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Energy market 25.11.2022

Why natural gas drives up the price of electricity

Merit Order: Priority to the cheapest power plants

Energy market 23.11.2022

The unaffordability of autarky

Scenarios for climate neutrality and security of supply for Switzerland

Renewable energy 22.11.2022

Solar power for over 300,000 Swiss households

Axpo launches solar offensive. Winter power from the Alps and the motorway

Innovation 16.11.2022

How much solar is there in our energy future?

The Power Switcher simulates the future of the Swiss electricity system

Energy market 16.11.2022

Foreign trade ensures balance

Exported only if supply exceeds demand

Innovation 16.11.2022

How much solar is there in our energy future?

The Power Switcher simulates the future of the Swiss electricity system

Renewable energy 15.11.2022

Solar power from a satellite dish

Winter power from an innovative solar project in the Alps

Renewable energy 27.10.2022

Solar power above - strawberries below

Why we urgently need more agrophotovoltaics in Switzerland

International business 14.10.2022

Ensuring Switzerland’s security of supply this winter

How Axpo plays a key role in finding alternatives to Russian gas

Energy market 30.09.2022

Bailout funds in Europe

The liquidity crisis in Europe

Energy market 21.09.2022

10 answers about Axpo’s energy trading

Why energy has no future without trading

Energy market 09.09.2022

10 answers to the federal credit line

Electricity price, hedging, liquidity - what you need to know

International business 08.09.2022

Outstanding customer service recognised in Portugal

Axpo subsidiary Goldenergy wins customer service awards

Energy market 05.09.2022

How hedging works in energy markets

A guide to initial margins and variation margins

Energy market 05.09.2022

7 things you need to know about hedging electricity prices

The most important facts about electricity, gambling, hedging and rescue umbrellas

Renewable energy 02.09.2022

Solar power from the mountains – how does that work?

Test your energy knowledge

Renewable energy 01.09.2022

3.3 gigawatt hours of winter electricity

Switzerland's largest alpine solar plant fully operational

Renewable energy 24.08.2022

Garden waste in summer slumber

When silo bales store energy for the winter

Renewable energy 23.08.2022

Citizens participate in the energy transition

A good way to increase the acceptance of wind and solar power

Renewable energy 19.08.2022

When wind becomes electricity

Test your energy knowledge

Energy market 17.08.2022

Conversion of overhead line Eglisau-Wilchingen

Pylon number 63 is being replaced

Energy market 12.08.2022

Why the grid ‘pulse’ is 50 hertz

Consistent grid frequency crucial for grid stability

Renewable energy 10.08.2022

Solar yield at 2500 metres

The challenges of building the largest alpine solar plant

Renewable energy 10.08.2022

Last solar board installed

A milestone at AlpinSolar Muttsee

Energy market 05.08.2022

Heading off the power shortage with OSTRAL

About the Organisation for Power Supply in Extraordinary Situa-tions

Renewable energy 27.07.2022

A bumpy road towards EU climate neutrality?

European Green Deal: Fit-for-55 package

Energy market 15.07.2022

Sustainable Finance: Nuclear power & natural gas = "green"?

Where do the EU's green billions end up?

Renewable energy 13.07.2022

Countering misconceptions

Seven reasons for the construction of ground-mounted systems

Renewable energy 12.07.2022

Uncertain future inhibits investment

How is the issue of reversion blocking the energy transition?

International business 11.07.2022

Happy birthday, Axpo Polska!

How Axpo is strengthening its leading position in the Polish energy market

Energy market 01.07.2022

Safety net: right or wrong?

Council of States debates the safety net: a fact check

Innovation 01.06.2022

Certified protection of power grids against cyber attacks

ISO certificate for process informatics of Axpo Grid AG

Energy market 30.05.2022

How Axpos long term commitment powers Finlands green transition

The importance of local expertise

Renewable energy 25.05.2022

Permits: more resolve needed to speed up processes

The Federal Council's proposal goes in the right direction, but not far enough

Renewable energy 23.05.2022

“Create conditions for investments in renewables”

Axpo and Goldenergy host energy challenge debate in Portugal

Renewable energy 19.05.2022

How is hydrogen produced

Grey, green, yellow – H2 theory of colours

Renewable energy 18.05.2022

“Employees are the most important key to growth”

Axpo powers ahead in France

Renewable energy 17.05.2022

Unassuming but essential

In the canton of Glarus, hydropower reveals its potential

Energy market 12.05.2022

From weather to war

What's behind high electricity prices?

Renewable energy 10.05.2022

Four reasons why hydropower is having a hard time in Switzerland

Hydropower is crucial to the energy transition

Renewable energy 09.05.2022

What exactly is hydrogen?

Everywhere, but never alone

Energy market 05.05.2022

Power trading - so simple, so complex

Over the counter, on the exchange: where market players meet

Renewable energy 02.05.2022

From satellite dish to solar plant

Winter power in the Valais Alps thanks to an innovative project

Renewable energy 06.04.2022

"We have the know-how"

Growth strategy for solar and wind until 2030

Renewable energy 01.04.2022

Off into new heights

Large-scale solar plants make a significant contribution to the prevention of a winter power gap

Renewable energy 23.03.2022

5 MWp from floating solar panels

A new function for a former gravel pit

Energy market 23.02.2022

Green electricity for automotive suppliers

Axpo facilitates wind farm PPA for VERBUND in Romania

Energy market 16.02.2022

Record high power prices – positive or negative?

