"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.
"Switzerland is committed to an ambitious energy transition. Based on the increasing electrification of our society, this change requires a thorough modernization of the country's energy infrastructure," explains Thomas Lier, head of the GEFISWISS Energy Transition Fund.
"Electricity, everywhere." The Valais-based start-up lives up to its name very, very well, given the ambitions it harbors with its technology, designed to meet the challenges of the transition to renewable energies.
"To reach carbon neutrality by 2050, it would be necessary to add each year the equivalent of the Grande-Dixence's production, namely 2.3 billion kilowatt-hours," calculates Dominique Rochat, Energy & Infrastructure Project Manager at Economiesuisse.
In its report published in mid-December 2024, the Confederation attempted to anticipate the future of this energy vector. A difficult exercise, given the glaring lack of a market in Switzerland.
By combining agricultural production and solar energy, agrivoltaics offers promising prospects in Switzerland, where the areas dedicated to agriculture as well as to renewable energy production are limited.
Two months ago, CleantechAlps published the second edition of its report dedicated to start-ups active in the field of cleantech. Interview with Eric Plan, Secretary General.
Commissioned by the Association of Swiss Electric Companies, a study recalls the challenges as well as the solutions available to Switzerland to ensure the long-term viability of its energy system.
According to Mathias Schlegel, spokesperson for Greenpeace Switzerland, "The operation of the Aargau power plant will continue in denial of the international environmental conventions signed by Switzerland."
