"The summer of 2026 showed what inaction costs; the courts, for their part, have begun to say who must be held responsible for it," emphasize François de Cambiaire and Lydia Méziani, lawyers at de Cambiaire & Méziani Associates.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Spin-off of EPFL, the start-up has set itself an ambitious mission: to make wind energy compatible with professional activity zones thanks to smaller, quieter turbines equipped with vertical-axis blades.
Despite the emergence of counter-movements, the success of this great celebration of overconsumption remains undiminished. On the contrary, it has definitively established itself in Switzerland as in the rest of Europe.
Drilling deeper and hotter: that is, according to Quaise Energy and its CEO Carlos Araque, the key to the future of deep geothermal energy. From the United States to Europe via Switzerland, geothermal initiatives are multiplying, driven by new technological advances.
In principle, the agreement has the clear and explicit support of the industry. Its national implementation, however, raises greater reservations within the energy sector.
Olivier Hamant, a biologist-philosopher, aims to make organizations robust so they can withstand the turmoil to come. A critic of the performance dogma, the biologist will give a lecture at the University of Lausanne on October 31 as part of the Écotopiales.
A long-standing pioneer in electrifying its mobility, the City of Zurich presented at the beginning of the summer a plan of 13 measures to further accelerate its transition.