Successful energy trading is only possible with sufficient liquidity

Innovation 10.02.2022

Controlling grid voltages with shunt reactors

New reactive power compensation systems in Winkeln and Fällanden

Renewable energy 08.02.2022

Before the rotor blades start turning

A gigantic construction: Building a wind power plant

Renewable energy 08.02.2022

From inside as from above

Extraordinary pictures of a wind turbine

Innovation 20.01.2022

‘Spot on’ at the nuclear power plant

Four-legged robot to support daily work

Renewable energy 18.01.2022

Those who make sure electricity flows

A guest commentary by Christoph Brand in the NZZ

Innovation 13.01.2022

“Big step to make Romania green”

Axpo lands major industry award

Renewable energy 22.12.2021

Energy knowledge in high demand

Energy dialogue: The ten most read articles

Energy market 15.12.2021

"We came to stay"

Axpo Austria celebrates its 20th anniversary

Energy market 14.12.2021

Coalition wants significant expansion of renewables

Is the new German government putting the expansion of renewables ahead of species protection?

Innovation 13.12.2021

New software: Optimal routing of power lines

Automated planning of overhead lines and underground cables with new software

Energy market 08.12.2021

Taking Portugal by storm

39% of customers changing supplier chose Goldenergy

Renewable energy 26.10.2021

A technology for the future?

Organic solar cells

Renewable energy 19.10.2021

Bright as the sun

Solar energy: How well informed are you - a quiz

Renewable energy 11.10.2021

One small step toward the energy transition

AlpinSolar produces electricity for the first time

Renewable energy 06.10.2021

Demand could boom as of 2030

PwC study on hydrogen

Renewable energy 01.10.2021

Construction at an altitude of over 2500 meters

Steady progress on Switzerland’s largest alpine solar power plant at the Muttsee dam wall

Renewable energy 01.10.2021

Construction at an altitude of over 2500 meters

Steady progress on Switzerland’s largest alpine solar power plant at the Muttsee dam wall

Energy market 28.09.2021

Greater transparency regarding electricity mix disclosure

Guarantees of origin (GOs)

Renewable energy 22.09.2021

Battery costs to be halved by 2050

Large comparative study by the University of Münster

Innovation 14.09.2021

Exploring the eternal city just got more eco-friendly

Axpo Italia launches charging stations for e-cars in Rome

Energy market 10.09.2021

How the electricity price is determined

Electricity price increases in Switzerland and Europe

Renewable energy 07.09.2021

Equipe à grande vitesse

Axpo has significantly increased its team in France

Renewable energy 03.09.2021

Fixed water usage levy no longer fit for purpose

Decision of the advisory committee of the Council of States (UREK)

Renewable energy 02.09.2021

Solar: Prices dropping in Switzerland

EnergieSchweiz study on photovoltaics

Renewable energy 26.08.2021

Urban safari

Bioparc Valencia relies on 100% green electricity

Renewable energy 12.08.2021

How does a Spanish tortilla become climate friendly?

Axpo Iberia supplies green electricity to potato producer Patatas Meléndez

Renewable energy 10.08.2021

"Energy Payback Time" and more

Reliable facts on solar energy

Renewable energy 05.08.2021

Stirring things up with a really big spoon

Hydrogen projects – Australia, Oman, Spain and Germany moving forward

Renewable energy 02.08.2021

Technical potential of 9 to 11 GW

New study for photovoltaics on infrastructure in Switzerland

Renewable energy 30.07.2021

Swiss Grand Canyon

En route in "Axpoland": Through the wild Rhine Gorge

Renewable energy 22.07.2021

Environmental refurbishment – mammoth task for hydropower

Balancing electricity production and environmental protection

People 21.07.2021

Italia Team is ready for Olympics

Start of the Olympic Games in Tokyo

People 13.07.2021

Sun, fun and… smiling people

Sports festival for people with disabilities: PluSport Day goes local

Renewable energy 08.07.2021

Learning to garden

A sprouting garden using soil products from Axpo Biomasse AG

Renewable energy 01.07.2021

How high is your solar IQ?

Test you solar energy knowledge

Renewable energy 29.06.2021

High electricity production during the winter

Study: Climate change is altering Switzerland's water balance

Innovation 24.06.2021

Demand-side management becomes more important

Intelligent power load management holds potential

Energy market 15.06.2021

Green power mix from Switzerland

Energy transition study by the ETH Lausanne – political framework conditions important

Energy market 13.06.2021

"Six objectives for the energy debate"

Christoph Brand on the public debate

Renewable energy 04.06.2021

Abundant electricity from the sun

Study shows: Wind and solar power could cover global energy demand by one hundred times.

