Meh. It’s not really the best source for us. It’s very noisy and doesn’t produce much. Best to build one or two more AKWs, pave the roofs with solar and we’ll be fine.
Look at all that space for large offshore windfarms! <gestures around>
Does it really make sense to compare countries like this? It must be much better that each country build the green energy sources that makes the most sense, regarding local conditions and topography. Switzerland is good on hydro power, which Denmark obviously has none off.
Well, especially with the renewables they need to be tuned to wherever you are. I’m not saying we couldn’t do better, but I think compared with denmark Switzerland is rather suboptimal for wind energy. However the reverse is true when talking about hydroelectric power generation.
Wind energy (mostly) sucks for many countries, beeing behind on it isnt neccessarily a bad thing
Obviously, we aren’t as efficient as Denmark in using our huge coastline.
the mountains stop the wind not our fault. source: trust me bro
If we didn’t reject literally every single plan for wind energy because of noise, landscape image, animals w/e we’d be further up. Apparently trying to save the planet and renewable energy is only important to a point
Yeah but look at how much hydro the country has, something like 60% of electricity comes from hydro.
Wind is not suitable for Switzerland. We did extensive analysis on this, actually the most precise wind data of any one country on this. It’s all public, see [here.](https://wind-data.ch/windkarte/)
Däfür hemmer ja jetzt de erschtklassig Energiegeneral Ölbert Röstli. De wird das Pferd scho schaukle.
And? Compare that to hydro, nuclear and other renewables. Will be a more complete picture
Hydro+Nuclear is much much more appropriate for Switzerland anyway.
Wind is better suited to countries by the sea.
People really like to cry about everything without knowing anything about it
Das isch doch eiifach Hafechäs!
Wens zweni Wind het muesch ämu die blöde Dinger nid uufstelle.
But the landscape. Think about the landscape!
Wind is just outright ugly! Source: Drive from Vienna to Györ and tell me otherwise.
All fields are dotted with windmills. It looks dystopian. At daylight because of the moving arms and at night because of the blinking lights.
I believe wind is best to harvest out in the ocean where wind is strong and we don’t see it at all. People make a too big fuzz about “transportation loss”. If the “fuel” for your electricity production is free, you don’t need to care about that.
Is this from a swiss newspaper? It looks like typical Switzerland bashing you’d expect from the EU-philes tbh
Switzerland produces the vast majority (like 95% or something?) Of that electricity from clean sources, hydro and nuclear. Meanwhile both Denmark and Germany are burning coal.
OP is not too enlightened on renewable energy and the matching requirements it seems.
I see your sarcastic comments, but there’s still potential for more wind energy, just ask any person working for power producers. It’s just extremely difficult to obtain necessary autorisations from local authorities, even if the project meets all the formal/legal requirements. Sometimes it takes more than ten years to build one wind turbine. But I think things are changing right now on the political level.
Wind really makes little sense for Switzerland. Nuclear + Solar + Hydroelectric would be the best.
Yeah, and Denmark is at the bottom of the league for mountain dams. Weak !
60% Hydro is not to bad as a renewable and 30% nuclear is not bad to be fair. Ireland also really needs to take advantage of the power of the Atlantic.
Do the same comparison with water energy
The wind only blows in daytime. Never after 10 in the evening because of noise regulations.
If you want it changed, please file a referendum.
(Edit: no seriously, why don’t we put offshore windmills in the Leman? Not enough wind?)
And Denmark has 0% hydropower.
# Schlusslicht!!!
Seriously, these polemic statistics are annoying. Local geography makes a huge difference in what sources and means of storage of energy are efficient.
With little free space remaining and very limited wind in continental climate, wind is just not a great option Switzerland.
So what?
Well yes, now look a the Waterpower. Our Country only has some much space for Wind.
Just wait to see how dismal are our numbers for capturing energy of the volcanoes and ocean tides. Apart from specific corridors that already have windmills in place there is little capacity in strong, reliable, constant wind in Switzerland.
Switzerland imports 80% if it’s electricity. Hydroelectric capacity is pretty much maxed, there is indeed a lot of opportunity for wind turbines but the cost is high given the complex geography.
– Source : a friend at the Federal assembly
We have nuclear. Why use shitty wind?
Gee, who’d have thought?
*rolls eyes and laughs*
hydro and nuclear is a far better option.
And now hydroelectric….
Wind Energy doesn’t make sense in Switzerland and we compensate with water energy because we have rivers!
Very happy to read this: wind energy is one of the less efficient and the most bulky energy resource we came up with. No need to disrupt our landscape for an epsilon of additional energy.
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How’s that hydro going for you, kære Danmark?
well we got water plenty of it too
Meh. It’s not really the best source for us. It’s very noisy and doesn’t produce much. Best to build one or two more AKWs, pave the roofs with solar and we’ll be fine.
