“After the resounding acceptance of the Renewable Energy Act on Sunday, our solar initiative is the logical next step: it will ensure that solar installations are built where the potential is greatest while preserving nature.” The president of the Swiss Greens, Lisa Mazzone, presented this Tuesday the launch of a new initiative to promote the development of solar energy in the country.
While environmentalists have been divided over the renewable energy law because of its impact on the landscape, this initiative should reconcile them. Rather than building solar farms on mountaintops, it calls for that during new construction or major renovation: “Any roof, facade or appropriate infrastructure be equipped to produce renewable energy. It also requires that existing buildings be equipped within 15 years. Strict cases are planned.
In a press release released this Tuesday, the president of the Swiss Energy Foundation (SES) and national socialist councilor, Nadine Masshardt, recalled the potential of solar energy: “According to the Federal Office of Energy, it It is possible to produce more than 70 terawatt hours of solar electricity per year on the roofs and facades of existing and appropriate buildings. This is more than the current annual electricity consumption in Switzerland and more than three times the annual electricity production of all the country’s nuclear power plants. »
