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Does the new Electricity Act provide a suitable framework for the integration of solar energy?
Grid stability as a challenge
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Will the EU have enough money to finance its climate industry ambitions?
The Green Deal Industrial Plan
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Energy Act: Investments in renewables have to be worthwhile
Targeted investment incentives are needed in order for Switzerland to achieve a substantial expansion of renewable energies. The investment contributions proposed under the revision of the Energy Act are not suitable for large-scale plants. Furthermore a risk guarantee to ensure long-term investments in existing hydropower plants is lacking. Axpo proposes appropriate alternatives.
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Creating suitable regulatory conditions
Contribution to the debate on the new Energy Act/Part 1
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Climate policy is energy policy
CO2 Act: Christoph Brand in L'Agefi
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"Existing large hydropower was left out"
If the Government does not improve the current revision of the Energy Act, Swiss hydropower will have a particularly difficult time in the future.
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Hydropower: Expansion target endangered
Energy Strategy 2050 and environmental concerns in conflict
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Regulatory activities in the Swiss electricity market
A guide to short-term and long-term measures
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Electricity Act – implementation is progressing
The ordinance provisions are defined
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Axpo approves the federal government's plans to hedge against power shortages
Axpo welcomes in principle today’s Federal Council proposals for a hydropower reserve and reserve power plants. These measures support the goal of strengthening security of supply in Switzerland. But legal amendments are necessary so that Switzerland can successfully achieve the energy transition and guarantee long-term electricity security of supply.
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What does 2024 have in store for the Swiss electricity market?
Momentum for increased regulation continues
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Values
Our shared cultural foundation that empowers us to act.
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Axpo no. 1 at solar auction in France
The Axpo subsidiary Urbasolar has gained a market share of 38 per cent in tenders for solar canopies.
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Solar power, not blanket bans
The ‘site dependency’ criterion is slowing expansion
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High taxes penalise Swiss Producers
The international competitiveness of Swiss hydropower
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Axpo supplies Nestlé with electricity from German wind farms
Axpo saw in the new year by reinforcing its role as a leading provider of long-term power purchase agreements (PPAs) for renewable energies in Europe. Since 1 January 2022, the company’s German subsidiary has been supplying Nestlé Germany with electricity from wind power plants. This ensures that non-subsidised wind farms stay on grid and the world’s largest food group can produce its food and beverage products in Germany in a climate-friendly way.
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Safety net: right or wrong?
Council of States debates the safety net: a fact check
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Satisfactory, reliable framework conditions are essential to facilitate investment
Facilitating investment in the development of renewable energies requires an adequate framework
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Missing money
The profitability of Swiss hydropower: A study
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Green power mix from Switzerland
Energy transition study by the ETH Lausanne – political framework conditions important
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