GENEVA, March 23 (Xinhua) -- Switzerland's Energy Strategy 2050 is positive for investors and businesses looking for stability if the confederation's withdrawal from nuclear energy is underpinned by tangible policy initiatives, a World Economic Forum (WEF) expert said Thursday. "For investors and ...
Switzerland’s goal is to achieve climate-neutrality by 2050. This plan will be implemented within Switzerland’s “Long-term Climate Strategy.” The basis for this is a future energy system without fossil and nuclear energies, in which a safe, clean, affordable, and largely domestically produced...
Switzerland also committed to an ambitious reduction in its greenhouse gas emissions by 2030. In 2017, the people of Switzerland approved the first package of measures under Energy Strategy 2050. Since this time, Swiss energy policy has been ...
in Switzerland’s Energy Strategy 2050 and in the energy plans prepared by Swiss cantons. Industry and buildings, and in particular their energy use related to heating and cooling, are among the largest sources of CO2, e.g. causing half of all greenhouse gas emissions in Switzerland. These em...
According to its Energy Strategy 2050 (ES 2050), Switzerland aims to reduce its total final energy demand by 22–46% in 2050 compared to the level in 2010 under different policy scenarios (Prognos 2012). The residential sector, which accounts for nearly 28% of the total final energy demand...
27 (Xinhua) -- A Swiss Green Party proposal to close all five of Switzerland's nuclear power plants by 2029 was rejected by 54.2 percent of voters in a federal referendum on Sunday. Backed by 45.8 percent of the electorate, the initiative aimed to limit the life-span of nuclear power ...
It is informed that without the nuclear contribution, Switzerland would have been unable for some time to provide enough electricity for domestic needs and would be dependent, to an untenable extent, on imports from abroad. It is opined that by the continuous use of nuclear power, Switzerland ...
While committed to gradually decommissioning the country's nuclear power plants under its 2050 energy strategy, the Swiss government stood against the initiative, arguing that it would lead to a premature closing of Swiss plants. Swiss legislation requires that popular initiatives secure both voter and...
Switzerland submitted its formal climate plan months before the Paris Agreement1and was among the first countries that met the “midnight survival deadline”2,3. The Swiss long-term climate strategy4aims at net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in 2050, with an intermediate target of a 50%...
If Switzerland wants to achieve the net zero emissions target, a significant increase in electricity consumption must be expected. Thus in 2050, electricity consumption might be around 20 terawatt hours above today's level. A fundamental driver of this growth is the use of electricity to power ca...