Local communities to promote solar expansion
The city of Zurich and ewz are committed to expanding solar power production in Zurich. In future, local communities are to be created in which owners of larger solar installations…
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Renovation incentives secure energy targets and the construction industry
Energy-efficient renovations are crucial to achieving Switzerland's climate and energy targets. However, the current proposal on the imputed rental value threatens to slow down investment and weaken the construction industry.…
Nuclear waste as a resource for the energy transition
Nuclear waste is seen as a burden for future generations, but researchers are now discovering an opportunity. Radioactive waste could help to produce the urgently needed fuel tritium for nuclear…
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Lucerne is building a public network of charging stations
The city of Lucerne wants to create around 30 public locations with charging infrastructure by 2035. To this end, it is making public land available to third-party providers in return…
Billion-euro investment drives expansion of energy storage systems
In future, Energy Vault will handle project planning, construction, commissioning and service contracts via the new subsidiary Asset Vault. This is to receive an investment of USD 300 million from…
Infrastructure planning protects Magadino plain
The Magadino Plain in the canton of Ticino is a transportation hub, supply hub and unique natural landscape all in one. Around a third of the plain is protected as…
Restrictions on objections in projects
On August 1, 2025, numerous legal changes came into force in Switzerland, affecting work, safety, education, the environment and aviation. Here is an overview of the most important changes, from…
Alpine solar project launched over 2000 metres
STRABAG is realising the NalpSolar project in Graubünden for Axpo. An alpine solar plant with a technology centre is being built here next to the Lai da Nalps reservoir above…
Light controls electricity in metals
Researchers at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities have developed a method to control the flow of electricity in ultra-thin metal films at room temperature using light. This discovery could…
Switzerland continues to massively expand solar power
Photovoltaic systems with an output of 1.8 gigawatts were installed in Switzerland in 2024. This was 10 per cent more than in the previous year. At the end of 2024,…
New tool simplifies the reuse of radiators
The Basel Component Exchange and Zirkular GmbH are working with the Institute for Building Technology and Energy at Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts (HSLU) to develop a guide…
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Solar energy on track
The expansion of photovoltaics in Switzerland reached another record level in 2024. Over 10% of electricity demand was covered by solar energy, and the trend is rising. Switzerland is therefore…
Cooperation for more solar power in Zurich and eastern Switzerland
The Basel-based energy supplier IWB has acquired Senero AG. By acquiring the solar specialist, IWB intends to expand its position in the field of renewable energies.
Underground facility to reduce CO2 emissions
Flughafen Zürich AG is building an underground energy centre to reduce the company's own emissions. A seasonal energy storage facility in an ice-age glacier channel and a low-temperature network are…
Zurich focusses on the future
The latest issue of Zürcher Umweltpraxis und Raumentwicklung clearly shows that the commitment to climate and environmental protection is bearing fruit. The Canton of Zurich takes its responsibility for the…
Where electricity will come from in 2050
Switzerland wants to be climate-neutral by 2050 and at the same time phase out nuclear energy. To meet this dual challenge, a massive expansion of photovoltaics and wind power is…
Swiss PV Circle lays the foundations for the reuse of solar modules
SENS eRecycling and Swissolar from Zurich have completed the Swiss PV Circle project together with the Bern University of Applied Sciences. The aim was to promote the reuse of photovoltaic…
AirBattery and CAES as the key to the energy transition
Compressed Air Energy Storage (CAES) is a new generation of long-term storage systems. Underground compressed air systems such as the AirBattery could secure the power supply efficiently, economically and in…