Skip to main content
  • Paul Scherrer Institut PSI
  • PSI Research, Labs & User Services

Digital User Office

  • Digital User Office
  • DE
  • EN
  • FR
Paul Scherrer Institut (PSI)
Search
Paul Scherrer Institut (PSI)

Hauptnavigation

  • Research at PSIOpen mainmenu item
    • Research Initiatives
    • Ethics and Research integrity
    • Scientific Highlights
    • Scientific Events
    • Scientific Career
    • PSI-FELLOW
    • PSI Data Policy
  • Research Divisions and LabsOpen mainmenu item
    • Overview
    • Research with Neutrons and Muons
    • Photon Science
    • Energy and Environment
    • Nuclear Energy and Safety
    • Biology and Chemistry
    • Scientific Computing, Theory and Data
    • Large Research Facilities
  • Facilities and InstrumentsOpen mainmenu item
    • Overview
    • Large Research Facilities
    • Facilities
    • PSI Facility Newsletter
  • PSI User ServicesOpen mainmenu item
    • User Office
    • Methods at the PSI User Facilities
    • Proposals for beam time
    • Proposal Deadlines
    • Data Analysis Service (PSD)
    • EU support programmes
  • New ProjectsOpen mainmenu item
    • SLS 2.0
    • IMPACT
  • DE
  • EN
  • FR

Digital User Office (mobile)

  • Digital User Office

You are here:

  1. PSI Home
  2. Labs & User Services
  3. Energy and Environment (ENE)

Secondary navigation

Energy and Environment (ENE)

  • About ENE
    • Organisational Structure
    • Strategy
    • Spin-offs
  • People
    • Alumni
  • Laboratories
  • Projects
    • Archive
      • SCCER Heat and Electricity Storage (HaE)
  • Teaching and Education
    • Semester Project Topics
    • Master Thesis Openings
    • Internships
  • News & Highlights
  • Publications
  • Seminars
    • ENE Seminars archive
  • Conferences
ene top.jpg

Energy and Environment Research Division

Research at PSI comprises all aspects of human energy use, with the ultimate goal of promoting development towards a sustainable energy supply system. Technologies are being advanced for the utilization of renewable energy sources, low-loss energy storage, efficient conversion, and low emission energy use. Experimental and model-based assessment of these emissions forms the basis of a comprehensive assessment of economic, environmental and social consequences, for both present and future energy supply systems.

Division Head: Prof. Dr. Thomas Justus Schmidt


Energy Briefing Event 2022

On June 28th, 2022, the Energy Divisions (ENE and NES) at PSI hosted their first Energy Briefing Event at the Kursaal in Bern. Knowledgeable voices from industry, research and government shared insights in a dialogue on the feasibility of the Net Zero goal and what next steps are required to achieve this collectively.

A big thank you to Daniela Decurtins (GazEnergy), Particia Sandmeier (Hitachi Energy), Martin Naef (ABB), Pascal Previdoli (BFE), Thomas Schmidt (PSI), Christian Verhoeven (GE), Peter Richner (Empa), Andreas Pautz (PSI) and our Moderator Stephan Lendi for their valuable contributions and insights!

Highlights & News

13 July 2022
Marco Ranocchiari

Marco Ranocchiari takes on the lead of the ESI project as of July 1st, 2022!

«I am very excited to lead a strategic project and the extraordinarily competent and innovative ESI team for PSI, to help contribute to the transition to net zero.»

Read more
20 June 2022
Europa Messorte

European map of aerosol pollution can help improve human health

Media Releases Energy and Climate Health Innovation Environment

Researchers have measured and determined the sources of aerosol pollution at 22 locations in Europe.

Read more
2 June 2022
Emmanuele Moioli

Power-to-gas system for energy independence

Energy and Climate ESI Platform Energy transition

New technology provides synthetic natural gas for domestic heating

Read more
23 May 2022
Photograph: Shutterstock

Atmospheric globe-trotters

The CLOUD experiment reveals a new mechanism by which atmospheric particles form. The particles rapidly travel the world, globally impacting cloud formation and climate.

Read more
6 May 2022
Jungfraujoch

Deep learning to avoid weather disappointments

Saharan dust storms played havoc with weather predictions. Invertible neural networks to retrieve aerosol properties from light scattering data may help.

