SWEET-SURE - Sustainable and Resilient Energy for Switzerland

SWEET – Swiss Energy Research for the Energy Transition, a funding program by the Swiss Federal Office of Energy SFOE, is dedicated to accelerating innovations crucial for implementing #Switzerland’s #Energy Strategy #2050 and achieving our climate goals. Our colleagues at SWEET-REFUEL are organizing the 1st Annual Conference: SWEET reFuel.ch on 23 September 2024 at the Auditorium, V-ZUG AG, Zug. This event will unite leading experts in Power-to-X and manure-based Sustainable #Aviation #Fuels to discuss innovative implementation strategies in Switzerland and abroad. 🎤 Keynote Speakers: Adrian Theiler – COO & Board Member, V-ZUG AG Bernhard Dietrich – Head of CENA Hessen, Centre of Competence for Climate, Environment, and Noise Protection in Aviation Prof. Dr. Frédéric Vogel – Lecturer for Renewable Energy, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland FHNW & Group Head, Catalytic Process Engineering, PSI Paul Scherrer Institut Participation is #free, but registration is required by 6 September 2024. ➡ Register here: https://lnkd.in/dPQSkjPU

From research to #law, our colleagues from SURE, Andreas Abegg and Reto Patrick Mueller, will be presenting and discussing on “limits in regulation”, about private and government #regulation. Grab the opportunity to meet them there!            🗓 Date: Friday, August 30, 2024 🕒 Time: 13:30 – 17:30 📍Location: ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Main building, Aula, St.-Georgen-Platz 2, 8401 Winterthur The conference, conducted in German, will explore the boundaries of #regulation in #energy #law from #legal, ##political, technical, and #economic perspectives. Speakers: ✔ Dr. Martin Neukom: Political perspective, #Zurich Government Council ✔Dr. Georg Schwarz: Technical and economic limitations of regulation ✔Dr. Reto Patrick Mueller: Legal perspective on energy law regulation ✔ Dr. Renata Trajkova: Limits of private regulation in building energy retrofitting ✔Dr. Lukas Schaub: State incentive regulation and its boundaries in energy communities The event will conclude with a panel discussion, addressing questions from the audience and the future steps post the #Mantelerlass (Overarching Decree) vote, followed by an Apéro riche to further discuss the insights.  Special #opportunity for the SWEET consortium members SWEET EDGE, SWEET DeCarbCH, SWEET-PATHFNDR (Energy Science Center, ETH Zurich ZURICH), SWEET Lantern, SWEET SWICE, SWEET CoSi, SWEET-RE.FUEL: free registration! Just mention your affiliation when registering in the remarks. For further information and to register, click below:

"When the "Gemeinden" say Yes to the Energy Law but reject Alpine Solar Installations – NIMBY (Not In My Backyard) isn’t enough." 🎧 Listen below (04:42) as Isabelle Stadelmann-Steffen is featured on SRF - Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen’s Echo der Zeit with Matthias Heim, discussing these contradictions.

Can we achieve the #energytransition in #Switzerland? Renewable energies are to be expanded, but there is resistance to specific activities. How can we achieve the energy transition by 2050? An interview with political scientist, Isabelle Stadelmann-Steffen, economist Doina Radulescu and Cornelia Mellenberger, CEO Energie Wasser Bern

100% Renewable Energy in Switzerland: Vision or Soon Reality? If you're in #Zurich today and tomorrow, join us for "Energy Drinks" organized by the SWEET EDGE project. The SURE team will also be there, engaging in fruitful exchanges. See you at ALEHOUSE from 18:00 to 22:00! 👉 Universitätstrasse 23, 8006 Zürich Together with: Flora Dreyer, Nik Zielonka, Marius Schwarz, Giovanni Sansavini, Philipp Schütz, Gracia Brückmann, Michael Lehning, Jürg Rohrer, David Gut, Jonas Schmid

