Swiss utility and nuclear operator Axpo said its strategy for helping to achieve the country’s energy transition while maintaining a high level of energy security includes having existing nuclear power plants connected to the grid for 60 years, 10 years longer than envisaged in a federal energy strategy.


The company’s chief executive officer Christian Brand said in an interview with news website Watson that because the expansion of renewables including photovoltaics (PV, or solar) is progressing too slowly, a longer service life for nuclear plants will give politicians time to set conditions for the expansion of renewables takes place.