"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.
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.
"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.
For half a century, the Energy Foundation has been striving to promote a better understanding of energy issues, which are often complex but affect the entire population, and to foster democratic debate.
"For millions of people active in emerging markets, sustainability is not an abstract ESG objective; it is a matter of access to energy, economic resilience and, often, survival," reminds Louiza Savchenko of MK Global Kapital.
Since 2020, the Swiss start-up has pursued a clear ambition: to transform passenger transport on the water through a new generation of foils. Behind this technology lies an enticing promise of fast, quiet, comfortable, and electric vessels.
Already active in research on their aging with the CircuBAT project, our country could take a new step with the construction of the world's largest battery in Aargau and the opening of a new dry room within the 'Battery Innovation Hub' of Neuchâtel.
"For Switzerland to be able to guarantee its digital independence, it must find a balance between computing power, energy and sustainability," explain Bastien Girod and Marc Beierschoder, both partners at Deloitte Switzerland.
"Despite the development of renewable energies, our country does not produce more electricity in winter than it did ten years ago. It's a wake-up call to be taken seriously," says Lukas Federer, head of the Energy, Environment, Infrastructure and Digitization department at Economiesuisse.
