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Policy

• Energy policy
  • The 2030 Agenda
• Energy perspectives 2050+
• Energy Strategy 2050
  • What is the Energy Strategy 2050?
  • Initial package of measures
    • Energy efficiency
    • Renewable energies
    • Nuclear energy
    • Electricity grids
    • Further measures
  • Other business
  • Documentation
    • Energy perspectives 2035
    • Energy perspectives 2050
• Cantons and municipalities
• International energy policy
• Federal referenda relating to energy
• Legislation governing energy
  • Energy
  • Water
  • Electricity
    • Low-voltage installations
  • Nuclear energy and protection against radiation
  • Pipelines
  • CO2

Efficiency

• Mobility
  • CO2 emission regulations for new vehicles
    • Passenger cars
      • Questions & Answers
      • Calculation of penalties for passenger cars
      • Tool for calculating the penalty for small importers of cars
    • Light commercial vehicles
      • Questions & Answers
      • Calculation of penalties LCV
      • Tool for calculating the penalty for small importers LCV
    • Heavy-duty vehicles
      • Penalty calculation for heavy-duty vehicles HDVs
      • Questions & Answers
    • Assignment procedures
  • The Energy label for cars
    • Consumption catalogue
    • Production of the label
      • Visual presentation
    • Questions & Answers
    • Legal bases
    • Financial benefits for efficient vehicles
  • Energy label for tyres
    • Questions & Answers
    • Tyre list
  • Alternative drives
  • Key data for vehicles
• Energy labels and efficiency requirements
  • Household appliances
    • Refrigerators and freezers
    • Washing machines
    • Tumble dryers
    • Dishwashers
    • Ovens
    • Hobs
    • Range hoods
    • Coffee machines
    • Vacuum cleaner
    • Room air conditioners
  • Electronic equipment
    • Standby and external power supplies
    • Computer and server
    • Set-Top Boxes
    • Electronic displays
    • Phones and tablets
  • Lamps
  • Building services
    • Water heaters and hot water storage tanks
    • Space and combination heaters
    • Ventilation systems
    • Local space heaters
  • Commercial appliances
    • Professional refrigerated storage cabinets
    • Refrigerating appliances with a direct sales function
    • Commercial kitchen appliances
    • Commercial dishwashers
  • Electrical machines
    • Electric drives and motors
    • Transformers
    • Welding equipment
  • Motor vehicles
  • Tyres
  • Voluntary labels
    • Windows
    • Bathroom products
  • Market surveillance
• Buildings
• Efficiency improvements by electricity suppliers
  • Questions & Answers

Supply

• Renewable energy
  • Hydropower
    • Large-scale hydropower
    • Small-scale hydropower
    • Water usage levy
    • Watercourse sections suitable for hydroelectricity in the master plan
  • Solar energy
    • Large-scale photovoltaic systems
  • Energy from biomass
  • Wind energy
  • Geothermal energy
  • Connection conditions for producers of electricity from renewable energy sources
• Electricity supply
  • Federal act on a secure electricity supply
  • Federal Electricity Supply Act
    • WACC - calculatory interest rate
  • Electricity supply security
  • Winter reserve
  • Certificates of origin and electricity labelling
    • Questions & Answers
  • Electricity networks
    • Electricity Networks Strategy
      • Scenario framework
      • Overhead lines versus underground cables
    • Smart grids
    • Bundling of infrastructure
    • Licensing procedures
      • Transmission Lines sectoral plan
      • Planning approval procedure for electrical systems
  • Electricity agreement Switzerland – EU
• Gas supply
  • The Federal Gas Supply Act
• Hydrogen and Power-to-X
• Nuclear energy
  • Tasks of the Swiss Federal Office of Energy
    • Global use of nuclear energy
  • Safety and security of nuclear power plants
  • Emergency protection
  • Nuclear energy liability
  • Decommissioning
  • Radioactive Waste
    • Waste disposal principles
      • Legal framework
      • Waste management programme
      • Financing
    • Deep geological repositories
      • Deep Geological Repositories Sectoral Plan
        • Stage 1
        • Stage 2
        • Stage 3
        • Regional participation
      • Geological investigations
    • Stakeholders
    • Publications
      • Deep Geological repositories Newsletters
      • Focus Tiefenlager
      • Further publications
      • Press releases
• Fossil fuels
• Energy efficiency
  • Fuel cells
  • Cogeneration
  • District heat
  • Ambient heat
    • Questions & Answers
  • Thermal energy storage
  • Electricity research programme
  • Reimbursement of grid surcharge
  • Research programme Mobility
  • Companies
• Supervision and Safety
  • Decommissioning and waste disposal funds
  • Commissions and inspectorates
    • Federal Nuclear Safety Commission NSC
  • Dams
    • Guidelines and tools
    • Dam safety supervision
    • Questions & Answers
    • e-form
  • Pipeline systems
    • Accident procedure
    • Installations overseen by the cantons
    • Third-party construction projects
  • Non-proliferation
    • Safeguards
      • Safeguards in Switzerland
      • Facilities and Locations Outside Facilities
    • Export Control
    • Bilateral agreements
    • Other activities
  • Risk management
• Digitalization and geoinformation
  • Data platform for the electricity sector
  • Digital applications
    • Energy Dashboard
    • PERLAS
    • Energy Management Systems Market Overview
    • Energy Reporter
    • Solar roof
    • Solar façade
    • Is it possible to drill?
  • Geoinformation
    • Geodata
      • Cities and municipalities
      • Buildings
      • Mobility
      • Transmission lines
      • Solar energy
      • Wind energy
      • Water
      • Biomass
      • Thermal networks
      • Nuclear energy
      • Production plants
      • Pilot and demonstration projects
      • Spatial development
    • Storymaps
  • Open Innovation
  • Open Government Data
  • Data management
  • Github Repositories
  • Programming interfaces API
• Statistics
  • Energy statistics
    • Overall energy statistics
    • Electricity statistics
    • Sector statistics
    • Analysis of energy consumption by specific use
    • Energy consumption by determining factors
    • Adjustment for climatic conditions
  • Key data for vehicles
    • New vehicle fleet (annual figures)
    • Alternative drives (monthly and annual figures)
    • Key figures about the charging infrastructure for electrical vehicles
  • Monitoring Energy Strategy 2050

