"Launched for reasons that are more electoral than ecological, the call for a climate fund that would absorb between 5 and 10 billion francs each year appears unnecessary, absurd, costly, centralizing and poorly conceived," says Pierre-Gabriel Bieri, policy manager at the Centre Patronal.
With its OPERA project, CSEM sought to improve the energy management of multi-family residential buildings by coordinating three elements: photovoltaic production, the heat pump, and the heat distribution system (radiator valves or underfloor heating).
"If Switzerland is not legally bound by the EU's decisions, it is very likely that we will also move towards a similar postponement of the zero-emission target for 2035," laments Geoffrey Orlando, head of French-speaking Switzerland at Swiss eMobility.
According to the latest report from the think tank Ember, the combined output of these two renewable energy sources accounted for about 30% of electricity produced in Europe in 2025, compared with 29% for all fossil fuels.
"Despite some observable slowdowns, the transformation of our energy systems will not stop, but will have to face many new challenges," explains Nicolas Charton, managing director at E-CUBE Strategy Consultants.
In his speech at the last Swiss Electricity Congress, Bernard Fontana said that the group he leads will be ready to meet Switzerland's needs for electricity imports, particularly during the winter period.
"In the current economic climate, we could not take on the role of driving this sector forward on our own," explains Jérémie Brillet. Head of strategic developments at Romande Energie, he nevertheless assures that the DSO remains "attentive to its evolution."
"The admissibility of the complaint filed by four Indonesian fishermen constitutes a first judicial response commensurate with the climate emergency," say François de Cambiaire and Lydia Méziani, lawyers at de Cambiaire & Méziani Associés.
Interview with Nadine Brauchli, Nadine Brauchli, Head of Energy at the Association of Swiss Electricity Companies (AES).
"Cutting useful subsidies while showing blind confidence in immature technologies are two sides of the same inertia," warns Jean-Yves Pidoux, the former director of the SIL.
Published for the first time by the AES, this tool dedicated to the security of the electricity supply paints a potentially critical picture of the country's situation within a quarter of a century.
Co-founder and honorary director of the E4S center, Jean-Pierre Danthine deplores Switzerland's lack of ambition in climate policy and its tendency to be short-sighted about its future. Interview