Swiss Energy MCP server

🇨🇭 Part of the Swiss Public Data MCP Portfolio

⚡ swiss-energy-mcp

MCP server for Swiss energy data from the Federal Office of Energy (SFOE/BFE) via GeoAdmin REST API and opendata.swiss — no API key required.

🇩🇪 Deutsche Version

Overview

swiss-energy-mcp gives AI assistants structured, location-based access to Switzerland's energy infrastructure. Built on open geodata from the Swiss Federal Office of Energy (SFOE/BFE) via the GeoAdmin REST API and the opendata.swiss catalogue — completely authentication-free.

The server is part of a growing portfolio of Swiss open data MCP servers. Think of it as the energy atlas counterpart to swiss-road-mobility-mcp: while the latter maps mobility, this server maps where Switzerland produces electricity, where solar potential exists, and which municipalities hold the "Energiestadt" label.

Anchor demo query: "Which power plants are within 20 km of the school in Wädenswil — and is the municipality an Energiestadt?"

Features

• 🔍 10 ready-to-use tools covering all major energy data layers from SFOE/BFE
• ⚡ Power plants — all types: photovoltaic, hydro, wind, biomass, nuclear, with optional category filter
• 💨 Wind turbines — detailed data incl. manufacturer, model, hub height, annual production
• 💧 Hydropower plants — type, status, turbine capacity, expected annual output
• ☀️ PV large installations — project name, capacity, annual/winter production, altitude
• 🌿 Biogas plants — plant name, output
• 🏙️ Energiestädte — municipalities with the Swiss "Energiestadt" label (score, year awarded, audits)
• 🏠 Solar roof potential — suitability category, area, orientation, and slope per roof segment
• 📊 Location energy profile — combines 5 layers into a single overview for any Swiss location
• 🗂️ SFOE dataset search — full-text search across SFOE publications on opendata.swiss
• ✅ Status check — verifies availability of both upstream APIs
• ☁️ Dual transport — stdio for Claude Desktop, Streamable HTTP for cloud deployment

Prerequisites

• Python 3.11+
• uv (recommended) or pip

Installation

Claude Desktop (stdio transport)

Add to your claudedesktopconfig.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "swiss-energy-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["swiss-energy-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Config file locations:

• macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claudedesktopconfig.json
• Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claudedesktopconfig.json

Local development

git clone https://github.com/malkreide/swiss-energy-mcp.git
cd swiss-energy-mcp
uv sync
uv run swiss-energy-mcp

Cloud / HTTP transport (Streamable HTTP)

For use via claude.ai in the browser (e.g. on managed workstations without local software):

SWISS_ENERGY_TRANSPORT=http uvx swiss-energy-mcp

💡 "stdio for the developer laptop, HTTP for the browser."

Quickstart

Once connected in Claude Desktop, try:

Shortened. The full README is on GitHub.