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Technology Assessment Group

The Technology Assessment group is part of the multi-disciplinary Laboratory for Energy systems Analysis (LEA) at the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) and is the continuation of the former GaBE Project. Technology Assessment incorporates a comprehensive range of research areas to achieve three main objectives:
  1. To improve understanding and thereby enable comparisons of current energy technologies and future energy options for the electricity, heating and transport sectors based on environmental, economic and socially relevant factors.
  2. To provide quantitative, systematic, and interdisciplinary assessments of energy technologies and energy supply strategies through the development and application of consistent methodological frameworks and databases.
  3. To support rational decision-making for sustainable development in the Swiss and international energy sectors, and to communicate balanced research findings to decision-makers and stakeholders.
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Figure 1: Analytical framework for comprehensive technology assessment.

Latest News

18 February 2021
SWEET

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.

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02 February 2021
SRF

Christian Bauer interviewed on Electric Mobility by SRF

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

Kassensturz SRF
01 February 2021
TCS

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 of more than 2000 vehicles available on the Swiss market. The life cycle carbon footprint has been quantified by PSI-TA using our carculator (link to tool). Providing this information will allow consumers purchasing a new car to consider the impacts on climate change in their decision.

Link to the TCS Platform

Latest Publications

 

  • Tom Terlouw, Christian Bauer, Lorenzo Rosa and Marco Mazzotti (2021). Life cycle assessment of carbon dioxide removal technologies: a critical review. Energy & Environmental Science.

  • Brandon Kuczenski, Chris Mutel, Michael Srocka, Kelly Scanlon and Wesley Ingwersen (2021). Prototypes for automating product system model assembly. International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment.

  • Simon F. Schneider, Petr Novák and Tom Kober (2021). Rechargeable Batteries for Simultaneous Demand Peak Shaving and Price Arbitrage Business. IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy, Vol. 12 (1), pp. 148-157.

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Technology Assessment Group
Paul Scherrer Institut
5232 Villigen-PSI
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Group Leader
Dr. Peter Burgherr
Telephone: +41 56 310 2649
E-mail: peter.burgherr@psi.ch

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