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  • Swiss Climate Foundation supports ten projects

    Swiss Climate Foundation supports ten projects

    In its first funding round in 2024, the Swiss Climate Foundation has selected ten innovative climate-relevant projects for funding from a large number of submissions. They will be supported with a total of over 1.3 million Swiss francs, the foundation announced in a press release. “We are registering an increased number of high-quality enquiries with real potential for climate protection,” said Managing Director Vincent Eckert.

    In the press release, the Climate Foundation provides a brief profile of five of the projects. For example, the Grabowski project from Borobotics GmbH in Winterthur is being supported. It has developed a drilling robot for geothermal drilling in confined spaces.

    VentoStream AG from Liestal is being supported in the development of its mini wind turbine. “Our technology is three times more effective and economical than conventional wind turbines,” says VentoStream CEO Manuel Bernsau. The innovative design also prevents shadow, bird and ice impact.

    HILLBOT GmbH from Risch ZG has developed a lightweight mower. The project initiator Amadeo Knüsel is quoted in the press release as saying that “an average farm could save 4 tonnes of CO2 per year”.

    SolidWatts from Pully VD is being supported in the development of microwave generators that produce microwaves on an industrial scale. They can efficiently produce heat in materials used in industrial processes.

    Terrabloc SA develops innovative clay blocks for ceiling production. The Geneva-based company has already received support from the Climate Foundation in 2019 and 2020.

  • Early participation can increase acceptance of wind power

    Early participation can increase acceptance of wind power

    An early participation of the population can increase the acceptance of new wind turbines in the vicinity of residential areas. According to a press release , researchers at the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research ( WSL ) have come to this conclusion. They interviewed 500 people in areas close to the city of Bern about the plans to erect wind turbines. It has been shown that the rejection has a lot to do with the personal connection to the place and the landscape.

    Actually, everyone agrees: Renewable energies are valuable and necessary, says Matthias Buchecker from the Social Science Landscape Research Group at WSL, describing the initial situation. However, when it comes to specific investments, it often becomes difficult. So far, it has been assumed that the change in the face of a landscape caused by large wind turbines causes a knee-jerk rejection in one’s own neighborhood, Buchecker is quoted as saying. But this explanation falls short. Instead, the reasons for the rejection lie in the local ties of those affected. “People want to have a say in decisions sooner.”

    This requires a rethinking of the planning processes. Because in the survey, the opponents rejected a change in their residential area as a whole – not just the specific wind farm. Involving the population must begin with the question: How should one’s own region develop in principle – ecologically, in terms of energy, economically and in terms of landscape? Buchecker is quoted as saying that the aim should be to find a broad and overarching consensus within the framework of which renewable energy systems would also find their place.