Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - Geneva’s Services Industriels de Geneve (SIG) announced a CHF300 million investment in six wind farms along the Jura mountains in four cantons. The project is expected to provide 240 Gw of power by 2015, the utilities group announced (Fre) 2 July: enough to power 70,000 homes.
SIG will partner with REnInvest SA, a Ticino-based consultant in renewable energy. Geneva produces only 25 percent of its own energy and is thus dependent on the market for its needs.
SIG manages the famous jet d'eau as well as Geneva's drinking water
Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The Industrial Service of Geneva (SIG) is campaigning for the purity of Geneva’s tap water. SIG organized an exhibit at the Place du Rhone 21 March to dispel any doubts.
SIG officials provided information in three stages: taste tests, quality control, environmental impact. Hundreds of Genevans brought a sample of their water to be analyzed.
One out of two tasters preferred tap water to the bottled water samples. The negative environmental impact of drinking bottled water is 1,000 times larger than that of drinking tap water, says SIG, which offers a wealth of useful water information.
To help Genevans use their own carafes and fill them from the tap, SIG offered several carafes for sale, with proceeds going to charitable organizations and projects that are water-related. The carafes can be purchased throughout the year from SIG outlets.
Carafes for your eau de Geneve!
Geneva, Switzerland (20 Minutes, Fre) – The 2009 increase in the cost of electricity in Geneva will be 2.2 centimes for a kWh rather than the 3 centimes announced earlier, thanks to a decision by the Swiss Federal Council earlier in December. The rate cut reflects the lower rate that was approved for Swissgrid, the national electricity supply grid.
