"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.
By combining energy management systems, decentralized generation and storage solutions, facility managers have a strategic opportunity: to transform their buildings according to the "building as a grid" model, says Kamal Mehta, Product & Offer Manager EMEA at Eaton.
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.
Inspired by the Spanish example, a recent study by HES-SO Valais has sought to assess the impact of new nuclear capacities in an electricity market with a high share of renewables.
According to Laurent Balsiger, "the closer a politician is to the ground, the better able he is to grasp the problems and challenges posed by climate change." Member of the Grand Council, he was one of the actors behind the new Vaud energy law. 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.
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."
"The abandonment of the green hydrogen plant project by Romande Energie above all illustrates the conjunctural difficulties facing the hydrogen sector, particularly in Switzerland, and, to a lesser extent, in Europe and the United States," explains Simon Siggen for the Nomads Foundation.
