Lab News

Dr. Evangelos Panos steps into his new role at PSI-LEA.

02.09.2024

•Energy and Climate

Research on Synthetic Fuels at LEA

Renewable Energies

Energy transition

An overview of our research on sustainable chemical fuels.

Aerial view of the Furka Pass in Switzerland

10.06.2024

•Energy and Climate

Seasonal Gas Storage Facilities in Switzerland

Energy transition

Energy systems

Switzerland is the only country in central Europe without large seasonal gas storage facilities. Should it build some?

Sommer- und Winterproduktion: Grundlast 2050

19.03.2024

New report: “Future demand for flexibility and the significance of baseload energy in Switzerland”

In a new report, “Future demand for flexibility and the significance of baseload energy in Switzerland,” PSI-LEA researchers examine the role of baseload energy in Switzerland's energy system and discuss the challenges of transitioning to a mostly CO₂-free system.

Seminar participants touring the pumped storage hydropower plant in Forbach

12.03.2024

Highlights from the joint PhD Seminar in Rastatt

Participants from PSI-LEA, Russell McKenna’s Chair for Energy Systems Analysis at ETH Zürich, and Prof. Valentin Bertsch’s Chair of Energy Systems and Energy Economics at Ruhr University Bochum gathered in Rastatt, Germany, for a three-day seminar in February.

10.10.2023

Dr. Eleftherios Siskos is the recipient of the Bernard Roy Award 2023

Dr. Eleftherios Siskos has received the prestigious Bernard Roy Award 2023 by the European Working Group (EWG) on Multiple Criteria Decision Aiding (MCDA).

11.10.2022

LEA scenario analysis for Switzerland in PSI's 5232 Magazine

5232 — The magazine of the Paul Scherrer Institute includes the latest long-term scenario analysis for Switzerland produced by LEA

13.09.2021

Challenge at the Energy Data Hackdays 2021

Chris Mutel, a scientist at PSI's Laboratory for Energy Systems Analysis who specialises in life cycle and sustainability analyses, prepared a challenge for the Energy Data Hackdays happening on the 24th and 25th of September 2021 in Brugg

10.05.2021

Christian Bauer interviewed on Electric Cars at the program Einstein by SRF

Christian Bauer, a scientist at PSI's Laboratory for Energy Systems Analysis who specialises in life cycle and sustainability analyses, interviewed at the program Einstein by SRF on Electric Cars

21.04.2021

Christian Bauer interviewed on Electric Cars at the program Treffpunkt by SRF

SRF interviewed Christian Bauer, a scientist at PSI's Laboratory for Energy Systems Analysis who specialises in life cycle and sustainability analyses, on Electric Cars

18.02.2021

SWEET Program, Research challenge 4: Sustainability at the heart of a resilient Swiss energy system

The results have been announced of the first call for proposals in the new energy research programme SWEET (Swiss Energy Research for the Energy Transition). An international panel of experts has awarded the contract to four consortia. The host institutions of these research consortia are ETHZ, EPFL, the University of Geneva and the PSI. Over the next six to eight years, they will work on their research tasks in trans- and interdisciplinary projects.

02.02.2021

Christian Bauer interviewed on Electric Mobility at the Kassensturz program by SRF

SRF interviewed Christian Bauer, a scientist at PSI's Laboratory for Energy Systems Analysis who specialises in life cycle and sustainability analyses, on Electric Mobility at the program Kassensturz

01.02.2021

TCS Switzerland Passenger Cars platform extended with Life Cycle Carbon footprint from PSI-TA

TCS Switzerland has extended its passenger car search and comparison platform by adding the life cycle carbon footprint quantified by PSI-TA.