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| Project | Description | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| ESI Platform | The Energy System Integration (ESI) Platform is a real life demonstration comprising multiple energy conversion and storage system at PSI, which offers research and industry an experimental platform where promising approaches can be tested in all their complex connections and interrelations. | 2016-Ongoing |
| NFP73 OASES | The NFP73 OASES project aims to quantify the global environmental and social burdens associated with current Swiss production and consumption from a life-cycle perspective. | 2018-2021 |
| Transformation Towards Sustainable Transport Systems | The Transformation Towards Sustainable Transport Systems project combines sustainability assessment, integrated modelling, econometrics, and policy analysis to find economically, environmentally, and socially sustainable pathways towards a below 2 degree target. | 2018-2020 |
| Swiss Energy perspectives 2050 - Update |
Building upon the analysis performed in 2016-2017, this project provides an update of electricity generation costs and potentials for selected technologies for the Swiss electricity supply until 2050. |
2018-2019 |
| ELEGANCY | The ELEGANCY project – a European research activity with academic and research partners from five different countries – aims to provide three crucial benefits, which are the decarbonization of heating and transport based on an existing fuel and infrastructure, a commercial model for industrial CCS and the opportunity to broaden public awareness of CCS. | 2017-2020 |
| SCCER Mobility - Phase 2 | The SCCER Mobility expands the research and development capacities within the field of mobility. In Phase II (2017-2020) the Technology Assessment group will continue to provide the state-of-the-art integrated assessment of the future Swiss mobility system with consideration of a variety of sustainability criteria including as a subset those defined as the primary goals for the Swiss energy transformation. | 2017-2020 |
| SCCER-SoE - Phase 2 | The SCCER-SoE aims to develop fundamental research and innovative solutions in the domains of GeoEnergies (Deep Geothermal Energy and CO2 sequestration) and HydroPower. In Phase II (2017-2020) it will continue with the implementation of the innovation roadmaps, the development of integrative solutions, testing and installation of innovative technologies, technology assessment and scenario modelling. | 2017-2020 |
| SCCER Storage - Phase 2 | SCCER Storage aims to develop the science and technology of electricity & heat storage in order to guarantee the continuous (temporal and regional), reliable, and cost-efficient supply of power, heat, and fuels derived from intermittent renewable energies. In Phase II (2017-2020) it will continue to develop a better understanding of the boundary conditions under which energy storage technologies will be key components of the future Swiss energy system. | 2017-2020 |
| Electricity-based mobility | This project is aiming at a better understanding of the optimal integration of the future Swiss electricity and transport sectors: which vehicle technologies and fuels (and combinations of them) will be the optimal solution for a clean mobility system, which can make use of daily and seasonal peaks in electricity generation? | 2017-2019 |
| AA-CAES | The overall objectives of the joint project are twofold: To demonstrate a combined sensible/latent-heat storage at an industrially relevant scale for use in advanced adiabatic compressed air energy storage (AA-CAES) and to assess the environmental and economic potential of AA-CAES as an alternative to pumped hydro energy storage (PHES) for electricity storage in Switzerland. | 2014-2018 |
| FRS | The Future Resilient Systems program (FRS) develops a framework, concepts, and tools to make interconnected infrastructure systems more robust and resilient. FRS is the second research program under the Singapore-ETH Centre, established by ETH Zurich and Singapore's National Research Foundation. | 2014-2018 |
| RISK-GOV: DGE & Hydro | The project is focused on hydropower risk assessment, thus completing and strengthening the activities in the SCCER-SoE T4.1 | 2014-2018 |
| THRIVE | This joint project aims to substitute electricity and fossil fuels used for cooling and heating of buildings in Switzerland with low-grade waste heat from industrial processes and thermal energy from cogeneration, renewables and traditional fuels. | 2014-2018 |
| ALKAMMONIA | In project ALKAMMONIA a proof-of-concept system designed to provide power in remote applications will be developed and tested. | 2013-2018 |
| Ocelot | The Ocelot project is a joint effort by the Paul Scherrer Institut and the ecoinvent centre to build an open source library for applying system models in life cycle assessment. | 2016-2017 |
| Swiss Energy perspectives 2050 | This project is focused on the assessment of the potentials, costs and environmental burdens of electricity generation technologies for Swiss electricity supply until 2050. | 2015-2017 |
