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  • Masshardt takes over the management of the energy foundation

    Masshardt takes over the management of the energy foundation

    Beat Jans had headed the Swiss Energy Foundation, founded in 1976, since the end of 2015, SES informed in a press release . Now the long-standing SP National Council has been elected President of the Canton of Basel-Stadt. In order to avoid conflicts of interest, Jans is therefore stepping down as President of the Board of Trustees of the SES, explains the SES.

    The Board of Trustees has elected Nadine Masshardt to succeed Jans. The Bernese SP National Councilor will take up her new post after her maternity leave in mid-February, explains the SES. In the communication, the President-elect is described as "a competent energy and environmental expert as well as a highly respected and committed full-blooded politician". In addition, she is certified as having “valuable experience from the NGO world” from her involvement in the WWF Berne section.

    The Swiss Energy Foundation is committed to promoting a humane and environmentally friendly energy supply in Switzerland. Among other things, the SES advocates the rapid phase-out of fossil and nuclear energy and the rapid and considerate expansion of renewable energies. Under the leadership of Nadine Masshardt, the SES is "ideally equipped for the energy policy challenges of the coming years", says the press release.

  • Solar offensive should create thousands of jobs

    Solar offensive should create thousands of jobs

    Many jobs have already been destroyed throughout Switzerland by the Corona crisis, others are in danger. The Swiss Energy Foundation ( SES ) sees the increased use of renewable energies, especially solar power, as a means of counteracting this. The SES has commissioned a study on this at the Zurich University of Applied Sciences ( ZHAW ) in Wädenswil ZH. According to the press release on this, a “courageous solar offensive” can create thousands of new jobs in a short period of time. Jürg Rohrer, author of the study and head of the Renewable Energy Research Group at the ZHAW, states: "If we equip the most easily usable areas with solar systems, we need around 14,000 additional jobs." A total of 12,000 of them would be in the Installation of photovoltaic systems, which employees can carry out after only a short training period. In 2000, specialist planners required more specialist knowledge, for which, depending on their previous education, they would need around six months of further training.

    The package of measures of the Energy Strategy 2050, which was adopted in a referendum in May 2017, provides for more energy efficiency and renewable energies to be used in the future energy supply. However, the implementation has so far only got off to a slow start. The SES proposal, which should also be included in the consultation on the revision of the Energy Act, should help to compensate for this deficit. Felix Nipkow, Head of Renewable Energies at SES, mentions a threefold benefit of the initiative: “Investing in solar energy now helps to achieve the climate goals, creates new jobs and strengthens the security of supply in the electricity sector.” The new Energy Act will only be able to come into force in a few years. A solar offensive would trigger investments today and create new jobs quickly. In this way, photovoltaics will become a job engine.