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In Lovatens, in the canton of Vaud, Insolight, Romande Energie and blueberry grower Olivier Pichonnat have inaugurated the largest agrivoltaic installation built in Switzerland to date, combining crop protection and renewable electricity generation on 1.8 hectares.

Insolight and Romande Energie inaugurate Switzerland’s largest agrivoltaic installation

22 September 2026

Kielder Agro Group has joined Gaia Tech as a strategic investor, providing fresh capital to accelerate the development of the company's platform for ingredients upcycled from agricultural side streams.

Gaia Tech secures fresh funding from strategic investor Kielder Agro Group

14 September 2026

SurfAce Cleantech, a deep-tech start-up based at EPFL Innovation Park, has closed a CHF 250,000 pre-seed round to bring its coating technology for compostable flexible packaging toward industrialization and certification.

SurfAce Cleantech raises CHF 250,000 to advance its compostable coating technology

14 September 2026

Top Stories Western Switzerland

Top Stories from Western Switzerland (August 2026)

31 August 2026

The Foundation for Innovation and Technology has awarded a CHF 200,000 Digital Growth loan to WasteFlow, CHF 50,000 Digital Seed loans to DOCumenter and Nextrainers, and a CHF 20,000 Digital Grant to RiveLock.

FIT supports four Vaud start-ups through its Digital programs

31 August 2026

Building on its pilot plant in the Neuchâtel mountains, Sun-Ways has signed an agreement with its first commercial partner in Italy, entered a technology agreement with France's SNCF and received government approval for a first project in South Korea.

Sun-Ways takes its rail-mounted solar technology to Italy, France and South Korea

31 August 2026

The IFRS Foundation has announced that the International Sustainability Standards Board will establish its seat in the canton of Geneva, a decision that strengthens the city's position at the intersection of finance, sustainability and global economic governance.

Global sustainability standards body ISSB establishes its seat in Geneva

20 August 2026

The canton of Fribourg has officially handed over to the Confederation the keys to Agroscope's new laboratory building in Posieux, a CHF 125 million facility that forms the centerpiece of the national agricultural research center's site strategy.

Agroscope opens its new CHF 125 million laboratory in Fribourg

20 August 2026

Top Stories Western Switzerland

Top Stories from Western Switzerland (July 2026)

3 August 2026

Switzerland has once again topped the European Innovation Scoreboard, ranking first among all EU Member States and neighboring countries in the 2026 edition, its ninth consecutive year at the top, with a performance of 141.3% of the EU average.

Switzerland leads the European Innovation Scoreboard 2026 for the ninth consecutive year

14 July 2026

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