A recent Harvard study highlights close links between the rise of data centers and clean energy. Behind the algorithms lies a purely material reality: a demand for electricity that is skyrocketing and disrupting grids and the energy transition.
"While nuclear power is necessarily part of the long term, photovoltaics and batteries fall into a different timescale: that of the needs we must meet today," says Richard Mesple, CEO of Local Energy.
Interview with Marie-Laure Chapatte, CSR Manager at the Neuchâtel Cantonal Bank (BCN).
Faced with soaring gas prices, several countries — including China and India — have substituted coal for gas to produce their electricity, as highlighted by the latest semiannual report of the International Energy Agency (IEA).
"The rise of renewable energy and the reduction of our consumption of oil and gas have allowed Switzerland to avoid 31 billion francs in fossil fuel imports over the past fifteen years," says Pierrette Rey, spokesperson for WWF Switzerland.
According to Henri Klunge, newly elected deputy in the canton of Vaud and founder of Alcane Conseils, "the presence of this small molecule in the drinking water should remind us that our activities are not without consequences nor without risks for the environment."
Interview with Lukas Krienbuehl, a member of the executive team and head of communications and crowdfunding at Solarify.
"In an energy context marked by significant uncertainties, can Switzerland afford to rule out certain sources of production from the outset?" asks Dominique Rochat, Energy & Infrastructure Project Manager at economiesuisse.
Since January 1, 2026, Switzerland is once again officially participating in the ITER project. We discuss this reintegration with Yves Martin, deputy director of the Swiss Plasma Center. Interview.
"How far is it fair to make tenants bear the burden of the incentives granted to owners to produce their electricity and thereby make savings, or even profits?" wonders Christian Rod, an energy transition expert and founder of the company CREST.
After more than ten years devoted to the design and industrialization of its technology, the company is now entering a new phase: the commercialization of its very first factories installed on a truck.
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