Bidirectional electronic circuit breaker

An energy network, comprising:

• a first energy subnetwork;
• a second energy subnetwork;
• and
• an electronic protection switch configured to disconnect the first energy subnetwork and the second energy subnetwork from one another, said electronic protection switch comprising:
• a first network terminal Including a first positive potential terminal and a first negative potential terminal;
• a second network terminal including a second positive potential terminal and a second negative potential terminal;
• a first switching element formed by an IGBT semiconductor switch and a first diode connected antiparallel to the first switching element, said first switching element connected directly, without an additional intervening semiconductor element, between the first positive potential terminal and the second positive potential terminal;
• a second switching element formed by an IGBT semiconductor switch and a second diode connected antiparallel to the second switching element, said second switching element connected directly, without an additional intervening semiconductor element, between the first negative potential terminal and the second negative potential terminal.