Read more
28 March 2022
Margit Schwikowski

Rescuing Earth’s icy memory

Environment

An international research team with PSI participation is rushing to preserve glacier ice for posterity.

Read more
1 March 2022
Die Forschungsstation Alert

Scientists map Arctic aerosols to better understand regional warming

Energy and Climate

In order to better understand climate change in the Arctic and design effective mitigation measures, scientists at EPFL and PSI have studied the aerosols in a region spanning from Russia to Canada.

Read more
7 February 2022
Russell McKenna

New Head of Laboratory for Energy Systems Analysis (LEA)

As of February 1st 2022, Russell McKenna joins the Paul Scherrer Institute’s Laboratory for Energy Systems Analysis (LEA) as head of the Laboratory. The position at PSI and the full professorship at ETHZ will enable him to combine his research with teaching activities. This optimally reinforces the cooperation between ETH Zurich and the two energy sectors, ENE and NES, of the PSI.

Read more
3 February 2022
Illustration Arik Beck

Optimization of catalyst performance to increase efficiency of methanol production

Many types of catalysts have been well known for decades, but the fundamental understanding as to why they work so well is still not quite clear. Without this understanding, an even more efficient catalyst cannot be developed, which is needed to reduce the global energy demand. Copper-zinc-alumina (CZA) is a popular catalyst and has been used for about 100 years, as it facilitates the production of the important chemical building block methanol, a molecule that enables the storage of hydrogen in a manner that minimizes negative impact on the carbon-dioxide footprint. Until 2021, scientists debated over the reason why the catalyst works so well. Understanding the reason behind this is vital in order to further develop even better ones. The copper-zinc-alumina (CZA) catalyst is assessed at the Laboratory for catalysis and sustainable chemistry (LSK) of the Paul Scherrer Institute.

Read more
  • First page « First
  • Previous page ‹‹
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • …
  • Next page ››
  • Last page Last »

Sidebar

General Contact

Research Division Energy and Environment
Paul Scherrer Institut
5232 Villigen-PSI
Switzerland

 

Thomas


Division Head
Prof. Dr. Thomas J. Schmidt
Telephone: +41 56 310 57 65
E-mail: thomasjustus.schmidt@psi.ch

Area of Responsibility:

  • Head of Division
  • Overall responsibility
  • Strategy
  • Organizational development

ENE Staff

Denise_Verhoeven


Chief of Staff
Denise Verhoeven
+41 56 310 25 45
denise.verhoeven@psi.ch

Area of Responsibility:

  • Personnel & Finances
  • Process management
  • Organizational development
  • Health & Safety (EHS)
  • Deputy of the Division Head

Jörg


Dr. Jörg Roth
+41 56 310 53 96
joerg.roth@psi.ch

Area of Responsibility:

  • Interlaboratory Coordination
  • Information Safety Officer
  • Building Manager OLGA

Ursula


Ursula Ludgate
+41 56 310 20 92
ursula.ludgate@psi.ch

Area of Responsibility:

  • Divisional Assistant

Michelle


Michelle Serina Kalousek
+41 56 310 24 75
michelle.kalousek@psi.ch

Area of Responsibility:

  • Internal Communication
  • Coordination with AKO on external communication topics

ENE Open positions

current opening at Research Division Energy and Environment

top

Footer

Paul Scherrer Institut

Forschungsstrasse 111
5232 Villigen PSI
Switzerland

Telephone: +41 56 310 21 11
Telefax: +41 56 310 21 99

How to find us
Contact

Visitor Centre psi forum
School Lab iLab (in German)
Center for Proton Therapy
PSI Education Centre
PSI Guest House
PSI Gastronomie (in German)
psi forum shop

Service & Support

  • Phone Book
  • User Office
  • Accelerator Status
  • PSI Publications
  • Suppliers
  • E-Billing
  • Computing
  • Safety (in German)

Career

  • Working at PSI
  • Job Opportunities
  • Training and further education
  • Career Center
  • Vocational Training (in German)
  • PSI Education Center

For the media

  • PSI in brief
  • Facts and Figures
  • Media corner
  • Media Releases
  • Social Media

Follow us: Twitter (in English) LinkedIn Youtube Facebook Instagram Issuu RSS

Footer legal

  • Imprint
  • Terms and Conditions
  • Editors' login