Renewable energy 31.05.2021

Shine with the sun

Solar quiz: Test your knowledge

Renewable energy 28.05.2021

Renewable energy from horse manure

Axpo at the Longines CSIO St. Gallen jumping tournament

People 20.05.2021

“Speed is a very good friend in our business”

Johan Arnberg talks about Axpo Nordic’s start-up DNA and how to foster innovation

Renewable energy 17.05.2021

An energy multi-talent

Hydrogen in practice

Renewable energy 12.05.2021

Solar power for sweets

CKW: Solar contracting for chocolate manufacturer Aeschbach Chocolatier AG

Energy market 11.05.2021

"Security of supply remains the responsibility of politicians and the administration"

Axpo CEO Christoph Brand: Reply to Federal Councillor Sommaruga

Innovation 06.05.2021

iTAK – an Axpo innovation

Efficient solution for voltage conversions

Innovation 06.05.2021

iTAK – an Axpo innovation

Efficient solution for voltage conversions

Energy market 05.05.2021

Climate policy is energy policy

CO2 Act: Christoph Brand in L'Agefi

Energy market 05.05.2021

Climate policy is energy policy

Global warming is the greatest challenge of the 21st century. With its ratification of the Paris Climate Agreement, Switzerland has committed to a 50-per cent reduction of its greenhouse gas emissions by 2030.

Renewable energy 29.04.2021

Construction under consideration of the nature park

Underground power line in the Schaffhausen nature park

Renewable energy 22.04.2021

Sharing key technologies

Hydrogen future: Axpo Italia and RINA to promote innovative projects

Renewable energy 15.04.2021

EU Hydrogen Strategy

The EU focuses on a hydrogen economy and the integration of the energy system

Renewable energy 15.04.2021

Hydrogen basics

Storing renewable energies

Renewable energy 08.04.2021

Highway 4.0

Solar energy in the transport sector – research and pilot projects

Renewable energy 25.03.2021

Axpo voted Portugal’s best 100% renewable energy supplier

Portuguese subsidiary Goldenergy chosen by consumers for top award

Energy market 24.03.2021

Tightly interconnected European energy industry

Study on price development on wholesale power markets

Renewable energy 17.03.2021

"Good basis for in-depth discussion"

People 08.03.2021

“We are well on track”

Axpo Singapore’s Managing Director talks about her first 100 days in her new role

People 05.03.2021

“Gaining international experience every day”

Axpo Nordic’s CFO explains why Axpo’s decentralised set-up is a clear statement for diversity

Renewable energy 04.03.2021

On the road to renewable power purchase agreements

Clean energy for Italian companies: Axpo Italia's ‘Green Route’ to corporate PPAs

Renewable energy 23.02.2021

Power demand on the rise – strong growth in renewables and H2

McKinsey & Co.: Global Energy Perspective 2021

Renewable energy 16.02.2021

"2/3 more winter power with alpine solar power plant"

Christoph Sutter, Head Division Renewables at Axpo, on the AlpinSolar project

Energy market 16.02.2021

The way to achieve Switzerland’s energy transition

Guest commentary in the Tagesanzeiger from 13.02.2021

Energy market 12.02.2021

How Axpo power plants prevented a blackout

Electricity shortage in north-western Europe

People 10.02.2021

A warm yet digital welcome

How Axpo eases new employees into their jobs

Renewable energy 08.02.2021

Axpo no. 1 at solar auction in France

The Axpo subsidiary Urbasolar has gained a market share of 38 per cent in tenders for solar canopies.

Energy market 04.02.2021

Full of energy on Class CNBC Italia

Axpo Italia launches new series on energy trading with leading Italian business TV channel

Renewable energy 02.02.2021

Combined forces on the road

Successful integration and cooperation in the extended Berom team

Renewable energy 28.01.2021

Solving the problem at the source

Solar plants cause voltage fluctuations

People 26.01.2021

How eco-friendly is exercising at home?

Home fitness in corona times: a treadmill produces 65 kilos of CO2 per year

Renewable energy 21.01.2021

"We need a new solution for winter power"

Solar researcher Annelen Kahl on the solar project in the Glarus Alps

Renewable energy 21.01.2021

Pioneer project above the fog line

Solar power from the Muttenalp

Renewable energy 21.01.2021

Off to the mountains!

Enjoy the mountains and the cool alpine air at the Muttsee

People 18.01.2021

From niche to mass market

PPAs will soon shake up the German energy market

Energy market 08.01.2021

Green Deal: Consequences for Switzerland

The EU acquis is developing

Renewable energy 06.01.2021

Solar energy will boom worldwide

World Energy Outlook of the International Energy Agency

Renewable energy 04.01.2021

Smooth operator 2

People 15.12.2020

“I recommend to my female comrades to join us”

Axpo France: continuous growth and clear focus on PPAs

Renewable energy 30.11.2020

Strong tailwind for Axpo

Volkswind success at auctions in France

Renewable energy 26.11.2020

"We will be among the top three PPA providers"

Axpo Deutschland plans to use the experience gained in other countries in 2021

Renewable energy 25.11.2020

From construction site to grassy meadow

Recultivation following completion of the large-scale Linth-Limmern construction project

