She developed and then compared two scenarios for expanding Switzerland's solar photovoltaic installed base so as to achieve—or even exceed—the Energy Strategy 2050 targets, working in conjunction with Dr. Martin Rüdisüli, an expert in energy-system modeling at the Swiss Federal Laboratories for...
The Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL) located in Switzerland is now facing this problematic, and its sustainable strategy "Energy Concept 2015-2045" aims to reduce the energy demand per person by 30%, and the CO2 emissions by 50% in 2035. The university campus is ...
The Swiss climate strategy’s objective is to achieve the balancing of annual greenhouse gases (net zero) by 2050 at the latest. Currently, Switzerland’s energy supply consists mainly of hydropower and nuclear energy. Nuclear power stations are to be closed when they reach the end of their se...
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 ...
Building energy renovation program is one of the first set of measures of Energy Strategy 2050 in Switzerland [13]. A Swiss nationwide building energy renovation program (Programme Bâtiment) was launched in 2010 to improve building energy efficiency, in which 1.5 billion CHF have been spent to...
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 ...
national hydrogen strategy by the end of the year. This strategy will provide an overview of the initial situation and inform future decisions. While interest in hydrogen is strong, specific plans remain limited, and it is too soon to determine if Switzerland is being overlooked in the hydrogen...
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...
with the goal of fully replacing the country's nuclear power with renewable energy by 2050. Some CHF 250 million in funding was deployed to develop and implement a comprehensive strategy. The nationwide research program entailed setting up eight Swiss Competence Centers for Energy Research (SCCERs)...
Energy requirements for securing wellbeing in Switzerland and the space for affluence and inequality By focusing on wellbeing, sufficiency, and reducing inequality, high-income countries like Switzerland can move towards a more just global distribution of energy and resource consumption, while securing...