About the project
In line with the vision of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions we imagine an efficient, flexible, resilient, cost-effective, and sustainable Swiss energy system by 2050. Within this future, our main goal is to develop and analyze transition pathways for renewable energy integration in Switzerland.
Our objectives are:
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1. Improving performance
Identify synergies and trade-offs between efficiency, resilience, cost-competitiveness, and sustainability of the Swiss energy system.
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2. Enabling flexibility
Assess flexibility options across various sectors and along various spatiotemporal scales to integrate renewable energy.
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3. Fostering sector coupling
Evaluate technologies, business models, innovation strategies, policies and end-user acceptance for sector coupling.
Our expected outcomes are:
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1. Feasible pathways
Pathways for the energy transition at international, national to city and district scales that enhance flexibility and sector coupling.
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2. Planning and operation tools
Tools for planning and operation of distributed flexibility in multi-energy systems.
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3. Pilot and demonstration projects
Pilot and demonstration projects of different flexibility market designs for existing and new technologies.
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4. Identifying new business opportunities and innovation strategies
New business opportunities and innovation strategies to exploit novel flexibility and sector coupling options.
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5. Analysis of potential policies
An analysis of potential policies for the energy transition and decarbonization of the Swiss energy system.
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