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What electricity future do informed Swiss citizens prefer?

On May 21, 2017, Swiss citizens voted for the implementation of the Energy Strategy 2050 and thus broadly approved the national focus on energy efficiency, renewable energy, and nuclear phaseout. Yet, the question remains: how exactly should the electricity generation portfolio of the future look like in the eyes of the Swiss citizens?
Schweizer Pioniere: Eine Professorin forscht für die Energiewende

Prof. Gabriela Hug, ETH Professorin und ESC Vorstandsmitglied, wurde im SRF für Ihre ausserordentlichen Leistungen als "Schweizer Pionierin" portraitiert. Im Beitrag von "10vor10" spricht Prof. Hug über ihren innovativen Ansatz zur Lösung der aktuellen Herausforderung eines nachhaltigen Energienetzes, und was es braucht, um an die Spitze zu gelangen.
“Why public policy and political economy matter” – Insights into the E4D School on Energy, Cape Town

During three weeks 24 students from around the world came together to learn about and develop low-carbon energy and development policy strategies. The E4D School on Energy was initiated by ETH Global in a collaboration with the Energy Science Center and the Energy Politics Group. Andrea Binkert, an ETH Zurich Master student and one of the participants of the three-week programme at the Engineering for Development (E4D) School on Energy, shared her experience in the ETH Ambassadors Blog.