Energy market 24.11.2020

Axpo Energy Voices

Alena Weibel, Axpo Head Public Affairs & Media Relations, on the first energy podcast in Switzerland

Renewable energy 23.11.2020

A full load of sun for pizza and panettone

Axpo Italia builds a solar plant for the Italian bakery products supplier Italmill

Energy market 17.11.2020

Being literally close to the customer

Axpo Finland moves into new premises in the World Trade Center Helsinki

Energy market 13.11.2020

"We need energy"

Interview with Axpo CEO Christoph Brand

Renewable energy 12.11.2020

Green electricity for more environmentally friendly chocolate packaging

Axpo Italia concludes PPA with traditional aluminum foil manufacturer

People 10.11.2020

“Changes should be seen as opportunities for daily learning”

Talking to Vlatka Komaric, Head Quantitative Risk Management Axpo

Renewable energy 03.11.2020

Axpo Biomass in Eglisau

First success in implementing the expansion strategy

Renewable energy 30.10.2020

Spectral play of colours on solar plant in Toulouse

The largest urban solar plant ever built

Renewable energy 29.10.2020

Axpo at Disneyland Paris

Axpo and Disneyland Paris are building one of Europe's largest solar canopies

Renewable energy 26.10.2020

Why cowpats can be good for the climate

Axpo Iberia signs Spain’s first long-term biomethane deal with pioneering milk farm

Renewable energy 20.10.2020

Naturbett® horse bedding – made by Axpo

New innovative product

Renewable energy 15.10.2020

Switzerland’s first digital hydropower plant

A key for innovative energy production

Renewable energy 13.10.2020

Axpo turns its employees into solar entrepreneurs

Solar plant at Axpo headquarters oversubscribed by a factor more than 5

Energy market 06.10.2020

Happy Birthday, Axpo Italia!

Energy market 30.09.2020

An explanatory video about a cumbersome law

What the German Fuel Emissions Trading Act means for Axpo Germany's customers

Innovation 28.09.2020

Replacement clamp from the 3D printer

Innovative asset management at Axpo

Energy market 23.09.2020

"We must abandon energy policy ideologies"

Axpo CEO Christoph Brand in an interview with the NZZ

Energy market 23.09.2020

Maximum funding efficiency through floating market premiums

Contribution to the debate on the new Energy Act/Part 2

Energy market 22.09.2020

Creating suitable regulatory conditions

Contribution to the debate on the new Energy Act/Part 1

Innovation 15.09.2020

Our future grid

The Grid 4.0 programme

Renewable energy 08.09.2020

Higher dams for more winter power

Expansion potential of existing reservoirs in Switzerland

Renewable energy 04.09.2020

Self-consumption made easy

Básica, Óptima, and Premium: three solar solutions for all types of SMEs

Renewable energy 02.09.2020

Winter power from house facades

Solar facades also have potential in Switzerland

People 28.08.2020

"I can now take full care of my family”

As a new daddy to his two-week old son, Axpo’s Specialist Hydro Energy Engineer, Roland Egloff speaks about taking paternity leave.

Renewable energy 26.08.2020

Is Tesla a potential PPA opponent?

The electric car boom in Germany is stirring up the power industry

Renewable energy 20.08.2020

Solar power on top – potatoes down below

Dual use of agricultural land with agrivoltaics

Innovation 06.08.2020

In search of the super battery

Empa promotes applied research

Energy market 31.07.2020

Axpo Italia ranks among the Big Three now

Strong growth also in the gas business

Renewable energy 29.07.2020

Solar power for Galliker Transport AG

Powerful solar farm for the Car House in Altishofen

Renewable energy 24.07.2020

We need better incentives for sustainable electricity

Switzerland has the wrong instruments for promoting renewable energies. A guest article by Thomas Sieber (Chairman of the Board of Directors Axpo) and Gianni Operto (President AEE) published in the Tages Anzeiger of 20 July 2020.

Energy market 22.07.2020

"We want to help SMEs to get back to normal"

Axpo has been active in Portugal for five years

Renewable energy 08.07.2020

Visit the Smart Energy Lab

We have the ideal program for you when the sun is not shining and the raindrops are falling: A visit to the Smart Energy Lab.

Renewable energy 24.06.2020

Solar roof in Baden

Fabio Giddey, solar technician at CKW, about the solar system at the Baden campus

Innovation 18.06.2020

World 4.0: Axpo in the digital age

First steps taken in transformation process

Energy market 15.06.2020

Post-corona energy and climate policy

First virtual Axpo live stream session

Energy market 05.06.2020

Axpo Italia comes first in customer orientation survey

Best partner to customers during Covid-19 crisis with traffic light initiative

Renewable energy 03.06.2020

"Not all electricity is the same"

New Smart Energy Lab at Umwelt Arena Spreitenbach

Renewable energy 02.06.2020

"The floating market premium is the more effective solution"

Christoph Sutter, Head of New Energies at Axpo, talks about his experience with the "floating market premium" in the international environment.

