#8 Energy minister of Graubünden
See our interview with Mario Cavigelli, Energy Minister of Canton Graubünden in Switzerland. He talks about how the canton generates power and how they keep improving the use of renewable energy.
The interview was recorded on the 16th day of the Climate Pioneer World Tour in Chur, Switzerland.
#16 Wind energy in Switzerland
We have visited the biggest Wind Power Plant in Switzerland, called Mont-Soleil. Thanks to our partner BKW we had a great day on the 13th Day of the SolarButterfly Climate Pioneer World Tour! Louis Palmer interviewed Pierre Berger, Director of the solar plant in Mont-Soleil, and Julien Galley, the Director of the Juvent wind farm Mont-Soleil.
We also had the chance to go on a great tour lead by Michele Burger which was extremely enjoyable. Thanks to BKW for this day, you definitely should listen to our interview!
Watch our full interview with Pierre Berger, Director of the solar plant in Mont-Soleil, and Julien Galley, the Director of the Juvent wind farm Mont-Soleil
#15 Battery powered trains
Day 11 and 12 were exciting at the SolarButterfly Climate Pioneer World Tour, we visited many places, for example met ministers and directors of energy in Glarus and saw an electric train at Stadler.
Check out our daily video made by Kai Hicks.
#14 Sustainable district in a city
Louis Palmer interviewed Beat Weiss, the CEO of Tech Cluster Zug AG on the 10th day of the Climate Pioneer World Tour. It’s a project to transform the industrial park in Zug to a tech cluster. They want to establish a new energy system too to make the tech cluster sustainable.
To know more about the project: https://techclusterzug.ch
#6 Klima Glarus - making the canton of Glarus climate neutral
Louis Palmer interviewed Kaj Weiber, Board member of KlimaGlarus, an organization in Glarus, Switzerland that fights for a better climate and brighter future for the region. He is only 20, the youngest we interviewed in the SolarButterfly so far.
The interview was recorded in Glarus on the 11th day of the SolarButterfly Climate Pioneer World Tour.
#5 Energy ministers of Schwyz, St Gallen and Glarus
Switching to renewable energy is key in the fight agains climate change, and it has to happen on a big scale. Listen to Louis Palmer’s talk with Swiss energy ministers and directors from the 11th day of the SolarButterfly Climate Pioneer World Tour.
#13 Solar Cooperative Glarus
Louis Palmer talked to Martin Zopfi, Managing Director of TB Glarus on the 11th day of the SolarButterfly Climate Pioneer World Tour, in Glarus.
tb.glarus was created on January 1st, 2011 from the power plants of the four former municipalities of Netstal, Riedern, Glarus and Ennenda and is an independent public-law institution with its own legal personality and is 100% owned by the municipality of Glarus.
The Solar Community gives opportunity for people to sign up for an energy package, a very smart solution to make people’s life easier and more sustainable.
Watch our full interview with Martin Zopfi, Managing Director of TB Glarus
#4 Energy minister of the canton of Zurich
Listen to our interview with Martin Neukom, Minister of energy and climate policy of Canton Zürich.
The Canton of Zürich just decided to reach net zero by 2040 which is a big step, they are planning on replacing the whole heating system to renewables.