Switzerland Considers Switching To Oil For Power Plants

OilPrice.com | Aug 15, 2022 at 3:30 PM
  • Amid a looming energy crisis, Switzerland could turn to oil for electricity production in the winter in case of an emergency, Swiss Energy Minister Simonetta Sommaruga told local newspaper SonntagsZeitung this weekend.
  • Switzerland has an experimental power plant that has been used for testing new gas turbines.
  • Italian firm Ansaldo Energia, owner of the experimental plant, wanted as early as this spring to make the facility available as an emergency reserve.