Innovation 27.05.2020

Charging electric vehicles with trolley bus power

Innovative CKW pilot project in Kriens

Renewable energy 20.05.2020

Hydropower: A storable energy

So much energy is available in Swiss reservoirs

Renewable energy 14.05.2020

How do you produce electricity from the sun?

Test your energy knowledge (3)

Energy market 11.05.2020

Demand for electricity falls by five percent

The International Energy Agency (IAE) expects global electricity demand to fall by five percent in 2020, and by as much as ten percent in certain regions severely affected by the Covid 19 pandemic.

Renewable energy 06.05.2020

Green electricity for fuel supply chains

Axpo Iberia signs long-term PPA with leading petroleum supplier CLH Group

Energy market 24.04.2020

Where will our future power supply come from

We can’t just rely on imports. What we need is a Swiss formula: PV+Hy+60

Renewable energy 21.04.2020

"We demand a floating market premium"

Axpo President of the Board Thomas Sieber in an interview with CH Media

Renewable energy 09.04.2020

Electricity from hydropower

Test your energy knowledge (2)

Renewable energy 30.03.2020

Producing carbon-neutral fuel from renewable energy

Axpo Nordic supplies wind power for environmentally friendly power-to-fuel-project in Sweden

Renewable energy 27.03.2020

Solar power from the greenhouse

What raspberries, weather and power production have in common

Energy market 24.03.2020

How is electricity generated?

Electricity is generated in a variety of ways. Whether hydropower or nuclear energy, wind or solar energy, each form of production has its strengths and weaknesses. Do you know them?

Renewable energy 19.03.2020

Run-of-river hydropower – in simple terms

Hydropower supplies around 60 percent of the energy produced in Switzerland. This is good, because electricity from hydropower is renewable, indigenous, reliable and climate-friendly (CO2-free).

Renewable energy 13.03.2020

Urbasolar is building a 5-MWp solar plant near Toulouse

13,888 floating solar panels

Energy market 10.03.2020

The ABC’s of energy terminology

Do you speak volts, watts and hertz?

Energy market 05.03.2020

A climate-neutral Switzerland by 2050

Renewable power as the key to our future

Energy market 03.03.2020

A premiere for Swissgrid

For the first time, a 380-kilovolt high-voltage cable is being laid in the ground

Renewable energy 25.02.2020

Smooth operator

Switzerland's storage power plants supply important power during the winter.

Renewable energy 18.02.2020

Solar energy from Swiss rooftops

Study by the ETH Lausanne: Solar potential amounts to about 24 TWh

Renewable energy 11.02.2020

Cutting through the wall

How the Isola dam at San Bernardino is being restructured

Energy market 28.01.2020

Getting away from coal and nuclear

Expensive and controversial German energy turnaround

Renewable energy 13.01.2020

"It's time for a green economy"

Claudia Casciaro about the strategic direction of Axpo Biomasse AG

Energy market 08.01.2020

Green Deal: What the EU wants

A climate-neutral Europe by the year 2050

Renewable energy 06.12.2019

Switzerland should rely on solar energy

National Fund researchers: An important role for hydropower

Renewable energy 03.12.2019

Tailor-made trading strategies, increasing returns

Axpo is using data science to support the marketing of wind power across Europe

Renewable energy 25.11.2019

Solar power from the mountains

Studies indicate: Photovoltaics can produce lots of electricity at high altitudes during the winter

Energy market 12.11.2019

Betting on the right horse

Study on PPA market potential: Demand increasing rapidly

Renewable energy 31.10.2019

"It won't happen without investments"

SP National Councilman Roger Nordmann a guest at Axpo

Renewable energy 28.10.2019

High taxes penalise Swiss Producers

The international competitiveness of Swiss hydropower

Renewable energy 25.10.2019

Profiting from low interest rates

ETH study on the competitiveness of renewable energies

Renewable energy 10.10.2019

Wind power for affordable cars

Axpo Energy Romania cooperates with Dacia and VERBUND

Innovation 04.10.2019

"Think inside the box"

Sometimes an unusual setting is enough to generate fresh ideas

Energy market 03.10.2019

Swiss National Day in Brussels

Axpo sponsors annual Soirée Suisse of the Swiss Mission to the EU

Innovation 26.09.2019

Axpo occupies Europaallee

Energy market 25.09.2019

"Beznau – an engineering masterpiece"

The importance of the Beznau nuclear power plant in the Canton of Aargau

People 23.09.2019

When hands do the talking

Daniela La Fauci-Schaufelbühl and sign language

Renewable energy 18.09.2019

Urbasolar and the City

The Axpo subsidiary starts building Toulouse's largest solar energy park in an urban environment

Innovation 15.09.2019

Curtailing power peaks

How peak shaving balances the grid and generates income

Innovation 12.09.2019

Batteries of the future

Their use – research work

Renewable energy 10.09.2019

Hydro 4.0

First digital hydropower plant in Switzerland

Energy market 04.09.2019

"The Young Soul"

The third generation and the opportunities for change

Renewable energy 29.08.2019

Overhead canopies: Solar power from the parking lot

How the Axpo subsidiary Urbasolar generates power from parking areas

Energy market 27.08.2019

Enough power for the future?

