Found 7 result for Tag: switzerland.

I did it (electrically) my way - or M-way

Philippa Martin-King on June 17, 2010
An article published yesterday on European Motor News about electric vehicles puts Switzerland on the map as part of a European development in a new ...

Pedalling uphill - energy saving measures

Philippa Martin-King on March 2, 2010
A ski school in the French speaking Swiss resort of Torgon has developed an original way of getting the kids up the baby slope. Using ...

Cleantech - Top ten green universities in US and top 10 countries

Philippa Martin-King on January 6, 2010
A long while back, I mentioned the LED lighting in the city of Ann Arbour in one of my pulses. It's no surprise then ...

Robot electric taxis

Philippa Martin-King on December 7, 2009
According to Der Spiegel  a new European Union-funded project will see the introduction of driverless Taxis at Heathrow, "cyber cars" in Rome and an automatic ...

First pedal-powered electricity generator on Swiss football pitch

Philippa Martin-King on October 22, 2009
A group of teenagers from a local youth club in the City of Lausanne have just installed a pedal-driven lighting system on their football pitch ...

The new Hayek plan for a clean car

Bruno Giussani on September 5, 2007
Ten years ago, Swiss top watch industrialist Nicolas Hayek -- boss of Swatch Group which owns several brands including Omega -- broke into the car market with ...

Breakthrough for Hydropower in Switzerland

Pippa Rojo on September 4, 2007
Switzerland liberalises its electricity market and actively promotes the production of energy from renewable sources. The target is ambitious but achievable: by the year 2030 ...