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CO2 Act in the National Council

11 June 2020

On 9 and 10 June 2020, the National Council discussed the total revision of the CO2 Act. For our industry, the...

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Scania Green Truck Edition - also with biodiesel

22 April 2020

THE PATH TO SUSTAINABILITY IS A CONTINUOUS DEVELOPMENT. POSSIBLY ENDLESS. WE SHARE RESPONSIBILITY FOR OUR ENVIRONMENT. In order to minimise...

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8th Bioenergy Forum postponed!

16 March 2020

Mobile with bioenergy - net zero by 2050 *****Due to the current situation, the 8th Bioenergy Forum from 1 April 2020...

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Energy: Biofuels are becoming increasingly important

15 March 2020

Turning frying oil into biofuel: contractor Hans Berger is one of seven biodiesel producers in Switzerland. Barely noticed by the public, his company is...

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Will we soon be heating with purified used cooking oil?

25 February 2020

PORTRAIT BY MARKUS WILKE, ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENTIST FROM Ticino Markus Wilke, an environmental scientist from Ticino, and Marcel Caminada, an energy engineer from Graubünden,...

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Emission measurements during the combustion of biogenic liquid fuels

29. January 2020

On behalf of the FOEN, emission measurements were carried out at the FHNW in 2019 for the combustion of biogenic liquid fuels. The...

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YES to the extension of tax relief

20 December 2019

It is now official: in the final vote, Parliament approved the extension of the tax relief until 31 December 2023 by 151 votes to...

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Tax relief for alternative fuels until the end of 2023

9 December 2019

On Monday, the National Council tacitly followed the Council of States and finalised the bill for the final vote. Natural gas, liquefied petroleum gas and biogenic...

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Lubricate the balance sheet with frying oil

28 November 2019

The consumption of diesel from frying oil is booming in Switzerland. Domestic production makes ecological sense, but ninety per cent of the...

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