An objective perspective on security of supply

Energy market 23.08.2019

"Only the best is good enough"

The second generation and the island culture

Energy market 14.08.2019

Bright sunshine in all directions

The solar energy business is booming throughout Europe

People 12.08.2019

"A super cool employer"

What our adolecents think about Axpo as employer

Energy market 06.08.2019

Role model Kurt Küffer

The first nuclear power plant director in Switzerland created the "we" feeling

Renewable energy 29.07.2019

"PV will become mass marketable"

The founders of the Axpo subsidiary Urbasolar in a video interview

Renewable energy 26.07.2019

Energy and nature united

The Klingnau Reservoir and its many facets

Energy market 23.07.2019

"Everyone pulling together"

The first generation and the Beznau Spirit

Energy market 19.07.2019

"Doing nothing will result in a major power deficit"

Interview with Empa researcher Martin Rüdisüli

Energy market 15.07.2019

Three generations

Testimonies on the 50 years of the Beznau nuclear power plant

Energy market 11.07.2019

Electricity demand will double until 2050

McKinsey's outlook on global energy perspectives

Renewable energy 03.07.2019

In love with clean electricity

EROS Electric guarantees renewable, local, CO2-neutral power for electric vehicles

Renewable energy 28.06.2019

Renewable, but not infinite

How much potential is there in Swiss hydropower?

Energy market 26.06.2019

"A piece of Swiss heritage"

Mike Dost, Director of the Beznau nuclear power plant, on the 50-year anniversary of KKB

Energy market 18.06.2019

"The most independent, reliable energy supplier"

The beginnings of nuclear energy in Switzerland

Renewable energy 13.06.2019

The sun is rising in Évora

PPA from Axpo enables commissioning of huge solar park in Portugal

Energy market 04.06.2019

High up to the ibexes

New passenger cableway at Limmern pumped storage plant

People 28.05.2019

Episode 06: A cup of coffee with...

Marc Suter, 39, Head of Construction, Building A

Energy market 23.05.2019

50 years Beznau nuclear power plant

The benefits of a secure domestic power supply

Renewable energy 15.05.2019

Bananas!

There's lots of energy in banana skins

Innovation 13.05.2019

Smart people work for Axpo

With a good portion of creativity and know-how to an innovative solution

Renewable energy 09.05.2019

Energy from organic waste?

How this works and what else Axpo is involved in

Renewable energy 07.05.2019

A PPA in three weeks and six days

Axpo Nordic concludes complex deal in record time

Renewable energy 02.05.2019

The solar power business

Urbasolar develops photovoltaic systems since 2006

Renewable energy 02.05.2019

"An agile and very successful SME"

Mister Renewables Christoph Sutter zum Kauf von Urbasolar

Renewable energy 25.04.2019

"Mediator between producers and consumers"

Why Axpo sees great potential in the international PPA business

Energy market 23.04.2019

Beznau 50-year anniversary

Half a century of climate-friendly power production

Renewable energy 17.04.2019

A climate-friendly energy system

Switzerland ranks second in the WEF's "Energy Transition Index"

People 10.04.2019

Jumping in at the deep end in the EU capital

An insight into Axpo’s European lobbying work

Renewable energy 05.04.2019

Green electricity for e-bike charging stations

Axpo Iberia now supplies Madrid's urban transport services

Energy market 02.04.2019

Nuclear energy as a key bridging technology

Where do things stand with the Energy Strategy 2050 goals?

Renewable energy 25.03.2019

"Photovoltaics has a future"

Christoph Sutter on the opportunities for solar energy development

Energy market 19.03.2019

Because I’m happy

Axpo employees from all over the world celebrate the title as the best power trader in the world

Energy market 11.03.2019

Switzerland - a power pioneer

Figures on the topic of energy - and a look into the past

Renewable energy 27.02.2019

Eco-power for soil

Axpo liquid fertiliser

Renewable energy 19.02.2019

How the solar cell found the spotlight

Alexandre Edmond Becquerel and the story of photovoltaics

Innovation 13.02.2019

"Green electricity straight from the producer"

This online platform makes it possible to obtain environmentally friendly electricity from the region

Renewable energy 13.02.2019

Where the wind blows

Wind atlas for Switzerland with updated data

Energy market 07.02.2019

In a new guise

Axpo with a new stand at E-world

Renewable energy 01.02.2019

Cuddling by the fire

Comfortable warmth with firewood from Axpo Tegra

Renewable energy 28.01.2019

Strong in PPA

We have the know-how

Renewable energy 28.01.2019

PPAs on the agenda

What awaits Axpo at this year's E-world

Renewable energy 28.01.2019

Number 1 in green electricity

Axpo markets approx. 14,000 MW in Europe

Renewable energy 25.01.2019

The dark side of the energy turnaround

A great deal has gone wrong in Germany's transformation of the power system

Renewable energy 24.01.2019

Nature knows no mercy

The Mauvoisin power plants are at nature's mercy in winter and in summer.

