The Swiss government has rejected the forest protection and community protection initiatives. The initiatives, which were launched at the end of September, aim to restrict the expansion of wind power to protect forests and communities. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The core concerns of the two initiatives "Against the destruction of our forests by wind turbines" and "For the protection of direct democracy in wind farms" are already taken into account in the current legislation, the government announced on Wednesday. The acceleration decree passed by Parliament in the autumn would further strengthen the concerns of the initiators. + Switzerland lacks wind and solar capacity to meet climate goals However, according to the government, accepting the initiatives would severely restrict the expansion of wind energy in Switzerland. As two thirds of electricity from wind energy is produced in the winter months, a pillar of security of supply in winter would be ...
