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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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2nd Biofuels Industry Day - Presentations

20 November 2019

Hofgut Grosstannen, Bubendorf Matthias Samuel Jauslin - Total revision of the CO2 Act for the period after 2020 Urs Brodmann - Verification of...

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Total revision of the CO2 Act after 2020

1 November 2019

Flags and motions You can find the current documents for business 17.071 via the following link: Council documents flag 2019 - Council of States resolution

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Green waste in the tank

29 August 2019

Biofuels significantly reduce CO2 emissions and are an often misjudged beacon of hope for cleaner mobility. Article from the Handelszeitung: Handelszeitung -...

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