"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.
Analysis of surface areas, planning and supervision of works, monitoring, maintenance, billing of energy to tenants... the company Local Energy takes care of everything. "We like to define ourselves as a sort of energy utility," explains its director, Richard Mesple.
In response to the growth of photovoltaic installations in Switzerland, numerous platforms and matchmaking solutions connecting property owners and installers have emerged. They offer personalized support to guide owners through their solar projects.
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.
