The energy crisis are looming over Europe. So Switzerland is looking at homegrown energy. But that could affect its perfect Alps!  |
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A focus on hydropower has helped to save the Swiss from soaring oil and gas costs. But the country is far from immune, so the government is pushing to pivot away from fossil fuels and ramp up renewable energy output. That means by using the Alps unique geography to develop solar power and expand hydropower.  |
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Simonetta Samaruga is the Swiss energy Minister said, "I think in our country especially also with the Alps, we can produce solar power for winter in the Alps and of we have huge potential to have solar power on our own for our buildings. So if we can use solar power and hydropower today, this is I think really the dream team of a Swiss energy production."
A successful pivot to a clean independent energy supply will help stable Switzerland's position as a high end economy at the heart of Europe. But implementing change isn't easy. Local are worried about disruptions to biodiversity of the overall landscape of the postcard ready Alps. The system of direct democracy in Switzerland's means projects can be blocked at the local level. It can take years to get approval to raise a wall on an existing project. New legislation will help approve solar projects in the mountains. But it's depend on the cantons or provinces to approve them.  |
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Of course it's always to have a good balance with the protection of nature as well but to have more storage possibility and also more hydropower production. Switzerland's potential to harness energy from its own resources is on full display and valets this 935 foot tall dam holds 400 million cubic meters of water which can supply around 400,000 houses for a year.  |
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Ahmadi Marissier is head of hydropower at energy company Alpic said, "We all know that the coming winter is going to be pretty tense in terms of electricity supply. We are keeping as much water as we can, to go through the winter. Switzerland is putting in place as a water reserve. So we're actually physically store water. Keeping water in the dams for winter to make sure that we are not in a tight spot."  |
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Renewables have taken up a quarter of Switzerland's total energy supply. That puts Switzerland ahead of leading economies, like Germany and France. But it is still behind Norway and Iceland according to OECD data experts. Christian Schaffner from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology says, "There needs to be a stronger push towards Renewables, if you want to make electricity supply in the future that is really sustainable. We need to go into renewables and that of course includes portal attacks PB and this has not been done as quickly as we maybe should have."  |
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