Solar plants in the High Alps can produce electricity in summer and winter. In the photograph: solar panels at the Albigna dam in Graubünden.
Solar plants in the High Alps can produce electricity in summer and winter. In the photograph: solar panels at the Albigna dam in Graubünden. An ETH risk researcher has concluded that Energy Strategy 2050 doesn't work. The Energy Science Center at ETH Zurich disagrees: extensive research shows that the energy transition is feasible and makes sense, writes Gabriela Hug together with her ESC colleagues. Earlier this month, the Neue Zürcher Zeitung newspaper reported that huge dependence on electricity imports in winter was imminent if the Swiss federal government went through with the Energy Strategy including nuclear phase-out. A non-peer-reviewed working paper by ETH risk researcher Didier Sornette served as a reference for these statements. That paper forecasts an extremely high electricity import ratio of 69 percent for January 2050.
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