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Energy and Climate

The energy research performed at PSI focuses on processes that can be used in sustainable and safer technologies, ideally with minimal CO2 emissions. The main emphasis is on renewable energy sources. The ESI (Energy System Integration) platform enables research and industry to test solutions for integrating renewables into the existing energy supply. Another focus in this area is the safer use of nuclear energy. These activities are supplemented by analyses giving a comprehensive assessment of energy systems. PSI scientists in the Energy and Environment division study the chemical processes that take place in the atmosphere.

Find out more at: Overview Energy and Climate

8 September 2023
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How trees influence cloud formation

Media Releases Energy and Climate Environment

Researchers at PSI have taken a closer look at a previously disregarded factor in the formation of clouds. This could improve the accuracy of climate forecasting.

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7 September 2023
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How can cobalt be reduced in EV batteries?

Energy and Climate ESI Platform Energy transition

The electrification of transport is increasing. This means, more batteries are needed. However, some of these batteries contain an extremely problematic raw material: cobalt. PSI is researching alternatives.

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6 July 2023
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Climate-neutral air travel: Is it possible?

Media Releases Energy and Climate Environment Energy transition

Above all, meeting this goal will require sustainable fuels and a reduction in air traffic.

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30 June 2023
4000 Szenarien für die Klimawende

4000 scenarios for a climate turnaround

Media Releases Energy and Climate Environment Energy transition

Researchers at PSI and Columbia University are calculating in detail how climate change can be slowed down.

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12 June 2023
Energiewende 2

How can renewable electricity be used all year round?

Energy and Climate ESI Platform Energy transition

The federal government’s Energy Strategy 2050 envisages a substantial expansion of photovoltaic systems. But where will the electricity come from when the sun isn’t shining? The solution could be hydrogen.

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9 May 2023
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Switzerland’s path to the net-zero target

Media Releases Energy and Climate Environment Energy transition

The ETH institutions are pooling their expertise in pursuit of the net-zero target.

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19 April 2023
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Wood: A wild card for the energy transition

Energy and Climate Environment Energy transition

The role of the natural resource for security of supply in Switzerland

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17 April 2023
Methan als Energiespeicher

Methane as an energy store

Energy and Climate Storage Renewable Energies Environment ESI Platform Energy transition

Researchers at PSI and the start-up AlphaSYNT are working together on a solution for efficiently storing energy.

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13 March 2023
Smog in India

Extreme nighttime pollution in New Delhi air explained

Media Releases Energy and Climate Environment

PSI researchers find the cause of high nighttime air pollution in New Delhi

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6 March 2023
Energiezukunft 1

How can we secure our gas supply?

Energy and Climate ESI Platform Energy transition

Switzerland depends entirely on foreign gas imports. How can we escape from this dependence and guarantee our gas supply? Synthetic methane might be a solution.

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16 February 2023
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A greener alternative for aviation fuel

Media Releases Energy and Climate Industrial co-operation Renewable Energies Environment ESI Platform Energy transition

Air travel with no carbon footprint – PSI and the Metafuels AG develop a new technology to produce sustainable aviation fuel.

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12 January 2023
Annalisa Manera

The best of both worlds

Energy and Climate Nuclear Power Plant Safety

Annalisa Manera works as a nuclear researcher at PSI and as a professor at ETH Zurich. A portrait.

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5 January 2023
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Energy efficiency in times of potential power shortages

Energy and Climate Renewable Energies Energy transition

How PSI is continuously improving the energy efficiency of its own infrastructure and large research facilities

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13 December 2022
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Preparing for energy shortages and blackouts

Energy and Climate Renewable Energies Energy transition

Peter Burgherr is a risk researcher at PSI. In this interview he talks about possible power shortages in the coming winter and how to prepare for them.

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17 November 2022
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Energy security

Energy and Climate Energy transition

How can Switzerland achieve the energy transition? PSI researchers provide answers with a unique computer model.

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27 October 2022
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“More objectivity would be helpful”

Energy and Climate ESI Platform Energy transition

The current energy debate could do with more facts and less gut feeling – argue Thomas J. Schmidt, renewables expert, and Andreas Pautz, nuclear energy specialist.

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5 October 2022
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Collecting ice cores before it's too late

Energy and Climate Environment

PSI researcher Theo Jenk talks about the challenges of ice core research during the climate change crisis.

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4 October 2022
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Many paths lead to the energy future

Energy and Climate Energy transition

How can Switzerland achieve the energy transition? PSI researchers provide answers with a unique computer model.

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29 September 2022
Margit Schwikowski

“A race against time”

Energy and Climate

At a conference the international ice core science community discusses the latest developments in their field.

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23 September 2022
The Jungfraujoch with its iconic landmark – the Sphinx Observatory, inaugurated in 1937, which houses PSI’s precision equipment for measuring aerosols.

The Jungfraujoch aerosol detectives

Energy and Climate Environment

Aside from its stunning landscape, the Jungfraujoch also provides an ideal location to research the impact of aerosols on our climate.

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