Comments on: Switzerland Cannot Afford Not To Transition To Renewables http://cleantechnica.com/2013/07/30/switzerland-cannot-afford-not-to-transition-to-renewables/ Clean Tech News & Views: Solar Energy News. Wind Energy News. EV News. & More. Sun, 28 Dec 2014 21:34:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.1 By: globi http://cleantechnica.com/2013/07/30/switzerland-cannot-afford-not-to-transition-to-renewables/#comment-175300 Mon, 05 Aug 2013 15:20:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=54515#comment-175300 Actually, Switzerland imports well over 80% of all its energy:
Here are detailed energy statistics (only available in French or German):
http://www.bfe.admin.ch/themen/00526/00541/00542/00631/index.html?lang=de&dossier_id=00763

And about 40% of the Swiss power is generated by nuclear (100% of nuclear fuel is imported):
Here are detailed electricity statistics (only available in French or German):
http://www.bfe.admin.ch/themen/00526/00541/00542/00630/index.html?lang=de&dossier_id=00765

The transition to renewable energies is difficult because Swiss utilities are not interested in decentralized power (which is generally not owned by them) and because there’s currently more than enough power in Europe anyway (Swiss utilities produce more than double as much power abroad than in Switzerland), so more power with little marginal costs (renewables) will reduce (their) wholesale electricity prices.
So, with more renewable power utilities lose twice:
1. Because of a reduction of market share.
2. Because of a reduction of whole sale electricity prices.

And unfortunately utilities have a lot of influence in Swiss politics.

]]> By: Craig Morris http://cleantechnica.com/2013/07/30/switzerland-cannot-afford-not-to-transition-to-renewables/#comment-174884 Fri, 02 Aug 2013 06:53:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=54515#comment-174884 Nothing looks like my work accidentally, James. This was a clear rewrite, but it has been edited to remove what the editor called “offending passages.” So they agreed it looked like a rewrite. I did not ask for deletion; I just want to have attribution when my ideas are used, and CleanTechnica has a history a complete reprints (verbatim!) of my work without my permission.

]]> By: Craig Morris http://cleantechnica.com/2013/07/30/switzerland-cannot-afford-not-to-transition-to-renewables/#comment-174883 Fri, 02 Aug 2013 06:51:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=54515#comment-174883 The article was changed to remove passages indicating the rewrite. The German press release appeared at the beginning of the month; my write-up, just days before this one. I referenced Altmaier; he referenced Altmaier. The structure of the presentation was the same.

]]> By: JamesWimberley http://cleantechnica.com/2013/07/30/switzerland-cannot-afford-not-to-transition-to-renewables/#comment-174844 Thu, 01 Aug 2013 22:55:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=54515#comment-174844 Cool it Craig. All accurate secondary reports on the same primary event – here a Swiss study – will look quite similar.

]]> By: JamesWimberley http://cleantechnica.com/2013/07/30/switzerland-cannot-afford-not-to-transition-to-renewables/#comment-174841 Thu, 01 Aug 2013 22:51:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=54515#comment-174841 “Gewinne” in the context is “gains” not “profits”.

]]> By: Bob_Wallace http://cleantechnica.com/2013/07/30/switzerland-cannot-afford-not-to-transition-to-renewables/#comment-174812 Thu, 01 Aug 2013 17:56:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=54515#comment-174812 What is your basis for claiming plagiarism?

]]> By: Craig Morris http://cleantechnica.com/2013/07/30/switzerland-cannot-afford-not-to-transition-to-renewables/#comment-174761 Thu, 01 Aug 2013 07:15:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=54515#comment-174761 Please stop rewriting my work without attributing it to me: http://www.renewablesinternational.net/the-cost-of-not-transitioning/150/537/71521/

]]> By: Edward Kerr http://cleantechnica.com/2013/07/30/switzerland-cannot-afford-not-to-transition-to-renewables/#comment-174379 Tue, 30 Jul 2013 10:27:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=54515#comment-174379 What’s true for Switzerland is true for the whole world. If we fail to grasp that and act we are in for a bumpy ride to oblivion.

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