"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.
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.
Because of its high efficiency and sustainability, hydrogen could play an important role in the energy transition. Aside from its industrial production, it exists naturally in the form of deposits that are still largely untapped. Explainer.
"For hydrogen to reach competitive cost levels, support policies similar to those that have benefited solar energy are needed," says Jean-Luc Favre, president of the Nomads Foundation.
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.
More and more trucks are crisscrossing North American and European roads despite two underlying problems: their price and the lack of charging infrastructure.
