In the project “Carbon Flows in the Energy Transition”, a methodology is developed to monitor and assess the energy and carbon flows in the energy system of Switzerland. As the flows of carbon, either in the form of released CO2 or stored in chemicals, are linked to the form and operation of the energy system, the design of the latter is crucial. Since the defossilization of the energy system is an important part to…
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Den PSI-Impuls-Preis 2019 erhält Adrian Marberger für seine Doktorarbeit «Advances in Vanadium-Based Catalyst Research for the Selective Catalytic Reduction of NOx by NH3». Der Verein PSI-Impuls – Freunde des PSI wurde im Januar 2002 mit dem Ziel gegründet, die Bemühungen des Paul Scherrer Instituts zu unterstützen, das gegenseitige Verständnis zu fördern und für Wirtschaft und Politik den Zugang…
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The SCCER BIOSWEET is pleased to announce that its 2020 Annual Conference was held on 10th of September 2020 virtually and was a great success. This was the final conference of the SCCER, an occasion to wrap up the numerous achievements…
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Grünes Öl aus der Schweiz. Die Trockenheit lässt die Holzlager überquellen. Das rückt eine alte Idee wieder in den Vordergrund: Schweizer Holz als Energiequelle zu nutzen. Der grünen Lunge vor den Toren Basels droht ein Infarkt. Baumgruppen im Hardwald zwischen Birsfelden, Muttenz und Pratteln zeigen sich braun, gelb und abgestorben. Bäume können umstürzen, Kronenteile abbrechen…
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Every three years, the World Energy Council explores possible developments of the global energy system under different scenarios. Tom Kober, head of the Energy Economics Group at PSI and one of the lead authors of the study, explains what the individual projections mean and how global warming could be mitigated. Since 2010, the World Energy Council has been developing these World Energy Scenarios and publishing them every three years…
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Roger Maneka is a Ph.D student at the Paul Scherrer Institute, in the Catalysis for Energy Group led by Prof. Dr. Kröcher, and Dr. Ferri. Her research is funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation and well within the scope of the SCCER BIOSWEET. She explains the motivation for her research: « We believe it is crucial to develop technologies today to enable tomorrow’s energy transition. This energy transition concerns land transportation among others. The primary…
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