Promotion

• Renewable energy
  • Feed-in remuneration at cost
  • Promotion of photovoltaic systems
  • Non-recurrent remuneration for large-scale PV
  • Promotion of biomass
  • Promotion of hydropower
    • Investment contributions for hydropower
    • Project planning contributions
    • Gleitende Marktprämie Wasserkraft
    • Market premium for large-scale hydropower
  • Promotion of wind energy
  • Promotion of geothermal energy
  • Financing of additional costs
  • WACC – imputed interest rate
  • Wind Energy Guichet Unique
    • General enquiries
    • Preliminary enquiries
    • Technical assessment of preliminary projects
    • Consultations on clearance permits
    • Air navigation obstacle permits
    • Planning approval
    • Further information
    • Questions & Answers
• Energy efficiency
  • Buildings programme
  • Mobility
  • Companies
  • Public sector
  • Competitive calls for tenders – ProKilowatt
  • Reimbursement of grid surcharge
• Decarbonation
  • Promoting innovative technologies and processes
  • Fahrpläne Netto-Null
  • Risk coverage for thermal networks and long-term storage
  • Questions & Answers
  • Webinare
  • Ausschreibung «CO2-Entnahme und -Speicherung, inkl. Sektorkopplung»
  • Ausschreibung «Branchenprogramm Ladeinfrastruktur E-LKW»
  • Solar heat for industrial processes
• Research and development
• Other promotion programmes

Research and cleantech

• Research and cleantech
• Overview of innovation promotion
• SWEET funding programme
  • SWEET overview
  • Calls for proposals: overview
    • SWEET Call 1-2024
    • SWEET Call 1-2023
    • SWEET Call 2-2022
    • SWEET Call 1-2022
    • SWEET Call 2-2021
    • SWEET Call 1-2021
    • SOUR Call 1-2021
    • SWEET Call 1-2020
  • Overview consortia
  • News
    • Newsletter SWEET
  • TD and KTT for SWEET
    • Stakeholder Mapping
    • SWEET KTT Toolbox
    • Impact orientation
  • SWEET Conference
• Research programmes
  • Batteries
  • Bioenergy
  • Buildings and Cities
  • Combustion Based Energy Systems
  • CCUS / NET
  • Dam Safety
  • Electricity
  • Energy – Economy – Society (EES)
  • Fuel Cells
  • Geoenergy
  • Heat Pump and Refrigeration Technologies
  • Hydrogen
  • Hydropower
  • Industrial Processes
  • Mobility
  • Photovoltaics
  • Solar Energy at High Temperature
  • Solar thermal energy and heat storage
  • Wind Energy
• Pilot and Demonstration programme
• EU Partnerships
  • Driving Urban Transitions (DUT)
  • Clean Energy Transition Partnership (CETPartnership)
• International cooperation
• Federal Energy Research Commission CORE
• Knowledge and technology transfer
  • Innovation promotion services
• Sandbox
• Publications
• Calls for tenders
• Newsletter Energy Research and Cleantech

News and Media

• Press releases
• Publications
• Evaluations
• Questions & Answers
• Calls for tenders
• Online-Magazin energeiaplus.com
• ENERGEIA
• Videos
• Social Media
• Newsletter Tiefenlager (only in German)

The SFOE

• Swiss Federal Office of Energy
• Executive management
• Organisation
• Contact details
• Address and location
• Legal basis
• Job vacancies
  • Vocational education
  • Internships
• Watt d'Or
  • Winners of the Watt d’Or awards
    • Winners of the 2025 Watt d'Or awards
    • Winners of the 2024 Watt d'Or awards
    • Winners of the 2023 Watt d'Or awards
    • Winners of the 2022 Watt d'Or awards
    • Winners of the 2021 Watt d'Or awards
    • Winners of the 2020 Watt d'Or awards
    • Winners of the 2019 Watt d'Or awards
    • Winners of the 2018 Watt d'Or awards
    • Winners of the 2016 Watt d'Or awards
    • Winners of the 2015 Watt d'Or awards
    • Winners of the 2014 Watt d'Or awards
    • Winners of the 2013 Watt d'Or awards
    • Winners of the 2012 Watt d'Or awards
    • Winners of the 2011 Watt d'Or awards
    • Winners of the 2010 Watt d'Or awards
    • Winners of the 2009 Watt d'Or awards
    • Winners of the 2008 Watt d’Or awards
    • Winners of the 2007 Watt d’Or awards
  • Objectives
  • Criteria and categories
  • Jury
  • Submission of projects
  • Contact
• Billing and payment options
• Access to official documents
• Electronic transmission of transactions and documents
• SwissEnergy
  • Objectives
  • Strategy
  • Annual reports
  • Contact details