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...
For countries like Switzerland, the import of fossil and nuclear energy is a great economic burden. The transition towards 100% renewable energy supply hence offers a lot of opportunities. Here, we explain how Switzerland tackles this issue in the frame of the "Swiss Energy Strategy 2050". The...
These projects are all the more important for the country as Switzerland has engaged an ambitious “Energy Strategy 2050”, which plans to reduce CO2 emissions by 50% by 2030 compared to its 1990 baseline while phasing out nuclear power which currently covers close to 40% of the national ...
The law, Energy Strategy 2050, calls for large-scale investment in renewable sources of energy like wind and solar—both of which Switzerland notably lacks at the moment. It also calls for subsidies to bolster the country’s hydroelectric sector. Switzerland currently gets about 60 percent of its...
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...
This method and the unprecedentedly precise data provide concrete guidelines for Switzerland's 2050 energy strategy. It also opens the way for new scientific studies. More information:Martin Rüdisüli et al, Decarbonization strategies for Switzerland considering embedded greenhouse gas emissions in electric...
The report suggests that by 2050, hydrogen could potentially meet 20% of Switzerland’s electricity needs during winter. However, the country would need to use climate-friendly energy sources like wind and solar to produce hydrogen, as large-scale production within Switzerland would be too expensive...
(2021), who find contestation of the Energy Strategy 2050 in their stakeholder survey. Public Discourses on (Sectoral) Energy Policy in Switzerland 339 energy transition and heavily subsidizing renewable energy such as Germany) and the overall satisfactory performance of Switzerland due to strong ...
Energy,2014). The Swiss Energy Strategy 2050, for example, calls for a 50% reduction of per capita energy consumption by 2050 (Swiss Federal Council,2013). Since private households in industrialised countries generate around 40% of country-level greenhouse gas emissions through their energy ...
Switzerland’s Federal Council previously said it planned to finalise the country’s 2050 climate strategy by December 2020, when it could be submitted to the UN. A timeline published by the Swiss environment and energy department in September anticipated the new climate act to come into effect ...