Squeezing Every Last Drop Of Juice From Hydropower, In Switzerland
Switzerland’s KWO hydropower company has an edge with pumped hydro “water battery,” efficiency improvements, and room to increase capacity.
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Switzerland and Massachusetts: CleanTech’s Dynamic Duo Preps For Energy Transformation
Switzerland and the US state Massachusetts are forging ahead with a second Innovation Days event aimed at pushing clean tech to the next level.
Nissan LEAF Police Cars Used To Arrest FIFA Officials In Switzerland
Originally published on EV Obsession. It appears that all of those rumors surrounding corruption in the high echelons of FIFA have finally been proven true, based on recent news. 9 FIFA officials and 5 corporate executives were all arrested a few days ago in Switzerland, and indicted on 47 different … [continued]
National Bike Month, Tesla “D” Launch Event in Switzerland… (Clean Transport Link Drop)
Here’s some more clean electricity news & commentary for you in case you’ve already sailed through ours. Bicycling Protected Lanes Preview: Boston, Detroit, Indy, Minneapolis, Denver & More Safety In Numbers: Biking Is Safest In Nations With The Most People On Bikes Measuring How Americans Ride New Mobile App Alerts Drivers to … [continued]
IKEA & Hanergy Expand Residential Solar Offer To Switzerland
IKEA recently expanded from selling solar panels produced by Hanergy in the UK and the Netherlands to a partnership with Hanergy in Switzerland. The residential solar panel offering launched in Spreitenbach, Switzerland earlier this month. Hanergy specializes in “next-generation” thin-film solar panel technology. The IKEA & Hanergy press release points out … [continued]
Tesla Expands Partnership With Sixt Leasing Into Switzerland
Tesla Motors and Sixt Leasing recently expanded their strategic partnership to include Switzerland — now both German and Swiss customers have access to the excellent leasing service. Those interested — and living in Switzerland — can now obtain a lease offer from Sixt Leasing that works out to about CHF … [continued]
Electric Car Sales & Registrations Updates For Canada, Switzerland, Denmark
I’ve just published electrified vehicle sales and registrations updates for Canada, Switzerland, and Denmark over on EV Obsession. This follows up on updates for the US, Sweden, and Norway. Unfortunately, I’m still waiting on some data for some of the big players — the Netherlands, Germany, France, and Italy. Once … [continued]
Switzerland Will Allow Personal Solar PV System Consumption Starting April 1st
The Swiss government will — as of April 1st — begin allowing residential PV system owners to consume the electricity that they generate with their solar panels. As it stands currently, PV systems must, by law, feed 100% of the electricity that they generate directly into the Swiss electricity grid. … [continued]
Tesla Opens First Supercharger Station In Switzerland
Tesla Motors opened its first Supercharger station (Lully) in Switzerland yesterday. The station is available 24 hours per day, 7 days per week, and no form of charge pass is required. Two charging stalls are located at the station, with each able to provide up to 120 kW of DC power at … [continued]
Switzerland Cannot Afford Not To Transition To Renewables
A new report published by the Swiss Energy Foundation has made it clear that Switzerland cannot afford not to transition to renewables by looking at the overall cost of not transitioning to renewables and lower consumption. Switzerland’s Energy Foundation has completed their own study (unhelpfully published only in German – PDF) … [continued]
