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.
Sacchi R., Hahn Menacho, A.
"pathways": life cycle assessment of energy transition scenarios. 
Journal of Open Source Software. 2024. 9(103), 7309. doi: 10.21105/joss.07309
 
Hahn Menacho, A.J., Sacchi, R., Bauer, C., Panos, E., McKenna, R., Burgherr, P. (2024). The material-energy nexus in net-zero transition scenarios: exploring environmental trade-offs and uncertainties. Resources, Conservation and Recycling (Under Review).
 
Huang, H., Heuninckx, S., Macharis, C. (2024). 20 years review of the multi actor multi criteria analysis (MAMCA) framework: a proposition of a systematic guideline, Annals of Operations Research. doi: 10.1007/s10479-024-06357-y

Open Positions

We are looking for Master, Semester and Project students to join the group!

MSc Thesis Openings
Semester Project Openings

The Master in Energy Science and Technology (MEST) program of ETH Zurich also advertises positions.

MSc Thesis Openings (MEST)

Technology Assessment Group
Paul Scherrer Institute
5232 Villigen-PSI
Switzerland