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GENEVA: A group of Swiss politicians has formed ‘Stop Blackouts’, which will launch a petition seeking a revision to the country’s energy policy to guarantee adequate power supplies and keep nuclear as part of the mix.

Switzerland plans to close its five nuclear reactors following a 2017 decision prompted by safety concerns after the 2011 nuclear disaster in Fukushima, Japan, and has already shut one reactor.

Under Swiss direct democracy, its constitution can be changed via referendum if 100,000 signatures are collected within 18 months, although an outcome takes years.

Stop Blackouts said it plans to launch its petition on Tuesday. Five of the group’s six committee members are lawmakers from centre and right-wing parties.

“Until recently, Switzerland had safe and virtually CO2-free electricity production: the environmentally and climate-friendly combination of hydro and nuclear power is to be abandoned for no reason at all,” the website of Stop Blackouts said.

“We cannot do without nuclear power plants,” Vanessa Meury, president of the Stop Blackouts committee and the only committee member who is not a politician, told Swiss newspaper SonntagsZeitung.

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The change of constitution sought by the group would render Bern officially responsible for guaranteeing energy supply, using “any form of climate-friendly electricity generation”.

On Tuesday the government is set to unveil a plan to cope with potential energy shortages caused by the war in Ukraine, which is expected to prioritise voluntary cuts by consumers. Switzerland produces more power than it consumes but is reliant on neighbours for imports in winter.

The country could resort to rolling four-hour regional blackouts in the case of shortages, a senior utility sector official said in July.

The gas crisis is also causing neighbour Germany to consider extending the life of its three remaining nuclear power plants.

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samir sardana Aug 28, 2022 10:01pm
SWISS POWER SHOCK - 1 66% of SWISS POWER IS LARGE HYDRO, AND 33% IS NUKE. SO IT IS A HYDRO BTTERY, AND THE CATALYSIS FOR PUMPED STORAGE,BATTERY OPERATION POWER IS THE SWISS GOLD MINE,AS IT IS A TRANSIT GRID HUB,FOR THE EU GRID.HYDRO POWER MEANS THE SWISS CAN PRODUCE PEAK LOAD POWER AT WILL,AND EXPORT IT,TO THE GERMANS,WHO HAVE NO GAS FROM PUTIN .WITH NO GAS FOR GERMANS AND NO NUKE POWER IN GERMANY - SWISS ARE SITTING PRETTY BUT THE SWISSS IMPORT 35 TWH OF POWER FROM THE EU GRID IN "WINTERS" AND IN 20 YEARS THE SWISSS WILL BE POWER DEFICIT AND LARGE POWER IMPORTERS THE SWISS GRID IS ALSO OBSOLETE,AND CANNOT HANDLE RE POWER ALL DRILLS FOR GEOTHERMAL HAVE FAILED AS THE WATER IS NOT PRESSURISD OR HEATED ENOUGH TO MAKE POWER - BUT CAN BE USED FO HEATING ! BUT FOR HEATING THERE ARE MANY OTHER OPTIONS! THE ONLY OPTION IS SOLAR OR THERMAL .dindooohindoo
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samir sardana- Aug 28, 2022 10:16pm
SWISS POWER SHOCK - 2 THERMAL IS SAFER THAN NUKE POWER. * SOLAR WILL NEED A MASSIVE RAMP UP,IN SWISS CAPACITIES,& SWISS GRID.TEXAS EXPERIENCE SHOWS THAT FROM THE POINT OF SAFETY,ALSO - SWISS WILL HAVE TO GO THE THERMAL WAY ALSO IN ANY CASE,SOLAR WILL NEED SOME SPINNING POWER,WHICH CAN COME FROM HYDRO - BUT ALSO FROM THERMAL. SO THE SWISS MIGHT AS WELL,RAMPUP THERMAL PUTIN IS NOT GOING TO SELL GAS TO EU &SWISS - AS,SWISS ABANDONED ITS NEUTRALITY IN 25 YEARS,ALL INLAND LOGISTICS & TRAVEL,WILL BE IN EV MODE IN SWISS FROM WHERE WILL SWISS,GET THE POWER ? ONLY THERMAL & HYDROGEN FUEL CELLS- WHICH IS ANOTHER QUANTUM LEAP 1 THING THE SWISS CAN DO,IS THAT IN SUMMERS,WHEN THE SWISS ARE POWER SURPLUS - THEY CAN EXPORT POWER TO OTHER NATIONS IN EU,WITH LOW LEVEL WATER BODIES AND PUMP STORE THE WATER IN THE EU RESERVOIRS- &THEN,PRDUCE POWER & EXPORT ITTO THE SWISS GRID,WHEN THE SWISS LAKES,ARE FROZEN. BUT THIS WILL NOT SOLVE THE MASSIVE POWER DEFICIT OF THE SWISS, 20 YEARS,AHEAD
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