Power plant · Canton of Schaffhausen, Switzerland
Schaffhausen power station
Schaffhausen power station is a hydroelectric power plant in Canton of Schaffhausen, Switzerland, with 26 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 Schaffhausen | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Start year | 1963 | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 26 MW | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Run-of-river hydro | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 47.6927, 8.6306 | 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.
Request researchHow it compares
Schaffhausen power station is the 76th-largest of 93 power plants in Switzerland by capacity; its 26 MW is 0.12% of the 21,579 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 76th of 93 | 21,579 MW | 0.12% |
| All power plants in our data | 4,647th of 12,230 | 1,691,896 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 40 substations and 1 data center, 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/193310664) | Substation | — | — | 15 km |
| Umspannwerk Rielasingen | Substation | — | — | 16 km |
| Umspannwerk Zollhaus | Substation | — | — | 17 km |
| Hegau Cloud | Data center | — | — | 20 km |
Place
Data on this page
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- Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (Sep 2026). EIA-860 / 860M / 923, Public domain.
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