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GraphEnergyTech, an EPFL and University of Cambridge spin-off with offices in Lausanne and Cambridge, has completed the first close of a seed round of up to GBP 3 million, with Aramco Ventures returning as an investor.

Aramco Ventures backs GraphEnergyTech and its metal-free electrodes

9 November 2026

The new 2.5 MW run-of-river plant in Saanen, in the canton of Bern, is expected to produce about 7.3 gigawatt-hours of renewable electricity a year.

BKW and aventron bring the Turbach hydropower plant online in Saanen

2 November 2026

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Top Stories from Western Switzerland (October 2026)

28 October 2026

Japanese GreenTech company Green Science Alliance (GSA) has opened a laboratory at Switzerland Innovation Park Biel/Bienne, in the canton of Bern. The lab will develop a technology that regenerates valuable materials from used lithium-ion batteries.

Japanese GreenTech company GSA opens a battery recycling lab in Biel/Bienne

19 October 2026

ClearSpace has signed a contract worth more than GBP 61 million with the UK Space Agency to deliver the United Kingdom's first nationally commissioned active debris removal mission.

ClearSpace to deliver the UK’s first national active debris removal mission

19 October 2026

The canton of Fribourg and the Banque Cantonale de Fribourg (BCF) have unveiled the nine finalists of the 18th IFF (Innovation Fribourg Freiburg) Awards, selected from 40 applications across three categories.

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Fribourg unveils the nine finalists for the 2026-2027 IFF Awards

12 October 2026

HARTING has inaugurated the extension of its production facilities in Biel/Bienne, in the canton of Bern. The new energy-plus building adds production capacity at a site the technology group founded in 1984.

HARTING inaugurates the expansion of its production site in Biel/Bienne

12 October 2026

Geneva hosts the 18th Geneva Forum from December 7 to 11, 2026, welcoming industries, businesses and financial operators at the Palais des Nations. Two Global Impact Projects, Drone for Climate and One Health Centers, illustrate opportunities rooted in Western Switzerland.

18th Geneva Forum to bring industry and finance together around impact entrepreneurship at the UN

12 October 2026

Vaud-based ClearSpace has signed a contract with the European Space Agency to mature the docking, rendezvous and servicing technologies of Phoenix, a mission designed to extend the operational life of satellites in geostationary orbit.

ClearSpace signs ESA contract for the next phase of its Phoenix satellite life-extension mission

5 October 2026

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Top Stories from Western Switzerland (September 2026)

5 October 2026

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