"Summer comfort has become an issue of public health and urban resilience"
Interview with Emanuel von Graffenried, director & partner at Bernard Nicod Conseils SA.
"Summer comfort has become an issue of public health and urban resilience"
Interview with Emanuel von Graffenried, director & partner at Bernard Nicod Conseils SA.
"A label can steer financial flows towards energy production in Switzerland"
President of the Valais Association of Electricity Producers (AVPEE) and general manager of FMV, Stéphane Maret vigorously defends this initiative. interview.
Accelerating grid resilience and reliability for a new energy era
"The events that occurred in Spain and in Berlin are not mere news items but rather warnings: yesterday's energy network is not up to the task of meeting tomorrow's challenges," warns Philippe Dogny, a renewable energy expert within the Eaton group.
Dry room, record power, recycling: Switzerland asserts itself in the race for batteries
Already active in research on their aging with the CircuBAT project, our country could take a new step with the construction of the world's largest battery in Aargau and the opening of a new dry room within the 'Battery Innovation Hub' of Neuchâtel.
Latest
Winter electricity production: Switzerland's worrying standstill
"Despite the development of renewable energies, our country does not produce more electricity in winter than it did ten years ago. It's a wake-up call to be taken seriously," says Lukas Federer, head of the Energy, Environment, Infrastructure and Digitization department at Economiesuisse.
“The problem of heat has been underestimated by real estate players in Switzerland”
Interview with Ludovic Pommiès, project manager and ESG manager at Fundim.
"Our political leaders should remember the choice made by our ancestors"
According to Laurent Balsiger, "the closer a politician is to the ground, the better able he is to grasp the problems and challenges posed by climate change." Member of the Grand Council, he was one of the actors behind the new Vaud energy law. Interview
When climate risk becomes less insurable, it becomes strategic
"To act effectively, companies need visibility. However, historical data are no longer sufficient to anticipate future crises, pushing companies to rely on new, more forward-looking scientific approaches," explains Julien Boucher, co-founder of Earth Action.
Renewable energy offers a comeback to the countries of Southern Europe
As fossil fuel prices soar, the bill proves to be less steep in Spain and Portugal, two countries ahead in the deployment of renewable energy.
The surge in fossil fuels does not call into question the dynamics of renewables
"Conflicts have placed energy markets back at the center of attention, with a renewed interest in fossil fuels. In the long term, however, the winners may well be elsewhere," warns Benedict Fatio, head of the francophone market at DNB Asset Management.
« We want to make visible these costs that are today invisible in our food system »
"Succeeding in calculating the 'true costs' of food could serve as a compass and steer our decisions toward a more sustainable, healthier and more equitable diet," says Emilia Schmitt, scientific coordinator of the "True Cost of Food Switzerland" project.
When climate change tends to make the world uninsurable
What happens when insurance companies decide to withdraw and no longer cover the most at-risk areas? That is the theme at the heart of the new report by the environmental NGO, but also of "Sigma", that of the Swiss Re Institute. Analysis