Energy and Climate report 2024
In its annual report, EEC reveals the progress made by Swiss providers of publicly relevant services in the areas of energy and climate. In the reporting year 2024, these participants increased the share of renewable energies in their total energy consumption from 65% to 69%. By doing so, they are making an important contribution to the energy transition in Switzerland.
The aggregated data from participants on this page does not include the data for the Canton of Geneva. Compared to the previous year, there was no data from the Civil Federal Administration or the DDPS in the reporting year, but the data for the group of university hospitals now also includes University Hospital Zurich. These changes make it difficult to make direct comparisons of the aggregated data from all of the participants with that of the previous years.
Final energy consumption
In 2024, the participants’ final energy consumption was around 6170 GWh, of which 4230 GWh (just under 69%) came from renewable sources. The share of renewable energies increased slightly compared to the previous year (65%).
Final energy consumption by type of energy source
In 2024, the participants further increased the share of renewable energies in the total energy consumption. Progress was made in particular in thermal energy (heating and waste heat recovery), and to a much lesser extent also in transport fuels. A large proportion of electricity already comes from renewable sources – 92% across all participants. The aim is to reach the 100% mark by 2026, but this remains a challenge due to the availability of renewable electricity.
Greenhouse gas emissions
With the withdrawal of the Civil Federal Administration and the DDPS from our monitoring, the total amount of greenhouse gas emissions accordingly decreased significantly. Despite being adjusted for this effect, there were only slight changes: Scope 1 and 2 emissions fell by 13,000 tonnes (-3%) compared to the previous year, while Scope 3 emissions in the categories under consideration (business and commuter travel) increased by 6,000 tonnes (+6%). Trends vary massively from one participant to the next.
Green electricity production
The participants produced a total of 61 GWh of solar power in 2024. In accordance with their current expansion targets, they want to increase annual production to 100 GWh by 2026 and to 180 GWh by 2030 (excluding the Civil Federal Administration and the DDPS).
Business and commuter traffic
In the year under review, participants continued to predominantly travel by train (54% of the kilometres travelled), 30% by plane and 16% by car for their business trips. In the case of business travel, the rates at which they used different modes of transport (modal split) depend heavily on the individual participants’ operational activities and therefore differ significantly from one participant to the next. Some participants succeeded in reducing air traffic in the reporting year with targeted incentives and new internal regulations. In terms of commuter traffic, the share of bicycle and pedestrian traffic doubled in 2024 compared with 2021 to around 8%. In the same period, the share of rail and bus use increased from 53% to 57%.
