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In the 1900s, electricity was represented as a fairy, a magical force bringing power and progress to humans.

But these days, we’re more likely to draw a light bulb in our living room or the electricity meter in our home. Electricity is now everywhere, part of our everyday lives. So much so that we forget how precious it is. And that to do without oil, gas and coal, the challenges of transition are enormous.

In Switzerland, 60% of energy consumption is fossil fuel-based. If we are to achieve zero carbon emissions by 2050, we will need to increase the number of clean energy infrastructures.

So how do we go about it? In this episode of the “2040 j’y vais!” podcast, Chantal Peyer takes you on a tour of various citizen energy initiatives that are contributing to this energy transition.

You’ll hear:

• Karine Roch, President of the Association pour l’Energie Citoyenne, who will tell us about a municipal project above Morges.
• Claude-Alain Roulet, Michel Dénéréaz and Marcel Schuppli, three residents of the La Mottaz neighbourhood in Apples, have launched a project to create a citizen’s electric community.
• And Marc Müller, an engineer in the field of Transition, who will broaden our analysis of the challenges of the energy transition and take us on a journey to 2040.

Interview and editing: Chantal Peyer

Director: Aline Blanchard

🙏The two programs on the energy transition were supported by the energy department of the canton of Vaud, to whom we extend our warmest thanks.

References

– European federation of energy communities: https: //www.rescoop.eu/

– French shared energy network: https://energie-partagee.org/

– Swiss Citizen Energy Network: https: //energie-citoyenne.ch

– CEL platform: https: //www.leghub.ch (but only in German-speaking Switzerland at this stage)

– FOEN platform for calculating the photovoltaic potential of every roof(www.toitsolaire.ch) and facade(www.facade-au-soleil.ch) in Switzerland.

Some citizen energy associations or cooperatives:
– directory : https://energie-citoyenne.ch/projets/
– Ennesert in the canton of Vaud: https://enessert.ch/
– association court circuit : https://court-circuit.cloud
– Celios in the canton of Vaud: www.cellios.ch
– coopsol in Neuchâtel: https://coopsol.ch
– enerko in Geneva: https://enerko.ch
– optimarsolar in Freiburg : https://www.optimasolar-fr.ch
– optimasolar in Nyon:
– Econénergie in Etoy https://www.ecoenergie.ch
– newatts in Ecublens : https://www.newatts.ch

Other support
The “2040, j’y vais!” podcast is made possible by the support of the Giovannini Foundation, the canton of Vaud, the canton of Geneva, HEKS Transform’Action Lab, One Planet Lab and Services Industriels de Genève. We would also like to thank our distribution partners: l’impact Hub Lausanne-Genève; l’Archipel de Sion and sanu.