Renewable energy 17.01.2019

Power from the mountains

The high mountains offer less than ideal conditions for wind power

Energy market 10.01.2019

Dishwashing? No thanks!

Figures on the topic of energy - and a good excuse.

Energy market 06.12.2018

The Star of Laufenburg interconnection

A milestone for the pan-European electricity industry

People 04.12.2018

Episode 10: A cup of coffee with...

Fabio Rutschi, 39, Portfolio Manager Hydro Energy, Building M

Energy market 30.11.2018

A start-up genius

Who invented it: Werner von Siemens and the dynamo

Innovation 15.11.2018

A smart solution

Sustainably designed housing development in Küssnacht am Rigi

People 12.11.2018

Bright faces at the Future Day 2018

The children report about their day

Innovation 06.11.2018

Agile movers

Using machine learning and artificial intelligence

Innovation 25.10.2018

An important topic

The trends in digitalisation

Innovation 24.10.2018

Calculating robot

Three examples of the digitalisation process at Axpo

Energy market 22.10.2018

Earthquake hazard "exaggerated"

The supervisory authority ENSI’s statement on a hazardous nuclear power plant incident occurring only every 10,000 years

People 17.10.2018

Episode 09: A cup of coffee with ...

Reto Kaspar, 35, Head Market Risk Management, Building C

Renewable energy 11.10.2018

Hydropower: Expansion target endangered

Energy Strategy 2050 and environmental concerns in conflict

Renewable energy 08.10.2018

What is the most efficient lighting?

Facts and figures on the topic of energy

Renewable energy 04.10.2018

For a good climate footprint

Christian Giezendanner knows why composting makes sense

Renewable energy 28.09.2018

Axpo and its castles

Building surge tanks for energy production

Energy market 21.09.2018

Power plants: Capacities are dropping

Less security of supply in Europe

Innovation 20.09.2018

Aerial inspections with drones

Axpo Grids expands service business

People 19.09.2018

At the sound of the whistle

Joel Flepp in 4th place at SwissSkills

Renewable energy 05.09.2018

Proper disposal pays off

The advantages of waste separation - for you and the environment

People 03.09.2018

Episode 08: A cup of coffee with…

Elena Abramova, 34, Project Manager and Business Engineer, Building C

People 22.08.2018

"Race against the clock"

Joel Flepp has qualified for SwissSkills 2018.

People 19.08.2018

High-wire act with a view

Linesmen at work for Axpo

Renewable energy 16.08.2018

Connected as a partner

Axpo and its hydropower plants - Who recognises our assets?

Energy market 31.07.2018

The Mastermind

Who invented it - Thomas Alva Edison and the light bulb

Energy market 30.07.2018

Let there be light

Energy facts and figures

Renewable energy 26.07.2018

Happy cows, happy farmer

The advantages of Axpo compost bedding

People 19.07.2018

Episode 07: A cup of coffee with...

Claudia Steiner, 37, Head of Surveying Department, Building N

Energy market 04.07.2018

With the brakes on

Hydropower: Approx. 500 million francs needed for replacement investments

Innovation 02.07.2018

Choosing your own power mix

Blockchain is revolutionising energy trading

People 26.06.2018

Just ask the Axpo apprentices

Competent upgrade at the Beznau substation

Energy market 13.06.2018

No radiation risk

Beznau safe in the case of earthquakes

Renewable energy 06.06.2018

Plastic bags in organic waste

A challenge for the Kompogas plants

Innovation 05.06.2018

Grid planning with the push of a button

Axpo presents an innovative tool at the 2018 "Powertagen" fair

Renewable energy 25.05.2018

Water's power

Off to nature in the High Rhine region – to eleven hydropower plants

Renewable energy 22.05.2018

Solar System: How it works

How electric energy is produced from sunlight

Renewable energy 22.05.2018

Swiss larch...

...makes for a tidy garden

Renewable energy 22.05.2018

"Every wind power plant feeds a giant database"

The challenges in the wind industry

Renewable energy 18.05.2018

Priority for electric vehicles

Axpo expands its e-mobility network in Italy

Renewable energy 16.05.2018

Blowin' in the Wind

Hard times for wind power in Switzerland

Renewable energy 15.05.2018

A Big Mac becomes energy

Axpo and McDonald's have been cooperating since 2009

Renewable energy 14.05.2018

"The wind business is doing well"

Christoph Sutter, Head of New Energies, on the development of the Axpo wind portfolio

Innovation 10.05.2018

Man or machine, which is better?

Energy trading: How technical analysis can support traders

Innovation 09.05.2018

Power right from the producer

Elblox - the new online marketplace for locally produced green electricity

Renewable energy 08.05.2018

Working in the wind

Operations at the "Axpo" Global Tech I wind farm

Renewable energy 07.05.2018

More than just a breeze

Wind energy is an important market of the future for Axpo.

Energy market 02.05.2018

«KKB is in good condition»

Mike Dost, Head of Beznau, on KKB 1

Innovation 23.04.2018

On the keys, ready, go!

