The hydropower cascade structure is a structure of Swiss hydropower plants and their hydrologic interrelations.

The cascade structure has been initially developed for Swissmod, a Swiss electricity market model developed and maintained by University of Basel's FoNEW chair (Hannes Weigt, Jonas Savelsberg, Ingmar Schlecht). Parts of it are based on prior work by Markus Balmer, who used to work on hydropower at ETH Zurich's CEPE chair.

The data could be used e.g. to run hydropower models or add hydropower capabilities to electricity market models.

Pull requests are welcome. For major changes, please open an issue first to discuss what you would like to change.

We haven't decided which license to go for yet, so up to now, please ask before using the data.