Power plant · Canton of Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland
Birsfelden power station
Birsfelden power station is a hydroelectric power plant in Canton of Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland, with 100 MW of capacity.
Facts
Every value links to its source, and to the source's own record where it has one. Licences and last-checked dates are per row.
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Canton of Basel-Landschaft | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Start year | 1954 | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 100 MW | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Hydro | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 47.5606, 7.6258 | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
Research on this power plant and its owner.Who owns it up to the parent company, its grid connection and planning status, and an introduction to the owner.
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Birsfelden power station is the largest of 2 power plants in Canton of Basel-Landschaft and the 50th-largest of 96 in Switzerland by capacity; its 100 MW is 0.46% of the 21,969 MW we hold for Switzerland. Ranks and totals cover the power plants in our data that report their capacity, not every one in existence. Power plants planned, permitted or under construction are ranked apart.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canton of Basel-Landschaft | 1st of 2 | 173 MW | 58% |
| Switzerland | 50th of 96 | 21,969 MW | 0.46% |
| All power plants in our data | 2,552nd of 15,799 | 1,918,113 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 38 substations and 1 CO2 emitter (201,136 tCO2e), measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 4, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 110 kV substation (OSM way/88538897) | Substation | — | — | 5.4 km |
| Umspannwerk Haltingen | Substation | — | — | 6.5 km |
| 110 kV substation (OSM way/107254597) | Substation | — | — | 6.5 km |
| Holcim Haut Rhin - Usine d'Altkirch | CO2 emitter | 201,136 tCO2e | — | 30 km |
Place
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All 2 power plants in Canton of Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland
Data on this page
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- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (Sep 2026). EIA-860 / 860M / 923, Public domain.
- European Commission, Union Registry. EU Union Registry public data, CC BY 4.0.
- JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), European Commission, Joint Research Centre. JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), CC BY 4.0.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages. Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages, Facts only, each linked to its page.
- OpenStreetMap power infrastructure (Overpass). OpenStreetMap power infrastructure (Overpass), ODbL 1.0, © OpenStreetMap contributors.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer. RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer, Free reuse, no attribution required.
- Wikidata. Wikidata, CC0 1.0.