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:
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Figure 1: Analytical framework for comprehensive technology assessment.
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Zhang, X., Walch, A., Rüdisüli, M., Bauer, C., Burgherr, P., McKenna, R. & Habert, G. (2024). Evaluating the levelized costs and life cycle greenhouse gas emissions of electricity generation from rooftop solar photovoltaics: a Swiss case study. Environmental Research: Infrastructure and Sustainability. doi: 10.1088/2634-4505/ad80c3
Terlouw, T., Savvakis, N., Bauer, C., McKenna, R., & Arampatzis, G. (2025). Designing multi-energy systems in Mediterranean regions towards energy autonomy. Applied Energy. doi: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2024.124458
Huang, H., Sun, S., Mommens, K., Macharis, C. (2024). The MAMCABM framework for the evaluation of mobility decision-making problems: theory and practice, International Transactions in Operational Research. doi: 10.1111/itor.13544