Three days of programming in a row - and what comes out of it

Innovation 18.04.2018

"Painting by numbers" using helicopters and lasers

LIDAR technology enables the efficient surveying of overhead power lines across great distances

Renewable energy 17.04.2018

Inside a dam

A look into the Zervreila hydropower plant

Energy market 13.04.2018

A Scotsman generates steam

Who invented it: James Watt

Renewable energy 09.04.2018

Close to the wind

Global Tech I deliveries energy for nearly 445,000 households

Renewable energy 04.04.2018

More wind with Axpo

Making wind projects possible with know-how and market proximity

Innovation 03.04.2018

The grid of the future is smart

Intelligent grids and their importance in Switzerland

Renewable energy 02.04.2018

Hydropower does not come free

Property reversion and new concessions for hydropower plants

Renewable energy 28.03.2018

Environmentalists' dilemma

Green energy and nature in harmony – can that work?

Energy market 28.03.2018

What the PSW Limmern can do

A big battery in the mountains

Innovation 23.03.2018

Etzel substation ready for operation

Increased security of supply with a climate-friendly world premier

Renewable energy 22.03.2018

Hydropower - local and clean

Amazing figures on hydroelectric power plants

People 16.03.2018

Episode 05: A cup of coffee with...

Rico Senti, 45, Department Head Reservoirs, Building N

Renewable energy 14.03.2018

Missing money

The profitability of Swiss hydropower: A study

Energy market 13.03.2018

Nine “gold medals” for the energy traders

Axpo tops the "Energy Risk" survey again

People 09.03.2018

The environmental diplomat

How Axpo keeps the balance between business and environmental interests

Energy market 06.03.2018

KKB unit 1: What's next

Axpo executives address the public

Energy market 06.03.2018

«Safety is ensured»

ENSI gives green light for Beznau Unit 1

Energy market 28.02.2018

Magnetic fields and electricity

Who discovered it: André Marie Ampère

People 21.02.2018

Long live diversity

We speak many languages at Axpo in Baden

Energy market 16.02.2018

All about power masts

The basis for reliable electricity transport

People 14.02.2018

Episode 04: A cup of coffee with...

Ivo Müller, 48, Head of Grid Operations, Building A

Energy market 31.01.2018

Electricity's journey

How Axpo’s power reaches the electrical outlet

People 18.01.2018

Episode 03: A cup of coffee with...

Daniel De Prà, 52, Head of Power Trading, Building C

Energy market 12.01.2018

When dead frogs twitch

Who invented it: Alessandro Volta and the battery

Innovation 09.01.2018

Digitalisation: Far advanced

Axpo's role in the fourth industrial revolution

Energy market 05.01.2018

Repairmen deployed due to Burglind

Emergency for Axpo grid operations

Renewable energy 29.11.2017

Hydropower: Do the melting glaciers help?

ETH researchers identify locations for future hydropower

Innovation 21.11.2017

Digitalisation advancing fast

How Axpo is shaping the energy future

People 03.11.2017

Helpful or humbug?

Mindfulness leadership a success at Axpo

People 01.11.2017

Congenial support

The new Axpo trainees in an interview

People 19.10.2017

With fire and flames

Uta Spörndli at the BBQ World Championships in Ireland

Energy market 18.10.2017

Expand crisis-proof data communication

Axpo joins forces with WZ-Systems AG

People 05.10.2017

A spectacular hobby

Axpo apprentice and passionate athlete

People 29.09.2017

" Beyond technology"

Jörg Kottmann, Head Asset Management Grids in an interview with Bilanz

Energy market 07.09.2017

Magic with control energy

How fluctuations in production and consumption are managed

People 23.08.2017

Full of energy for the Furka railway

Apprentice camp 2017 - A look back

Innovation 14.08.2017

Enormous potential

McKinsey: Opportunities and risks in battery storage systems

Renewable energy 04.08.2017

Geothermal heat islands

Unutilised energy potential lies below the ground in urban areas

Renewable energy 04.07.2017

Producing power with kites

Researchers are working on innovative wind power plants

Renewable energy 30.05.2017

In harmony with nature

CKW produces electricity with wind power for 600 households in the Entlebuch

Renewable energy 15.05.2017

Strong winds at Axpo

From development to marketing

Innovation 27.04.2017

Interviewing from home

Axpo HR uses time-shifted video interviews for recruiting

Renewable energy 15.04.2017

Every little bit helps

Small rivers and residual water to produce power

Renewable energy 11.04.2017

Free ride for fish

Eglisau-Glattfelden hydro power plant: Elevator and ladder for fish

Renewable energy 31.03.2017

Habitat

Beznau, Eglisau, Klingnau: In harmony with nature

Innovation 30.03.2017

Full of efficient energy

These technical innovations benefit everyone

Renewable energy 23.03.2017

More melt water until 2050

How climate change impacts hydropower

Renewable energy 17.03.2017

Renewable – reliable – domestic!

Axpo is the largest producer of hydropower in Switzerland

Energy market 13.02.2017

Coal is the culprit

The collapse of electricity prices: Commodity prices are to blame

People 20.01.2017

Axpo and the weather

Why meteorology is so important for the energy sector