One year after the Fukushima atomic disaster in Japan, Switzerland is facing a long road ahead towards its intended goal of a nuclear-free future.
While the technology to replace atomic power, especially for renewable energy, exists to a large extent, its implementation faces financial and political hurdles before it becomes a reality.
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Germany plans to reduce government subsidies supporting solar power by up to 30 percent within a year because higher-than-expected demand has made the scheme far more costly than authorities initially expected.
The country's drive to abandon nuclear energy in the wake of Japan's Fukushima nuclear disaster has led to a boom in solar power installations last year that vastly exceeded the government's forecasts.
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Buildings, too, can be eco-friendly if they include features such as solar panels, natural lighting or can partly supply their own energy needs. Planners who built the new government building at Admiralty’s Tamar site may have similar ideas. That is why the structure was dubbed “eco-friendly”.
However, things didn’t go exactly as planned.
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