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  • The energy sector remains stable despite structural change

    The energy sector remains stable despite structural change

    According to a press release, Primeo Energie AG achieved a generally positive result in 2025. The Basel-Landschaft-based energy supplier, headquartered in Münchenstein, generated turnover of 1.8 billion Swiss francs. This is 392 million less than in the previous year. Profit rose from 91 million to 109 million Swiss francs.

    The Energy Solutions division made a significant contribution to this profit growth. In France, Primeo Energie acquired 120,000 new private customers. The Swiss electricity business returned to a slight profit for the first time in years.

    In the Grid and Services division, Primeo Energie is feeling the impact of the decline in electricity consumption in industry and private households, as well as the rise in decentralised self-generation. Consequently, less electricity was transmitted.

    The Heating and Industrial Solutions division was expanded with new and extended district heating networks, for example in the Lower Wiggertal, Muttenz, Aesch and the Birstal. However, the mild weather put pressure on sales.

    The Production division remained stable thanks to diversification into hydro, solar and wind power and its presence across six countries.

    In 2025, Primeo Energie divested itself of activities lacking critical mass or with low profitability. These included wind farms in Norway and the electric mobility division in Switzerland.

    In the current year, the company intends to expand its electricity business in Switzerland and its activities abroad.

  • Cooperation for sustainable energy supply in Arlesheim, Münchenstein and Reinach

    Cooperation for sustainable energy supply in Arlesheim, Münchenstein and Reinach

    Primeo Energie and uptownBasel are intensifying their collaboration. The two Basel-based companies signed “two important contracts” at the end of December 2024, explained Primeo Energie in a press release. Among other things, they aim to use the waste heat generated on the site of the competence centre for Industry 4.0 in Arlesheim to heat thousands of flats in the surrounding municipalities of Arlesheim, Münchenstein and Reinach.

    To this end, uptownBasel partner Primeo Energie is making Building 4 available on a long-term basis. This is where the Münchenstein-based energy supplier will set up the transfer centre for the competence centre’s waste heat. The second contract concerns the site network. Under this contract, Primeo Energie is responsible for both the operational management and maintenance of the network on the 75,000 square metre site of the competence centre. The site grid includes high and medium-voltage lines for supplying energy to the site and its nine buildings.

  • Expansion of energy storage for renewable sources

    Expansion of energy storage for renewable sources

    Primeo Energie intends to build and operate large-scale batteries throughout Switzerland via a subsidiary in future. As the Basel-based energy supplier has announced, it has founded Primeo Battery AG, also based in Münchenstein, together with the Clean Energy Infrastructure Switzerland 3 (CEIS 3) fund.

    Large-scale batteries can compensate for weather-related fluctuations in the production of electricity from renewable sources. Primeo Energie is contributing its expertise in the development and implementation of energy transition projects and the marketing of large-scale batteries, according to the press release.

    CEIS 3 was launched jointly by Swiss Life Asset Management and UBS and is aimed exclusively at institutional investors. At its launch in November 2022, it had over CHF 772 million from 38 investors.

  • Primeo Energie and Technic 360 join forces for renewables

    Primeo Energie and Technic 360 join forces for renewables

    Primeo Energie and Technic 360 are launching an offensive for decentralized renewable energy supply in the canton of Fribourg, the Basel-based energy supplier said in a statement . The two partners have developed a portal on which interested parties can calculate the potential and benefits of their own combination of photovoltaic system and heat pump. In addition, maison-intelligente.ch offers detailed advice and financing solutions.

    “From a global perspective, climate-friendly energy and mobility solutions are among the most important drivers of a successful energy transition,” Conrad Ammann is quoted as saying in the press release. For the CEO of Primeo Energie, “intelligent solutions for the optimal implementation, use and financing” of solar systems and heat pumps “make an important contribution”.

    With maison-intelligente.ch, the two partners have created the first offer of this type in French-speaking Switzerland, the press release explains further. You are planning information events in the canton of Friborg in the near future to make the platform better known. The project is supported by the Freiburger Kantonalbank . It offers preferential financing conditions for solutions implemented via maison-intelligente.ch.

    “The energy transition can only succeed in cooperation with the population and thus our customers,” explains Alexandre Fragnière, Director Technic 360, in the communication. Maison-intelligente.ch should offer them “a simple and effective solution for the procurement of their solar system and heat pumps”.

  • Aesch gets a sustainable heating network

    Aesch gets a sustainable heating network

    Primeo Energie and the municipality of Aesch are planning to set up “a large and sustainable district heating network”, the energy service provider from Basel informs in a message. It is supposed to supply large parts of the municipality with "renewable wood district heating". The investment required for this is estimated in the communication at CHF 20 million.

    In a first step, the partners want to develop the north of Aesch. After that, the network will gradually cover the remaining areas, according to the announcement. The existing heating networks of Primeo Energie and the community and residents' community in Aesch are to be renewed and merged in the new network.

    The plans also provide for the establishment of a new heating center. It will be built in the Weidenring and, in addition to two boilers, will also have a heat pump, explains Primeo Energie. Wood chips from the Aescher forest and the Angenstein district are mainly used as fuel. The peak load is absorbed by an oil boiler.

    In total, the planned heat generation amounts to around 16 gigawatt hours, writes Primeo Energie. According to the company, the share of renewable energy in heat production will be over 80 percent. In this way, more than 3000 tons of CO2 emissions could be avoided each year.

    The planning application for the association should be submitted by the end of this year. The first heat supplies could be realized at the beginning of the heating period 23/24, writes Primeo Energie. Interested property owners can already set up a connection.

  • Aesch gets a sustainable heating network

    Aesch gets a sustainable heating network

    Primeo Energie and the municipality of Aesch are planning to set up “a large and sustainable district heating network”, the Basel-based energy service provider informs in a message. It is supposed to supply large parts of the municipality with “renewable wood district heating”. The investment required for this is estimated in the communication at CHF 20 million.

    In a first step, the partners want to develop the north of Aesch. After that, the network will gradually cover the remaining areas, according to the announcement. The existing heating networks of Primeo Energie and the community and residents’ community in Aesch are to be renewed and merged in the new network.

    The plans also provide for the establishment of a new heating center. It will be built in the Weidenring and, in addition to two boilers, will also have a heat pump, explains Primeo Energie. Wood chips from the Aesch forest and the Angenstein district are primarily used as fuel. The peak load is absorbed by an oil boiler.

    In total, the planned heat generation amounts to around 16 gigawatt hours, writes Primeo Energie. According to the company, the share of renewable energy in heat production will be over 80 percent. In this way, more than 3000 tons of CO2 emissions could be avoided each year.

    The planning application for the association should be submitted by the end of this year. The first heat supplies could be realized at the beginning of the heating period 23/24, writes Primeo Energie. Interested property owners can already set up a connection.