The Energy – Economy – Society (EES/EWG) research programme promotes application-oriented research in the field of energy policy. To this end the EES focuses on economic, social, psychological and political issues throughout the energy sector supply chain. EES elaborates calls to fund innovative socio-economic research projects that address relevant energy-policy questions for Switzerland. Weiterlesen
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Wie Wärmepumpen zur Energieeffizienz der Bierproduktion beitragen
Bis zu 250 Millionen Flaschen und Dosen mit verschiedensten Sorten von Bieren macht Feldschlösschen in Rheinfelden jährlich in einem Tunnelpasteur haltbar. Mit einer neuen Wärmepumpe ist dieser Prozess effizient, klimafreundlich und senkt den jährlichen CO2-Ausstoss des Unternehmens um 275 Tonnen. Weiterlesen
Reducing energy consumption, through new ways of living and working, efficient mobility behavior or a changed environmental awareness – this is the goal of the SWEET call “Living&Working”. To this end, the two selected consortia SWICE and LANTERN are developing, implementing and testing new approaches, methods and technologies in so-called „Living Labs“. Joëlle Mastelic, professor at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Western Switzerland and coordinator of LANTERN, and Marilyne Andersen, professor at EPFL and coordinator of SWICE, tell us where the focus of their research lies and what is distinctive about research in Living Labs. Weiterlesen
CROSSDat – An open energy data platform for Switzerland
How much energy do buildings consume per canton, per municipality? How big is the heating demand? How much electricity did Switzerland consume yesterday? How many Smart Meters are installed per municipality? In terms of data freely available on the energy sector – so called Open Energy Data -, Switzerland has a lot of catching up to do compared to other countries. Why is that? What are the obstacles? Weiterlesen
Sustainable propulsion systems for passenger and freight vehicles are one of the major challenges in reshaping Switzerland’s energy supply. Among the multitude of technical problems is the development of compact turbo compressors, which play a central role in hydrogen-powered electric trucks, for example. Weiterlesen
General overview
China is both the world’s biggest clean energy investor and the world’s largest CO2 emitter. It is on track to becoming the world’s renewable energy superpower: China is the world’s largest producer, exporter and installer of solar panels, wind turbines, batteries and electric vehicles.
Even though renewable energy investments declined from $122 billion in 2017 to $86 billion in 2018, China still has by far the largest capacity. It also has a clear lead in terms of the underlying technology, with well over 150,000 renewable energy patents as of 2016, 29% of the global total. The next closest country is the U.S., which had a little over 100,000 patents, with Japan and the E.U. having close to 75,000 patents each.
The share of non-fossil fuels in China’s total electricity mix is on course to hit 32-34% in 2020. With increasing demand, China added about 40 GW of solar and 40 GW of coal in 2019. There is a lot of room for renewable energy, since coal’s share in China’s primary energy mix was still 58% in 2018 and electricity demand keeps growing. Weiterlesen
The Swiss initiative on Hydropower at IRENA Assembly – a success story
The Ministerial Plenary Session on Hydropower, held at the 10th General Assembly (GA) of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) on 12 January 2020, was a key success for the Swiss delegation. Switzerland, together with the International Hydropower Association (IHA), the World Bank, Norway and other IRENA member countries, co-organized the Ministerial Plenary Session. It built on the first ever IRENA Hydropower Event, which was initiated by Switzerland and took place at the 9th GA in January 2019. Weiterlesen
Exploring emerging technology trends from India
India is on it’s way to creating a strong, emergent economy defined by high quality research, tech advancements, a robust digital infrastructure, and a young, tech savvy generation with an entrepreneurial mindset. Weiterlesen
Glacier retreat offers opportunities for additional storage hydropower
With the current developments in energy policy and climate change, there is an urgent need to increase both electricity production and storage capacities from renewables in Switzerland. The ongoing glacier retreat offers opportunities for new storage lakes and corresponding new hydropower schemes in the Alps (Figure 1). The hydropower potential of such new reservoirs in locations which are expected to become ice-free has been systematically examined in a recent research project in the scope of the National Research Programme 70 of the Swiss National Science Foundation. Weiterlesen
Vom 10. bis 12. Juni 2019 tagte das Board of Governors (BoG) der Internationalen Atomenergie Agentur (IAEA) zum zweiten Mal in diesem Jahr in Wien. Der Governeursrat liess sich von Generaldirektor (GD) Amano über den Stand der Technischen Kooperation, der nuklearen Sicherheit und Sicherung, der nuklearen Anwendungen sowie der Verifikation und Monitoring informieren. Im weiteren Fokus standen die Aktivitäten der Agentur in der Technischen Kooperation (TC), einem Schlüsselbereich der IAEA, der Beiträge zu den Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s) der Vereinten Nationen leistet. Weiterlesen
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