Switzerland must put the turbo on the photovoltaics
(ATS) The environmental organization is launching this recommendation on Tuesday to the Environment Commission of the Council of States which will discuss at the end of the week of the law on electricity supply.According to Greenpeace, the objective of production of electricity from renewable energy must be drastically revised upwards.
Concretely, the NGO requests by 2035 a production of at least 38 terawatt hours (TWH), mainly from photovoltaics, instead of the 17 TWh planned by the Federal Council."Switzerland must prick a solar sprint", according to Greenpeace.A rapid development of the facilities is the key to a safe and climate -friendly energy supply, according to her.
Increased use of solar would reduce CO2 emissions due to transport, buildings and industry to zero.Switzerland does not need new gas power plants or need to extend the lifespan of nuclear power plants and even less to develop nuclear power.
The development of photovoltaics could ultimately exceed supply from hydraulics.According to Greeenpeace, this would lead to a 60% reduction in CO2 emissions by 2030 and 90% by 2035 compared to 1990.And this without harming biodiversity.
For the rest, Greenpeace relies on negative emissions, the elimination of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.The objective of zero net emission would thus be achieved by 2035.
Studies carried out by the organization show that by developing solar energy, the supply of electricity of Switzerland would be better protected against possible blackouts and electricity shortages in winter.There would even be an overproduction in summer which could be used for the production of hydrogen and fuel or synthetic fuel.
The organization expects additional investments of approximately 105 billion francs by 2050 for an energy supply without nuclear and CO2 emissions.These investments would create jobs in the Cleantech, 30,000 according to the NGO.
Finally, the money used for the importation of oil and natural gas could in the future be invested in Switzerland.Greenpeace Switzerland bases its demands on a study which sketches a global energy scenario for Switzerland.