Data: summer 2001



















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Switzerland 
Using the motto “Solar Energy from EW”, more than 100 Swiss power stations have presented a solar rate/ tariff. The consumer then buys as much solar power as it requires at a price between 0.85 and 1.40 CHF per Kilowatt hour (0.55 – 0.91 Euro/ kWh) and in doing so, covers a somewhat small part (average 5%) of its total energy needs with solar power. The market is still relatively small, with the percentage of solar energy users lying between 1% and 5%. At the beginning of 2001, a total of 27 000 households and companies used a combined 4 million kWh. of solar energy. Since autumn 2000 there are also various companies offering customers in Switzerland the use of a 100% Green Electricity supply using a mixture of hydropower, wind and solar power. Offers such as these are also considerably cheaper than those of straight solar energy, for example “Premium Water” from the EWZ in Zurich, 0.27 CHF/ kWh (0.18 Euro/ kWh)..

Germany 
In Germany today there are around 190 Green Power suppliers offering their products. With approximately 280 000 consumers
and a middle of the road usage of 2 400 kWh per year, the total usage lies around 670 Million kWh. (See also www.greenprices.de) The Green Electricity available is mainly a mixture of wind, hydro, organic and solar power, and the prices (0.30 - 0.35 DM/ kWh) compare to that of Swiss Green Hydropower.

The Netherlands  
400 000 households use Green Power in Holland with an estimated 1000 Million kWh being turned over. Prices and average usage are comparable to those found in Germany.