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ENERGYPIER IN VALAIS – FINALLY, THE LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL

24 October 2023

For the record, the “EnergyPier” project in Fully on the A9, the “solar motorway”, got off to an “official” start in early 2011 with a meeting between its developer and the then director of the…

SWITZERLAND – ELECTRICITY: THE POWER CUT

08 November 2021

Switzerland faces the threat of electricity shortages from 2025: the Federal Council is calling on businesses to start preparing now. The cause: the lack of an electricity agreement with the European…

RENEWABLE ENERGY – WILL ELECTRICITY SOON BE GENERATED BY ROOFS ABOVE THE MOTORWAY?

An entrepreneur from French-speaking Switzerland wants to cover Swiss motorways with a structure comprising solar panels and wind turbines installed between the roadside supports. Two pilot sections…

DEVELOPMENT - SOLAR ENERGY HAS GREAT POTENTIAL IN SWITZERLAND

02 September 2020

According to the Swiss Federal Office of Energy, the roofs and facades of houses in Switzerland could generate 67 TWh of solar electricity per year. Up to 40 times more electricity thanks to solar…

SWITZERLAND MUST AIM FOR CARBON NEUTRALITY BY 2050

19 October 2019

Switzerland must not emit more CO2 than its carbon sinks can absorb. In light of new findings on climate change, the Federal Council raised its climate target on Wednesday. It is aiming for carbon…

THE SOLAR HIGHWAY PROJECT IN THE SPIRIT OF PERMACULTURE

We’re certainly not going to create yet another introductory course on permaculture. There are already more than enough of them, offering insights that are as varied as they are insightful.

CROWDFUNDING AND THE SOLAR MOTORWAY

Modern finance has developed over time, largely in response to sudden and unexpected events. One example is the collapse of Lehman Brothers in the US, which nearly triggered a chain reaction that was…

THE SOLAR MOTORWAY AND ITS UNEXPECTED LINKS TO BLOCKCHAIN

Summary: In this post, we continue to share our ongoing thoughts on the "Solar Highway" project, focusing in particular on the interconnections between blockchain technology, our energy future,…

THE SOLAR MOTORWAY IS MOVING FORWARD … (NO PUN INTENDED!)

Readers of ouvrirlesyeux already knew this: the team behind the blog has been focusing its efforts on our solar motorway project – better known by its English acronym, the ‘Solar Highway Project’ –…

SWISS-ENERGYPIER'S SOLAR HIGHWAY PROJECT

03 October 2018

A Swiss initiative to secure the world’s energy future… That’s the stated aim of protecting our planet, but in reality, this masterful concept is nothing less than the world’s largest renewable…

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