{"id":14905,"date":"2022-10-25T17:00:16","date_gmt":"2022-10-25T15:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/non-classifiee\/strong-opposition-to-solar-farm-construction-projects-in-the-mountains\/"},"modified":"2024-03-28T15:55:09","modified_gmt":"2024-03-28T14:55:09","slug":"strong-opposition-to-solar-farm-construction-projects-in-the-mountains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/news-from-the-front\/strong-opposition-to-solar-farm-construction-projects-in-the-mountains\/","title":{"rendered":"Strong opposition to solar farm construction projects in the mountains"},"content":{"rendered":"<div  class=\"tatsu-S1gAgOHEs tatsu-section  tatsu-fullscreen tatsu-bg-overlay   tatsu-clearfix\" data-title=\"\"  data-headerscheme=\"background--dark\"><div class=\"tatsu-fullscreen-wrap\"><div class='tatsu-section-pad clearfix' data-padding='{\"d\":\"90px 0% 90px 0%\"}' data-padding-top='90px'><div class=\"tatsu-row-wrap  tatsu-wrap tatsu-row-one-col tatsu-row-has-one-cols tatsu-medium-gutter tatsu-reg-cols  tatsu-clearfix tatsu-SyxlAlur4o\" ><div  class=\"tatsu-row \" ><div  class=\"tatsu-column  tatsu-column-no-bg tatsu-one-col tatsu-column-image-none tatsu-column-effect-none  tatsu-SybeAeOBNi\"  data-parallax-speed=\"0\" style=\"\"><div class=\"tatsu-column-inner \" ><div class=\"tatsu-column-pad-wrap\"><div class=\"tatsu-column-pad\" ><div  class=\"tatsu-module tatsu-inline-text clearfix tatsu-BkfgAgdB4i   \" ><style>.tatsu-BkfgAgdB4i .tatsu-inline-text-inner{width: 100%;text-align: left;}.tatsu-BkfgAgdB4i.tatsu-inline-text{margin: 0px 0px 20px 0px ;}<\/style><div class=\"tatsu-inline-text-inner tatsu-align-center\">\n<p><span class=\"swatch-white\">According to the experts, the installation of solar parks in the Alps would make it possible to generate a large proportion of electricity in winter, a period when electricity supply is most problematic.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"swatch-white\">Christian Schaffner, Director of the Center for Energy Sciences at the Institute of Technology of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, commented to Swiss German Television (SRF):<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h5><span class=\"swatch-white\">&#8220;With the Alps enjoying very good sunshine, it would be possible to generate electricity above the clouds.&#8221;<\/span><\/h5>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span class=\"swatch-white\">He also sees two additional advantages: the fact that the efficiency of photovoltaic panels seems to be more effective at low temperatures, and the opportunity to mount the panels vertically to capture both the sun&#8217;s rays and their reflection on snow and ice.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"swatch-white\">The costs involved in installing solar farms at altitude, the appropriate locations, the assessment of the economic benefits and, above all, the environmental impact are all questions that remain unanswered.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"si-grid\" style=\"clear: both; 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This corresponds to around half of the solar energy that Switzerland plans to produce each year by 2050. Proponents of these projects believe they can accelerate the energy transition, but they face stiff opposition from nature conservation organizations.<\/p>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/news-from-the-front\/strong-opposition-to-solar-farm-construction-projects-in-the-mountains\/\" class=\"exp-read-more exp-read-more-underlined\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":12462,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-from-the-front"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14905","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14905"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14905\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14918,"href":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14905\/revisions\/14918"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}