Emotional Discussion About Industrial Electricity: How Expensive Is Switzerland? Electricity prices for industry are high in this country. Nevertheless, state support would be the wrong approach. 02.12.2024, Christoph Eisenring, Simon Stocker
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
Agreement on Electricity with the EU Essential on the future of Swiss energy supply 26.09.2023, Patrick Dümmler
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
Not Out of the Woods Yet Energy shortages threaten us in the coming winters as well 19.12.2022, Patrick Dümmler
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
Two Myths and One Truth about the Energy Crisis Hannah’s Quicktakes into the work of Avenir Suisse on energy policy 29.09.2022, Hannah Wise
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
Promoting an Effective Swiss Climate Policy How Switzerland can set an example and convince other countries to take similar measures 29.06.2021, Patrick Dümmler
Ways out of the European Political Impasse No need to fear the electorate 31.05.2021, Peter Grünenfelder
