By naming their first edition "Wind farms are taking shape", the industry's players want to show a certain optimism despite a context that remains complicated for the sector. A look by Benoist Guillard, president of the Groupe romand pour l’énergie éolienne (GREE).
Since its founding in 2021, the young startup has made it its mission to find a good compromise between energy production and plant growth. The solution is called "spectral filtering".
"Despite expectations, substantive discussions could not begin for lack of operational arrangements for the panel. Moreover, in the absence of a dedicated international body, the regulation of pollutants remains fragmented," worries Henri Klunge, chemical engineer and founder of Alcane Conseils.
Raphaël Ménard recounts in his book "Vers la légèreté" how available resources determine the forms of architecture and planning. Interview.
"Flexibility solutions are now essential. However, they face a structural difficulty: their costs are decreasing faster than market rules evolve," explains Xavier Blot, associate professor at emlyon business school.
While some regions of the planet are now no longer insurable, our country has a pool unique in the world dedicated to climate damage. Explanations from Martin Steinauer, responsible for claims things for La Mobilière in French-speaking Switzerland.
"A look at the numbers illustrates the scale of the transformation, and these are not passing fads but indicators of a structural investment cycle," says Christian Rom, manager of the DNB Renewable Energy fund.
"Since our share of global greenhouse gas emissions is only one thousandth, our efforts would be doomed to remain insignificant. This argument expresses not a logical reasoning, but an attitude of defiance and denial," regrets René Longet, an expert in sustainable development.
Citing Nicholas Stern and his report on the economics of climate change, Dominique Bidou, the author of "Recivilisation", reminds that "action against global warming makes it possible to avoid expenditures at least five times greater than the initial cost."
"It is neither fair nor constructive to pit technologies against each other in a supposed race for funding: it's a false debate," says Eric Plan, secretary-general of the CleantechAlps association.
As this Thursday marks the official creation of a Swiss entity of the World Sufficiency Lab, we revisit the question of sufficiency with its cofounder and director, Yamina Saheb.
Let's be at least minimally honest with ourselves. Moving thousands of athletes and spectators to one or more regions of the world will never result in a 100% virtuous and eco-friendly outcome.