Swiss Federal Energy policy
On the way to the diversification
We still live in a
fossil world. Over 80% of our total energy consumption are based on oil
and natural gas. Carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gases lead us
to a change of the climate, by fine dust and Smallestparticles have health
consequences. Serious are also our dependencies in consideration with the
geographical situation of the fossil energy sources. Depending upon
international conflicts the power supply thereby could be saliently
endangered.
Terrestrial heat can be found everywhere
While everybody stares at the fossil energy reserves in the interior of
the earth, which are going to an end, we only now recognize, the lasting
and emission-free form of energy only lying beside it now, although this
enormous potential exhibits. The terrestrial heat is one of our most
important energy sources of the future! It keeps increasing meaning in the
context of the strategy for diversified, renewable energy mix.
A substantial part of the power requirement arises as a result of the
heating and cooling of buildings. The present development is made by two
facts: On the one hand the heat consumption is lowered by large progress
for the better thermal insulation of the building covers. A plus at floor
space, ever more electrical devices and controls, increased use of heat
pumps etc. lead on the other hand to increased requirements of
electricity.
Geothermie: Warmth, electricity and volume energy
The renewable energies are very popular. Within these energies the
geothermal energy exhibits a special value, because it is available at any
time, independently of wind, weather and sun exposure. The terrestrial
heat makes the heating possible from small family houses to large office
buildings. The underground of a building can be used likewise for cooling.
I addition the deep Geotherm becomes more and more important. With the
“Deep Heat Mining” - project in Basle (Switzerland) will be developed
a first electrical power unit in Switzerland. The occured earthquakes
not only delayed the project, but also showed that for this new technology
still big research is needed.. It is now a large challenge to build pilot
power stations on further locations of Switzerland to clarify the
possibilities of the production of volume energy. Switzerland has the
goal, to increase the portion of the renewable electricity production to
at least 70%. The deep Geothermie will contribute in 20 to 30 years an
important part here.
Confession of the politics
The fact that these developments have to be supported is natural: In
addition a confession of the policy belongs to introduce appropriate
financial supports for risk capital and fee remuneration for the renewable
electricity. very important is the preceding research work. Such necessary
research and efforts of development, creation of useful computation tools
and the use of technologies, is supported by the Federal Office for energy
(BFE) since a long time and will also be done intensively in the future,
even more since legal bases are done.
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