Solar

Federal one-time remuneration for eligible photovoltaic installations in Switzerland, with possible cumulation depending on the canton and the energy supplier.

CHF 300 - 600

Your energy renovation costs are deductible from federal direct tax and cantonal taxes. Spread over up to 3 tax periods.

IWB (Basel utility) support programme for solar and district heating connections.

CHF 500 - 3,000

EWZ (Zürich city utility) support for photovoltaic and heat pumps.

CHF 500 - 4,000

Romande Énergie utility subsidies for solar installations and heat pumps in the canton of Vaud.

CHF 500 - 3,000

Geneva utility (SIG) programme: bonuses for heat pumps, solar thermal and renewable installations. Solar premium boosted to 25% of the federal amount from 2026.

CHF 1,000 - 5,000

New in 2026: up to CHF 2,000-4,000 per charging point (Vaud, Geneva, Neuchâtel). Covers up to 50% of the cost of a residential or shared charging station.

CHF 800 - 4,000

New for 2026: dedicated subsidy for PV storage batteries up to CHF 130/kWh (Geneva, Neuchâtel). Boosts self-consumption as buyback tariffs are reduced.

CHF 100 - 130

Municipal and energy provider subsidies for local renewable energy installations

CHF 500 - 5,000

Cantonal, municipal and utility incentives for solar: how do you check them?

Local solar incentives do not follow the same logic as Pronovo. This guide explains how to identify whether support belongs to the canton, the municipality, or the utility, in what order to verify it, which territorial signals require a finer check, and how to avoid publishing a misleading cumulative benefit claim.

How do you connect a solar project with Pronovo?

Pronovo should be treated as a programme layer inside a broader solar project, not as the parent of the topic. This article clarifies the editorial and user-journey boundary: the solar page keeps strategy, local support, self-consumption, batteries and network logic; Pronovo keeps the federal one-off remuneration framework, eligibility, timing and filing logic. The goal is to avoid duplication while making the path to the dossier easier to read.

Self-consumption, batteries and solar subsidies: what do you actually need to understand?

This article separates three layers that are often confused in solar projects: self-consumption, battery storage and grid injection. It explains how collective models such as RCP/ZEV change the reading of the project and its support, and when the reader should move from concept-level understanding to a procedure or glossary term.

What subsidies exist for solar photovoltaics in Switzerland?

Orientation page for Swiss solar projects: map the main aid layers around a photovoltaic system, explain why Pronovo only answers part of the question, distinguish federal, cantonal, municipal and utility-level support, and guide the reader toward the right verification order and the more specific pages once the case becomes concrete.

How do you avoid a blockage or rejection in a solar file?

Troubleshooting article for the project-file stage: it explains why solar dossiers get blocked when the project framing, the grid interface and the subsidy logic diverge, and it gives a practical final review to reduce the risk of rejection.

Should Pronovo be requested before or after solar installation?

This article explains why Pronovo timing cannot be reduced to a simple before/after rule: the right moment depends on the programme, the real project status, the documents already available, and the way installation, grid notification, and remuneration are sequenced in a solar project.