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Renewable energy: its necessity and progress around the world

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THE GREAT TURNING POINT – WHY THE FUTURE BELONGS TO THOSE WHO CHOOSE THEIR OWN LIVES, THEIR COUNTRY AND THEIR FREEDOM

For decades, the model for success seemed set in stone: living where the work is, accepting geographical constraints, putting up with a sometimes harsh climate, rising living costs, increasing tax…

GENEVA–PAV–ARCHIBORETUM: IT WAS ALMOST LIKE A DREAM…

There are projects that make you want to believe that cities can still be ambitious. And then there’s Geneva... Amidst the vast Praille-Acacias-Vernets (PAV) urban development project, one scheme…

RENEWABLE ENERGY – THE WORLD IS PICKING UP SPEED, ASIA AND THE US ARE SMASHING RECORDS… WHILE SWITZERLAND IS RECOUNTING ITS FORMS

15 December 2025

While the rest of the world is installing gigawatts of power, Switzerland is setting up committees, regulations and procedures, and congratulating itself on being the “best in the world”.

WHILE SWITZERLAND SPINS ITS WHEELS IN A YOGURT-LIKE ENERGY TRANSITION, UZBEKISTAN BASKS IN THE SUN

Switzerland – the land of precision watches and discreet banking – seems to be moving at the speed of an asthmatic snail when it comes to renewable energy. Meanwhile, Uzbekistan is charging ahead,…

HOW CHINA BECAME THE WORLD'S LEADING AUTOMOTIVE POWERHOUSE

The motor show that opened in Beijing in 2024, where China demonstrated just how far ahead it is of German, Japanese and American car manufacturers on the road to an electric future.

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…

WORLD - POLLUTION - POLLUTION FROM FOSSIL FUELS KILLED 8 MILLION PEOPLE IN 2018

Pollution caused by fossil fuels was responsible for more than 8 million premature deaths in 2018, accounting for 20% of all adult deaths worldwide, according to a study published on Tuesday 9…

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…

THE HIMALAYAS ARE VISIBLE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 30 YEARS THANKS TO A DROP IN POLLUTION

India, with its population of 1.4 billion, has been in lockdown since 24 March 2020 as part of the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic. This situation has led to a drastic reduction in pollution…

STRIKES = LOSS OF INCOME, POLLUTION, STRESS, PUBLIC HEALTH AT RISK IN CITIES

21 December 2019

We’ve seen it for ages: strikes cause catastrophic losses for micro-businesses, over 65% of which in France are at risk of eventually going bankrupt; but even more seriously, they cause stress levels…

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…

"GREEN ARCHITECTURE" IN CHINA – LIUZHOU FOREST CITY

05 September 2019

The Forest City project, first unveiled at the COP 21 international conference in Paris in 2015, stems from the broader theme of urban forestry, which has always been at the heart of architect…

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.

ENERGY – SWITZERLAND RANKS SECOND IN THE ENERGY TRANSITION ACCORDING TO THE WEF

Switzerland has been ranked the second-best country for energy transition according to the World Economic Forum’s index. It has thus overtaken Norway but remains behind Sweden, a leader in this field.

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’ –…

STREAMING, BITCOIN, AI: THE ENERGY CRAZE!

Watching Netflix, using a voice assistant… Behind these seemingly innocuous actions lie huge data centres and a network whose computing operations consume 8% of the world’s electricity. And this is…

SWITZERLAND - MIKE HORN: “CHILDREN WILL SAVE THE PLANET!”

16 February 2019

The adventurer and his brother, Martin, are launching a club for children. Their aim? To foster a love of adventure and the great outdoors in young people. But also to raise their awareness of…

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…

HYPERION, THE INDIAN ECO-NEIGHBOURHOOD THAT THINKS BIG… REALLY BIG

22 October 2017

What if, in 10 years’ time, we were living in wooden towers and eating fruit and vegetables grown on our balconies? That is the idea behind Belgian architect Vincent Callebaut’s latest project,…

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