Wind power could supply 6% of Swiss needs by 2035

Wind power could supply up to four billion kilowatt-hours, or 6% of Switzerland's electricity consumption by 2035, according to Lionel Perret, director of the wind power industry Suisse Eole. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox "Such a performance is conceivable with around 450 wind turbines," Perret told the 180 people gathered at Bern's City Hall for the National Wind Energy Congress. "Given that two-thirds of wind turbine output is generated in winter, every kilowatt-hour of wind power reduces the need for storage and imports, as proven by a study conducted by the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich," stated Suisse Eole in a press release. + Read more: Switzerland needs energy, but what kind? According to Saskia Bourgeois of the Swiss Federal Office of Energy, "thanks to the evolution of technology, Switzerland could produce 8.9 TWh of wind-generated electricity per year, including 5.7 TWh in winter, by exploiting 30% of the 29.5 ...