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ODYSSEE-MURE - Monitoring the EED-Recast, supported by the LIFE programme of the European Commission, relies on 2 complementary databases: / ODYSSEE contains detailed energy efficiency and CO2 indicators with data on energy consumption, their drivers (e.g. activity indicators) and related CO2…

This project focuses on market design instruments to support the uptake of utility-scale electricity storage in Switzerland to support integration of solar and wind energy while maintaining system adequacy. Additionally, to efficiently allocate support contracts and ensure a high realization rate,…

The study examines the need and role of energy storage in Switzerland for the years 2035 and 2050. It considers various types of storage — electricity, heat, and gas/liquid storage — and evaluates their use across different timescales (from sub-hourly to seasonal). The focus is on optimizing the…

Small states are often taken to be rule-takers rather than rule-makers in international affairs. Yet, small states can punch above their weight, notably when working through coalitions. While coalitions are key to understanding multilateral negotiations such as those on climate change, they mask…

CoSi is a research project funded by the "SWEET" program of the Swiss Federal Office of Energy (call 1-2022) and carried out by the University of Basel. The project deals with the interactions between society and the energy system. To this end, various areas of social research (economics, social…

To comply with the timeline of Swiss net-zero targets, an accelerated market development of sustainable fuels and platform chemicals (SFPC) is necessary. While first-generation technology is available to initiate a ramp-up the production of those substances, this is not the case for policies, laws,…

The increasing electrification of mobility and buildings will cause new local bottlenecks in the electricity grid of municipal utilities in the future. These bottlenecks will necessitate cost-intensive grid expansion. Dynamic price signals should prompt home energy management systems (HEMS) at end…

Dynamic tariffs can provide an incentive to shift flexible loads from periods with high prices to periods with lower prices. In contrast to direct load control by a single network operator, control via dynamic prices can simultaneously take into account congestion in different network levels and…

The implementation and impact of climate action committed under the Paris Agreement can only be monitored if climate action can be traced from countries' Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) back to local climate activities. Based on six country case studies produced by local partners in…

The aim of the project is to investigate the possibilities of AI methods for identifying errors and attempted fraud in emissions trading. Based on historical data, this will be examined separately for applications to open accounts in the German Emissions Registry and for allocation or emissions…

The ODYSSEE-MURE project “Monitoring the Energy Efficiency Pillar for Climate Neutrality” aims at supporting policy makers in EU Member States (MS) and the Energy Community (EnC) countries to implement the framework of the EU Energy Efficiency Directive (EED) as efficiently as possible at EU and…

EDGE wants to fast-track the growth of locally sourced decentralized renewable energy in Switzerland. The project aims to ensure that by 2035 and 2050, when ambitious shares of renewable energy are reached, the Swiss energy system is designed and operated in a technically and economically optimal…

In a future electricity system with high shares of renewables and new demand entities, conventional generation alone will not be able to balance supply and demand. Therefore, active participation of distributed energy resources is necessary. Yet, due to imperfect information, bounded rationality,…

The aim of the LANTERN proposal is to co-design, test, validate, and scale up a portfolio of interventions for a user-empowered, decarbonized, resource efficient and sufficient Switzerland. We will achieve it through applied research and development at the interface between markets, technology,…

To avoid grid congestion and optimize their operation, positive energy districts (PEDs) need to adjust their loads to the local renewable production. We plan to develop approaches and algorithms that help them to do so. This project is a research contribution to the Positive Energy Districts…

Decarbonisation of cities and regions is one challenge which needs to be addressed in order to achieve the Net Zero Target by 2050. In an interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary setting the Flagship DeCIRRA addresses the following questions: How might we decarbonise cities and regions? How might we…

The decarbonisation of cities and regions is one of the challenges that must be overcome in order to achieve the net-zero target by 2050. In a transdisciplinary framework, the Innosuisse Flagship DeCIRRA addresses the following questions: / How can we decarbonise cities and regions? / How can we…

Study on security of supply in the electricity sector. Support in modeling the appropriate generation and system capacity (system adequacy) in Switzerland in the electricity sector.