Common Energy Strategy for Germany, Austria and Switzerland

Politics ♦ Published: May 2, 2012; 21:18 ♦ (Vindobona)

After the German nuclear exit, Switzerland and Austria should act as “green battery”.

Common Energy Strategy for Germany, Austria and Switzerland / Picture: © Vindobona.org

Germany, Austria and Switzerland intensify their cooperation in energy policies. Today, the Minister of Economics Philip Rösler (Germany), Reinhold Mitterlehner (Austria) and Doris Leuthard (Switzerland) signed a trilateral treaty. Furthermore, a working group has been established between the three countries.

Above all, pumped storage hydro power plants should be enlarged. “As…