Which municipality in canton Schaffhausen has the greatest solar potential per capita?

Beggingen: its roofs could generate about 23'747 kWh of electricity a year per inhabitant (2025) — the greatest modelled per-capita potential of any municipality in canton Schaffhausen.

Why do small municipalities lead rather than the cities?

Because the roof potential is divided by the number of inhabitants: few residents with large barn, shed and stable roofs produce high per-capita values. Big cities have the greatest absolute potential but little roof area per person. The figure remains modelled potential, not today's generation.

Ranking · Data 2025 · Source: BFS

The greatest solar potential per capita in canton Schaffhausen

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Beggingen has the greatest solar potential per capita in canton Schaffhausen: its roofs could generate about 23'747 kWh of electricity a year per inhabitant. Next come Oberhallau (19'473 kWh) and Buch (17'206 kWh). Per capita, small municipalities with lots of roof area — barns and sheds — lead, not the big cities. Source: BFE/FSO.

Ranking

BFE + BFS · 2025

Rank	Municipality	Solar potential per capita	Residents
1	Beggingen	23'747 kWh	459
2	Oberhallau	19'473 kWh	455
3	Buch	17'206 kWh	340
4	Wilchingen	16'623 kWh	1'747
5	Trasadingen	15'799 kWh	626
6	Schleitheim	15'762 kWh	1'928
7	Ramsen	15'144 kWh	1'697
8	Hemishofen	13'882 kWh	492
9	Siblingen	13'720 kWh	906
10	Gächlingen	12'790 kWh	1'043
11	Bargen	11'976 kWh	339
12	Hallau	11'869 kWh	2'600
13	Lohn	10'826 kWh	763
14	Buchberg	10'752 kWh	864
15	Thayngen	10'707 kWh	5'925
16	Dörflingen	10'577 kWh	1'074
17	Rüdlingen	10'521 kWh	825
18	Büttenhardt	10'403 kWh	472
19	Merishausen	10'276 kWh	907
20	Neunkirch	9'826 kWh	2'704
21	Beringen	9'236 kWh	5'396
22	Löhningen	9'228 kWh	1'658
23	Stein am Rhein	7'235 kWh	3'956
24	Stetten	6'855 kWh	1'485
25	Schaffhausen	5'585 kWh	39'228
26	Neuhausen am Rheinfall	4'254 kWh	12'198

Swiss Federal Office of Energy (SFOE), retrieved 31.08.2026

How we measure this

BFE + BFS

Modelled annual rooftop electricity yield (BFE solar model, 2025 snapshot) divided by the permanent resident population (FSO STATPOP), in kilowatt-hours per year per inhabitant. For scale: an ElCom reference household (profile H4) uses 4,500 kWh a year. It is a potential, not installed capacity or actual generation. Per capita the absolute ranking inverts: small municipalities with large barn and shed roofs lead, not the cities with the most total roof area.

Frequently asked questions

Which municipality in canton Schaffhausen has the greatest solar potential per capita?: Beggingen: its roofs could generate about 23'747 kWh of electricity a year per inhabitant (2025) — the greatest modelled per-capita potential of any municipality in canton Schaffhausen.
Why do small municipalities lead rather than the cities?: Because the roof potential is divided by the number of inhabitants: few residents with large barn, shed and stable roofs produce high per-capita values. Big cities have the greatest absolute potential but little roof area per person. The figure remains modelled potential, not today's generation.