas
- Liaison 400 kV n°1 Plessis-Gassot - Sausset18 km · Transmission Line
- Liaison 400 kV n°4 Plessis-Gassot - Villevaudé19 km · Transmission Line
- 400 kV line20 km · Transmission Line
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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)