13th novembre 2019  /  Actualité, Research Highlights

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…

26th novembre 2019  /  Actualité, Research Highlights

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…

9th octobre 2019  /  Actualité, Research Highlights

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…