"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.
"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
"Shouldn't we, as societies, accept engaging in more honest discussions, less laden with emotions and idealism, on this question of nuclear power?" asks Daniella Gorbunova, a journalist at the Fédération des Entreprises Romandes Genève.
At the crossroads of science, society and public policy, the professor at the University of Geneva develops energy scenarios aimed at supporting the transition to carbon neutrality.
According to Michael Frank, director of the Association of Swiss Electricity Companies (AES), "it is crucial to keep the energy transition at the heart of public debate and, above all, to accelerate the concrete implementation of projects."
"Resource-hungry, these data centers have an environmental footprint that constitutes a crucial sustainability issue for both companies and actors in sustainable finance," recalls Luc Olivier, financial analyst (CFA) and portfolio manager at La Financière de l'Échiquier.
A consortium led by the company GRZ Technologies, the Federal Office of Energy (OFEN) and The Ark Foundation has developed a hydrogen compressor using heat instead of electricity. A promising technology but with limited concrete potential.
At the end of November, an expert report commissioned by the Energy Foundation claimed that the Gösgen nuclear power plant had been affected by a safety flaw since it began operating in 1979. We discuss the issue with Andreas Pautz and Mathieu Hursin, two specialists working at EPFL's LRS.
"In 2025, all of the batteries presented at SNEC Storage in Shanghai were LFP, a sign that this chemistry has established itself as the new standard," says Lionel Perret, head of the renewable energy sector at Planair.
In "Une Constitution pour la transition écologique," Marcel Hänggi proposes rethinking the Constitution in depth in order to better protect both the environment and democratic institutions in the face of upcoming ecological crises.
