Huge Profits for State Electricity Suppliers Households in the basic supply face record prices while owners that are mainly public earn a fortune. Complete market liberalization is necessary, as is a reform of ownership structures. 26.01.2024, Patrick Dümmler, Simon Stocker
Energy Policy under Strain Problem-solving approaches in the area of conflict between security of supply, sustainability and economic efficiency 07.11.2023, Patrick Dümmler, Simon Stocker, Mario Bonato, Teresa Hug Alonso
Closing Supply Gaps in the Electricity Market Today’s electricity system offers little incentive to conserve. A combination of price incentives, individual supply levels, and automated load control could help. 25.07.2023, Patrick Dümmler
Why Keep It Simple When You Can Make Things Complicated? Climate protection law put to the test 30.05.2023, Patrick Dümmler
The Tale of the Evil Market and the Good Basic Supply Network Why a complete liberalization of the electricity market is necessary 30.03.2023, Patrick Dümmler
The Concentration of Critical Minerals The only thing securing Switzerland access to lithium and rare earths is openness. 27.02.2023, Simon Stocker
Why Economists Don’t Much Like Subsidies Subsidies distort markets and create disincentives 26.01.2023, Samuel Rutz, Laurenz Grabher
Green Light for e-Fuels The EU has decided on a back door that will enable passenger cars to run on e-fuels after 2035. This is the right decision, because exponents who believe the case for technology openness is outmoded and that e-fuels are not fit for purpose are overlooking some important points. 29.11.2022, Lukas Rühli
Obscene Profits? 10 reasons why a special tax on war or crisis profits could prove to be a Pandora's box 30.08.2022, Patrick Leisibach
Renegotiate the Energy Policy With Europe Hannah’s Quicktakes on energy policy and the supply security of electricity in Switzerland 28.07.2022, Hannah Wise
Electrify, Don’t Fritter Reforming electricity policy could reduce the risk of shortages 27.07.2022, Mario Bonato, Patrick Dümmler
When Politicians Pull the Plug Homemade Problems Are Jeopardizing the Supply of Electricity 08.03.2022, Patrick Dümmler
A Golden Age for Climate Policy? Trusting market forces is the only way to go 30.11.2021, Patrick Dümmler
More Clarity and Fewer Contradictions Technological openness will help Switzerland achieve its CO2 reduction goals 28.09.2020, Peter Grünenfelder
Sustainable Powertrain Technologies avenir spécial Full Throttle to Net Zero 16.07.2020, Christian Bach (Empa), Patrick Dümmler, Peter Grünenfelder, Jürg Müller, Peter Richner (Empa), Urs Steiner, Marc Tribelhorn
Hydropower is Doing Quite Well Further subsidies to the detriment of private households and small businesses are to be expected 13.11.2018, Simon Dalhäuser in conversation with Patrick Dümmler
Electric Cars Are not Achieving the Best Results More emphasis should be given to cost-benefit analyses 30.10.2017, Peter Grünenfelder
Swiss Energy Policy 2050 Focus of the month The approved “Energy Strategy 2050” reflects the government’s view on… 31.07.2017, Tibère Adler, Fernanda Guerrero
Billions in Public Money Wasted on Loss Making Power Stakes Low electricity prices have put pressure on generating companies. That’s… 13.09.2016, Natanael Rother, Patrick Dümmler
“We Need All Forms of Energy” Annual Dinner on Switzerland’s energy future 01.04.2015, Verena Parzer-Epp
