Archive: energy revolution

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

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 how to further develop Switzerland’s efforts concerning energy efficiency, as well as encouraging the development of different renewable energies such as : hydro-power, sun, wind, geothermal and biomass. However, the uncertainties regarding Switzerland’s energy policy in the future remain numerous and it won’t be easy to find answers.

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 problematic for Switzerland’s cantons and municipalities too: since 2010, the value of their stakes in the sector has dropped by about SFr 6.5bn.

13.09.2016, Natanael Rother, Patrick Dümmler