| ISCHESS | The project studies the impacts of adding distributed stochastic generation to the Swiss electricity system. | 2014-2017 |
| POWER UP | In project POWER-UP, a 500 kWe alkaline fuel cell (AFC) system will be demonstrated at Air Products (AIRP) industrial gas plant at Stade (in Lower Saxony, in northern Germany). | 2013-2017 |
| SCCER Mobility - Phase 1 | The SCCER Mobility expands the research and development capacities within the field of mobility. | 2014-2016 |
| SCCER Storage - Phase 1 | SCCER Storage aims to develop the science and technology of electricity & heat storage in order to guarantee the continuous (temporal and regional), reliable, and cost-efficient supply of power, heat, and fuels derived from intermittent renewable energies. | 2014-2016 |
| GEOTHERM-II | The strategic goal of the project is the development of Enhanced Geothermal System (EGS) technology that will allow the vast heat resources that reside at depths of several kilometers to be mined for electricity and heat production. | 2013-2016 |
| SCCER-SoE - Phase 1 | The SCCER-SoE aims to develop fundamental research and innovative solutions in the domains of GeoEnergies (Deep Geothermal Energy and CO2 sequestration) and HydroPower. | 2013-2016 |
| OPTIWARES | OPTIWARES is a joint CCES-CCEM project focusing on wood combustion. | 2012-2016 |
| LCA CH Nuclear Power | Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of nuclear power in Switzerland. | 2014-2015 |
| MODCAT-CH | In this project an analytical approach is developed and implemented to evaluate the frequencies and associated consequences of selected hazard scenarios for Switzerland based on historical data. | 2013-2014 |
| SoSCI | SoSCI addresses the impacts of solar storms on critical infrastructures addressing the potential threats and impacts of geo-magnetically induced currents on power systems, telecommunication systems etc. as well as potential mitigation actions. | 2013-2014 |
| SPILL-RISK | Oil Spill Risk Assessment for Different Regions and Facilities. | 2013-2014 |
| TA Swiss DGE | The main aim of this project is to give a clarification of the future prospects (opportunities and risks) of deep geothermal energy. | 2013-2014 |
| THELMA | THELMA is a project aimed at understanding the multi-criteria, sustainability implications of widespread electric vehicle use in Switzerland. | 2010-2014 |
| STOR | STOR processes, analyzes and visualizes expert data gathered in the project “Risks Switzerland" | 2012 |
| CARMA | CARMA project aims to explore the potential and feasibility of Carbon dioxide Capture and Storage (CCS) systems deployment in Switzerland, within the framework of future energy scenarios. | 2009-2012 |
| Disposal Facilities for CO2 and Nuclear Waste | Comparative assessment of nuclear and fossil electricity generation technologies addressing the disposal of CO2 (i.e. carbon capture and storage, CCS) and nuclear wastes (NW). | 2008-2012 |
| IMBALANCE | In the IMBALANCE project the physical and chemical properties of emissions caused by the intended burning of biomass for cooking and heating will be comprehensively characterized in order to allow an assessment of their impact on air quality and climate. | 2008-2012 |
| SECURE | The SECURE project develops appropriate tools for evaluating the vulnerability of the EU to the different energy supply risks, and for promoting the optimization of EU energy insecurity mitigation strategies, including investment, demand side management and dialogue with producing countries. | 2008-2010 |
| NEEDS | The main objective of the project was to evaluate the full costs and benefits (i.e., direct and external costs) of energy policies and of future energy systems, both for individual countries and for the enlarged EU as a whole. | 2004-2009 |
| CASES | This project aims to provide a complete and consistent assessment of the full cost of energy sources. | 2006-2008 |
| Swiss electricity supply options | A comprehensive LCA based project to compare sustainability performances of electricity supply in Switzerland. | 2005-2006 |
| NG-Risk | Assessment of natural gas accident risks. | 2004-2005 |
| Swiss Energy Perspectives 2035 | Study on potentials and costs of electricity generation by means of “new” renewables and new nuclear technologies in Switzerland. | 2004-2005 |
| ILK | Limited scope comparative study on the sustainability of different electricity supply technologies under German conditions. | 2003-2004 |
| Externe-Pol | Project on the analysis of the external costs of energy. | 2002-2004 |
| NewExt | The objective of NewExt was to improve the framework defined in the European Commission's ExternE project, by providing new methodological elements in four key areas which reflect the most important new developments in the assessment of external costs. | 2001-2003 |
| CETP | The Objective of the China Energy Technology Program (CETP) was to develop a globally applicable methodology for analyzing the "true" cradle-to-grave impact of electric power generation. | 1999-2003 |