Bernese power plants pilloried by Public Eye
The Bernese power plants have been included in the "Hall of Pain" by the WEF counter-event Public Eye on Davos. The reason for this dubious honor is the "huge contradiction" between green advertising and the planned construction of a coal-fired power plant in Lower Saxony.
Bernische Kraftwerke (BKW) has been presented with the Public Eye Award by the WEF counter-event Public Eye on Davos. The negative prize for "irresponsible corporate behavior" was awarded to the energy company in an Internet vote because it is planning to build a coal-fired power plant in Dörpen, Lower Saxony, for 1.6 billion Swiss francs, while at the same time presenting itself as a green energy supplier in its advertising. In Switzerland, the company is promoting itself as a promoter of renewable energies, while abroad it is financing a polluter, according to a Public Eye press release. According to the communiqué, the 900-megawatt coal-fired power plant would produce 4.6 million tons of CO2 per year, which corresponds to around ten percent of Switzerland's total annual CO2 emissions.