Look at all that space for large offshore windfarms! <gestures around>
(no but all joking aside, the Swiss do invest in wind energy, just not so much in Switzerland itself: cantonal-owned Axpo for example [has a lot of wind projects](https://www.axpo.com/ch/en/about-us/energy-knowledge.detail.html/energy-knowledge/wind-power.html) all over Europe)
Does it really make sense to compare countries like this? It must be much better that each country build the green energy sources that makes the most sense, regarding local conditions and topography. Switzerland is good on hydro power, which Denmark obviously has none off.
Well, especially with the renewables they need to be tuned to wherever you are. I’m not saying we couldn’t do better, but I think compared with denmark Switzerland is rather suboptimal for wind energy. However the reverse is true when talking about hydroelectric power generation.
Wind energy (mostly) sucks for many countries, beeing behind on it isnt neccessarily a bad thing
Obviously, we aren’t as efficient as Denmark in using our huge coastline.
the mountains stop the wind not our fault. source: trust me bro
If we didn’t reject literally every single plan for wind energy because of noise, landscape image, animals w/e we’d be further up. Apparently trying to save the planet and renewable energy is only important to a point
Yeah but look at how much hydro the country has, something like 60% of electricity comes from hydro.
Wind is not suitable for Switzerland. We did extensive analysis on this, actually the most precise wind data of any one country on this. It’s all public, see [here.](https://wind-data.ch/windkarte/)
Däfür hemmer ja jetzt de erschtklassig Energiegeneral Ölbert Röstli. De wird das Pferd scho schaukle.
And? Compare that to hydro, nuclear and other renewables. Will be a more complete picture
Hydro+Nuclear is much much more appropriate for Switzerland anyway.
Wind is better suited to countries by the sea.
People really like to cry about everything without knowing anything about it
Das isch doch eiifach Hafechäs!
Wens zweni Wind het muesch ämu die blöde Dinger nid uufstelle.
But the landscape. Think about the landscape!
Wind is just outright ugly! Source: Drive from Vienna to Györ and tell me otherwise.
All fields are dotted with windmills. It looks dystopian. At daylight because of the moving arms and at night because of the blinking lights.
I believe wind is best to harvest out in the ocean where wind is strong and we don’t see it at all. People make a too big fuzz about “transportation loss”. If the “fuel” for your electricity production is free, you don’t need to care about that.
Is this from a swiss newspaper? It looks like typical Switzerland bashing you’d expect from the EU-philes tbh
Switzerland produces the vast majority (like 95% or something?) Of that electricity from clean sources, hydro and nuclear. Meanwhile both Denmark and Germany are burning coal.
OP is not too enlightened on renewable energy and the matching requirements it seems.
I see your sarcastic comments, but there’s still potential for more wind energy, just ask any person working for power producers. It’s just extremely difficult to obtain necessary autorisations from local authorities, even if the project meets all the formal/legal requirements. Sometimes it takes more than ten years to build one wind turbine. But I think things are changing right now on the political level.
Wind really makes little sense for Switzerland. Nuclear + Solar + Hydroelectric would be the best.
Yeah, and Denmark is at the bottom of the league for mountain dams. Weak !
60% Hydro is not to bad as a renewable and 30% nuclear is not bad to be fair. Ireland also really needs to take advantage of the power of the Atlantic.
Do the same comparison with water energy
The wind only blows in daytime. Never after 10 in the evening because of noise regulations.
If you want it changed, please file a referendum.
(Edit: no seriously, why don’t we put offshore windmills in the Leman? Not enough wind?)
And Denmark has 0% hydropower.
# Schlusslicht!!!
Seriously, these polemic statistics are annoying. Local geography makes a huge difference in what sources and means of storage of energy are efficient.
With little free space remaining and very limited wind in continental climate, wind is just not a great option Switzerland.
So what?
Well yes, now look a the Waterpower. Our Country only has some much space for Wind.
Just wait to see how dismal are our numbers for capturing energy of the volcanoes and ocean tides. Apart from specific corridors that already have windmills in place there is little capacity in strong, reliable, constant wind in Switzerland.
Switzerland imports 80% if it’s electricity. Hydroelectric capacity is pretty much maxed, there is indeed a lot of opportunity for wind turbines but the cost is high given the complex geography.
– Source : a friend at the Federal assembly
We have nuclear. Why use shitty wind?
Gee, who’d have thought?
*rolls eyes and laughs*
hydro and nuclear is a far better option.
And now hydroelectric….
Wind Energy doesn’t make sense in Switzerland and we compensate with water energy because we have rivers!
Very happy to read this: wind energy is one of the less efficient and the most bulky energy resource we came up with. No need to disrupt our landscape for an epsilon of additional energy.
Weak is op mind