The SURE journey began in 2022, exploring #sustainability and #resilience in the #Swiss #energy sector. Our 6-year research programme is led by a team of 10 research partners and supported by a #Stakeholder forum featuring key players from the industry. In the photo, meet our team 👇 Follow our Linkedin page SWEET-SURE - Sustainable and Resilient Energy for Switzerland to gain insights straight from our experts – ready to join the conversation? Contact Peter Burgherr or Evgenia Tsianou to become part of our Stakeholder #Forum. PSI Paul Scherrer Institut –  Peter Burgherr, Vangelis Panos, Evgenia Tsianou, Romain Sacchi, HE (River) HUANG - Life Cycle Assessment, Decision-Support Analysis, Energy System Modelling ETH Zürich - Turhan Demiray, Alexander Fuchs - Energy Grid Modelling EPFL - Claudia R. Binder, Ankita Singhvi,  Francisco Xavier Félix Martín del Campo - Circular Economy TEP Energy GmbH - Martin Jakob, Marc A. Melliger, Giacomo Catenazzi - Energy demand of buildings University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland -  Roman Rudel, Jalomi Maayan Tardif, Matteo Palucci, Francesca Cellina - Socio-technical modelling &  Cantonal energy transition case study University of Bern - Isabelle Stadelmann-Steffen, Gracia Brückmann, Walid El-Ajou - Policy framework ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences - Andreas Abegg, Reto Patrick Mueller, Goran Seferovic - Legal and regulatory framework University of Geneva - Evelina Trutnevyte, Nik Zielonka - Swiss electricity modelling Università della Svizzera italiana - Krause Rolf, Michael Multerer, Toby Simpson, Davide Baroli, Saara Jones - Swiss Energy Future with a tailormade game E3M MODELING -  Leonidas Paroussos, Stelios Tsiaras - Macroeconomic modelling 📸 credits: Università della Svizzera italiana

Imagine it's February 2035 in #Switzerland, and a sudden cold snap brings heavy snow after a dry fall. This leads to a big demand for heating and electricity, putting stress on the grid.   How can we make Swiss #cities ready for such surprises? Our colleagues from TEP Energy GmbH developed a six-step concept to answer such a question together with local stakeholders.   First, cities need to identify the relevance of #shocks, like cold weather spells, and evaluate how they affect their city. For example, TEP together with Stadt Zürich’s energy department evaluated 11 shocks. Second, measures like using a more diverse and #renewable #energy supply need to be discussed in a workshop setting. This process ensures that the measures are fair to everyone.   With many people living in Swiss cities, it's important to make sure our energy systems can handle unexpected changes, like weather and world events, but also more local events such as a local resistance against the energy transition. Our concept gives cities like #Zurich a guideline to design workshops, which aim to increase resilience and sustainability.   Read the report on our webpage sweet-sure under the section Publications: "Develop a resilience and sustainability concept for the urban context" by Marc A. Melliger, Martin Jakob, Zoe Talary SWEET-SURE is a consortium sponsored by the Swiss Federal Office of Energy SFOE's SWEET programme and coordinated by PSI Paul Scherrer Institut.

What does it require to build an energy community? How to manage natural resources as commons? 'Musical Chairs as Commons: The Resource Challenge': A workshop to playfully learn and familiarize ourselves with the concepts of commons and natural resources. As we often forget how we can work together for a common cause, Alekos Pantazis designed the workshop to help explain the concepts of scarcity and abundance in an experiential way. Big thanks to Sula Tolis from Berufswahlschule District of Horgen who hosted and facilitated the workshop together with Evgenia Tsianou to engage her class in the energy transition. 👉 Mobilize your colleagues or class, contact us to bring the workshop to your class or team.

📣 Job opening at PSI Paul Scherrer Institut on energy system modelling.

Big news: Peter Burgherr of PSI’s Technology Assessment Group is stepping up to lead the SWEET-SURE project! A sincere thank you to Tom Kober for his inspiring motivation and dedicated efforts in connecting the dots throughout the project. Best wishes to Tom in his new position as Professor at Institute of Bioenergy and Resource Efficiency, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland FHNW 📷 Cretids l Mahir Dzambegovic and Markus Fischer l Paul Scherrer Institut PSI