Conduct stakeholder dialogue on the basis of an integrated sustainability assessment for new projects!

Projects in the electricity sector can be structured in an optimal way according to environmental, economic, regional policy and regional economic criteria through joint planning – involving an integrated sustainability assessment with stakeholder dialogue – and gain acceptance.

Projects in connection with the construction or renovation of power plants are prepared together with all stakeholder groups as part of a joint planning process and the groups’ respective interests are weighed up against one another. The individual criteria are assessed by experts, while the stakeholders develop the “trade-offs”.

As power plants in Switzerland are usually owned by the public sector, the researchers believe that it is justified not only to assess the use of hydropower on the basis of purely economic factors, but also according to macroeconomic, social, political and environmental aspects. Important prerequisites for this include mutual trust and the greatest possible transparency with respect to all data, including financial details.

All information provided on these pages corresponds to the status of knowledge as of 11.08.2019.

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Hydropower and Market Recommendations Eight recommendations to various stakeholder groups

The issue of hydropower and market affects a wide range of stakeholder groups. These include energy providers, power plants owners, regulators, representatives of interest groups and service providers.

The recommendations are aimed at those stakeholder groups that have a direct influence on the future of hydropower or aspects of the electricity market. In particular, these include the following:

Energy suppliers – energy supply companies; power plant owners
Politicians – federal government, cantons, municipalities
Stakeholders – associations and NGOs;

Recommendations have exclusively been formulated that can be derived from the research work conducted in the NRP “Energy” and that are also relevant to the transformation of our energy system.