Switzerland has 9,222 power plants in this atlas, with 24,292 MW of reported capacity. The largest listed plant is Leibstadt · Nuclear installation 60663 (1,250 MW, nuclear). By number of records the most common technologies are solar, hydro and biomass. Grid operators listed here include Swissgrid. Electricity is regulated by ElCom. Renewables supplied 67.5% of its electricity in 2024.
Reported capacity is the rated size of the listed installations, not electricity being produced now. Source dates and coverage differ, so newer facilities may be absent and historical records may remain.
THE ELECTRICITY SYSTEM IN CONTEXT
Switzerland: hydropower and nuclear generation have distinct roles
The Swiss Federal Office of Energy reports that hydro supplied 59.6% and nuclear 28.4% of domestic electricity production in 2024. These are generation shares, not capacity shares. Nuclear belongs in a low-carbon comparison but should not be added to renewable generation.
SFOE separates run-of-river and storage hydropower in its production figures and notes revisions to the electricity balances from 2020 to 2024. When comparing plants, inspect the original installation description: a broad Hydro label in this atlas does not establish that a station has a reservoir or can pump water uphill.
Part of the synchronous grid of Continental Europe, the largest interconnected grid in the world by customers, coordinated by the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity.
What does “Wholesale market” mean?
Power plants compete to sell electricity in a wholesale market or pool, dispatched by a system operator. Most consumers still buy from a regulated distribution company at approved tariffs.
References reviewed 2026-09-29. Logos are each organisation’s own site icon, shown to identify it. Selected organisations, not an exhaustive list of licence holders.
Switzerland is in Western Europe. Its landlocked geography makes cross-border connections an important part of its regional setting. This profile connects country reference information with the historical station inventory and reported electricity generation.
Capital
Bern
Languages
French, Swiss German, Italian, Romansh
Region
Western Europe
Geographic reference: Countries geographic database (ODbL). Boundaries and names are for orientation; language listings are introductory, not exhaustive. Banner map: Natural Earth boundaries (public domain) with this atlas’s station records.
The source inventory contains 9,222 records for Switzerland. Select a fuel in the map to explore where its stations are located, then open a record to inspect reported capacity and provenance.
Inventory coverage
9,222 source records. 9,203 reported operational in their source snapshot; this is not live status.
Browse 9,222 source records, ordered by reported capacity. Ownership and operating status describe the source snapshot; they may have changed. Missing information is shown explicitly.
