The expected return on a solar installation for a single-family home with gas heating in almost all Swiss communes and cities. The brighter the commune, the greater the return over a period of 30 years. Communes with returns of zero or less are shown in light grey. Communes for which returns could not be calculated are shown in dark grey. The box above the colour scale corresponds to the area containing the middle 50 percent of the results. SC stands for self-consumption. (Graphic: Tobias Schmidt / ETH Zurich)
The expected return on a solar installation for a single-family home with gas heating in almost all Swiss communes and cities. The brighter the commune, the greater the return over a period of 30 years. Communes with returns of zero or less are shown in light grey. Communes for which returns could not be calculated are shown in dark grey. The box above the colour scale corresponds to the area containing the middle 50 percent of the results. SC stands for self-consumption. (Graphic: Tobias Schmidt / ETH Zurich) Whether rooftop solar panels are worth the cost is largely dependent in Switzer-land on local compensation rates for solar power and on electricity prices in gen-eral - these are the findings of a study by researchers at ETH Zurich and the University of Bern.
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