Energy dialogue – the Magazine

12.05.2022

From weather to war

What's behind high electricity prices?

06.05.2022

7 things you need to know about hedging electricity prices

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

05.05.2022

Power trading - so simple, so complex

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

04.04.2022

How hedging works in energy markets

A guide to initial margins and variation margins

23.02.2022

Green electricity for automotive suppliers

Axpo facilitates wind farm PPA for VERBUND in Romania

16.02.2022

Record high power prices – positive or negative?

Successful energy trading is only possible with sufficient liquidity

17.01.2022

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

Where do the EU's green billions end up?

15.12.2021

"We came to stay"

Axpo Austria celebrates its 20th anniversary

08.12.2021

Taking Portugal by storm

39% of customers changing supplier chose Goldenergy

10.09.2021

How the electricity price is determined

Electricity price increases in Switzerland and Europe

15.06.2021

Green power mix from Switzerland

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

05.05.2021

Climate policy is energy policy

CO2 Act: Christoph Brand in L'Agefi

24.03.2021

Tightly interconnected European energy industry

Study on price development on wholesale power markets

12.02.2021

How Axpo power plants prevented a blackout

Electricity shortage in north-western Europe

04.02.2021

Full of energy on Class CNBC Italia

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

08.01.2021

Green Deal: Consequences for Switzerland

The EU acquis is developing

24.11.2020

Axpo Energy Voices

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

17.11.2020

Being literally close to the customer

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

13.11.2020

"We need energy"

Interview with Axpo CEO Christoph Brand

06.10.2020

Happy Birthday, Axpo Italia!

30.09.2020

An explanatory video about a cumbersome law

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

23.09.2020

"We must abandon energy policy ideologies"

Axpo CEO Christoph Brand in an interview with the NZZ

31.07.2020

Axpo Italia ranks among the Big Three now

Strong growth also in the gas business

22.07.2020

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

Axpo has been active in Portugal for five years

05.06.2020

Axpo Italia comes first in customer orientation survey

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

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.

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

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?

10.03.2020

The ABC’s of energy terminology

Do you speak volts, watts and hertz?

05.03.2020

A climate-neutral Switzerland by 2050

Renewable power as the key to our future

03.03.2020

A premiere for Swissgrid

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

28.01.2020

Getting away from coal and nuclear

Expensive and controversial German energy turnaround

08.01.2020

Green Deal: What the EU wants

A climate-neutral Europe by the year 2050

12.11.2019

Betting on the right horse

Study on PPA market potential: Demand increasing rapidly

03.10.2019

Swiss National Day in Brussels

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

25.09.2019

"Beznau – an engineering masterpiece"

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

04.09.2019

"The Young Soul"

The third generation and the opportunities for change

27.08.2019

Enough power for the future?

An objective perspective on security of supply

23.08.2019

"Only the best is good enough"

The second generation and the island culture

14.08.2019

Bright sunshine in all directions

The solar energy business is booming throughout Europe

06.08.2019

Role model Kurt Küffer

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

23.07.2019

"Everyone pulling together"

The first generation and the Beznau Spirit

19.07.2019

"Doing nothing will result in a major power deficit"

Interview with Empa researcher Martin Rüdisüli

15.07.2019

Three generations

Testimonies on the 50 years of the Beznau nuclear power plant

11.07.2019

Electricity demand will double until 2050

McKinsey's outlook on global energy perspectives

26.06.2019

"A piece of Swiss heritage"

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

18.06.2019

"The most independent, reliable energy supplier"

The beginnings of nuclear energy in Switzerland

04.06.2019

High up to the ibexes

New passenger cableway at Limmern pumped storage plant

23.05.2019

50 years Beznau nuclear power plant

The benefits of a secure domestic power supply

23.04.2019

Beznau 50-year anniversary

Half a century of climate-friendly power production

02.04.2019

Nuclear energy as a key bridging technology

Where do things stand with the Energy Strategy 2050 goals?

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

11.03.2019

Switzerland - a power pioneer

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

07.02.2019

In a new guise

Axpo with a new stand at E-world

10.01.2019

Dishwashing? No thanks!

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

06.12.2018

The Star of Laufenburg interconnection

A milestone for the pan-European electricity industry

30.11.2018

A start-up genius

Who invented it: Werner von Siemens and the dynamo

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

21.09.2018

Power plants: Capacities are dropping

Less security of supply in Europe

31.07.2018

The Mastermind

Who invented it - Thomas Alva Edison and the light bulb

30.07.2018

Let there be light

Energy facts and figures

04.07.2018

With the brakes on

Hydropower: Approx. 500 million francs needed for replacement investments

13.06.2018

No radiation risk

Beznau safe in the case of earthquakes

02.05.2018

"KKB is in good condition"

Mike Dost, Head of Beznau, on KKB 1

13.04.2018

A Scotsman generates steam

Who invented it: James Watt

28.03.2018

What the PSW Limmern can do

A big battery in the mountains

13.03.2018

Nine “gold medals” for the energy traders

Axpo tops the "Energy Risk" survey again

06.03.2018

KKB unit 1: What's next

Axpo executives address the public

06.03.2018

"Safety is ensured"

ENSI gives green light for Beznau Unit 1

28.02.2018

Magnetic fields and electricity

Who discovered it: André Marie Ampère

16.02.2018

All about power masts

The basis for reliable electricity transport

31.01.2018

Electricity's journey

How Axpo’s power reaches the electrical outlet

12.01.2018

When dead frogs twitch

Who invented it: Alessandro Volta and the battery

05.01.2018

Repairmen deployed due to Burglind

Emergency for Axpo grid operations

18.10.2017

Expand crisis-proof data communication

Axpo joins forces with WZ-Systems AG

07.09.2017

Magic with control energy

How fluctuations in production and consumption are managed

13.02.2017

Coal is the culprit

The collapse of electricity prices: Commodity prices are to blame

25.10.2016

How Axpo saves electricity

This film explains how Axpo Grids (Assets) supports sustainability

11.09.2016

Magnificent weather for a magnificent piece of work!

Report: Christening of the Muttsee dam

30.08.2016

The dam holds what it promises!

Limmern pumped storage plant: First reservoir filling on the Muttenalp