“Thermonuclear fusion already works: it is in the sky, it is the Sun”
Altitude record with SolarStratos, tour of Lake Titicaca aboard PlanetSolar II: in 2025, Raphaël Domjan once again pushed the boundaries of solar energy. Interview
“Thermonuclear fusion already works: it is in the sky, it is the Sun”
Altitude record with SolarStratos, tour of Lake Titicaca aboard PlanetSolar II: in 2025, Raphaël Domjan once again pushed the boundaries of solar energy. Interview
"If we wait, the bill left to future entrepreneurs will be unsustainable"
"For SMEs and micro-enterprises, which make up a large majority of the Swiss economic fabric, the transition is no longer a mere environmental option, but a strategic necessity to ensure our prosperity," says Christophe Barman, national co-president of the FSE.
Without investments, security of supply is in danger
"If we want to succeed in the energy transition, we must also accept financing it. That requires clear and reliable rules capable of guaranteeing sufficient incentives for investment," explains Michael Frank, director of AES.
A new algorithm to optimize costs and efficiency of heat pumps
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).
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"Densification should translate into a more intensive use of already built space"
Responding to a recent survey conducted by Comparis on Swiss real estate, Sascha Nick, a researcher at EPFL's Laboratory of Environmental and Urban Economics, says that "Switzerland is not suffering from a housing shortage."
Initiative for a climate fund: "NO to escalation"
"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.
The start-up phase completed, the energy transition enters a phase of industrialization
"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 Europe, Switzerland is now lagging behind in the electrification of its mobility"
"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.
In Europe, solar and wind relegate fossil fuels to the background
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.
Deal with the EU or not, EDF CEO says he's ready to supply Switzerland with electricity
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.
"Hydrogen: the state of the market does not justify major investments"
"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."
In Zug, a breach opens in the impunity of the "carbon majors"
"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.