With applied and interdisciplinary research on energy safety and climate Change, we support decision-making processes in politics and industry. Thus, we contribute to the implementation of a sustainable energy system, and ultimately to a cleaner environment.
In formulating solutions, we focus on efficiency and effectiveness as well as the distributional effects of policy instruments. Methodologically, we apply empirical methods ranging from statistical, econometric approaches to laboratory and field experiments.
Current projects
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SWEET PATHFNDR – Pathways to an efficient future energy system through flexibility and sector coupling
PATHFNDR is a research project sponsored by the Swiss Federal Office of Energy’s “SWEET” programme (Call 1-2020). The project consortium is represented by seven research partners - ETH Zurich, Empa, PSI, ZHAW, HSLU, UNIGE, and EPFL - and 25 cooperation partners. The project aims to develop and analyze ...
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Machine-Learning for Demand-Response
In many countries, renewable energy investment is starting to become economically viable without support. This disrupts the business of electric utilities and may result in significant grid expansion needs in order to accommodate the increasing amount of renewable electricity. A promising solution to this problem is ...
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What international negotiators promise and domestic policymakers adopt
The goal of the Paris Agreement to keep global warming well below 2°C can only be reached if countries commit to and adopt ambitious climate change mitigation action. However, we often witness a gap between international commitments and the policies and instruments aimed at implementing them domestically. ...
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Analysis of unused Certified Emissions Reductions (CERs) of the Clean Development Mechanism
Commissioned by the Swedish Energy Agency, Perspectives and Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW) studied the volume and origin of Certified Emissions Reductions (CERs) that are still on the market, looking into information in the various national registries and the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) registry. ...
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Establishing the Cantonal Clean Energy INDEX Switzerland (CEIS) as standard instrument for policy makers