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Energy Economics has a new group head

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

Die Digitalisierung hilft beim Energiesparen. Lidia Stermieri (links), ehemalige PSI-Doktorandin, und Evangelos Panos (rechts) haben in Zusammenarbeit mit Forschenden der ETH Zürich in einem aufwendigen Rechenmodell gezeigt, dass «digitale Lifestyles» im Jahr 2050 gegenüber 2020 zehn bis zwanzig Prozent Energie einsparen.

30.07.2024

•8 min

Digitalisation: a blessing for the energy transformation

Researchers at PSI have calculated the influence of digitalisation on energy consumption.

Aerial view of the Furka Pass in Switzerland

10.06.2024

Seasonal Gas Storage Facilities in Switzerland

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.

30.06.2023

•6 min

4000 scenarios for a climate turnaround

Environment

Climate

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

17.11.2022

•1 min

Energy security

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

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

05.06.2021

•13 min

“Without these technologies, we will hardly achieve our climate targets”

Renewable Energies

Atmosphere

To achieve carbon neutrality, technologies need to be deployed which remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

04.05.2021

•7 min

Improving the resilience of Switzerland’s energy supply

The SURE research project is up and running.

05.03.2021

•9 min

Switzerland's energy transition

Can Switzerland, as planned, reduce its CO₂ emissions to zero by 2050? What is needed to achieve this? What could it cost?

05.05.2020

•9 min

Long-term developments of energy pricing and consumption in industry

Renewable Energies

Researchers from the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI, on behalf of a research project funded by the Swiss Federal Office of Energy (SFOE), have studied how energy consumption by Swiss industry develops depending on energy prices. One result: Price increases for energy usually affect energy consumption only over the long term.

10.09.2019

•11 min

"This is incredibly ambitious"

Renewable Energies