The SCCER-SoE carries out innovative and sustainable research on the supply of electricity from hydropower and geo-energy in order to meet the challenges of the Energy Strategy 2050.
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News
Synthesis Report on Climate change impact on Swiss hydropower production
A new synthesis report written within the SCCER-SoE framework evaluates the effects of ongoing climate change on water availability, geomorphic processes and their impact on hydropower production. You can read and download the report here. January 2020
Annual Conference and Science Report 2019
The SCCER-SoE Annual Conference 2019 at EPFL in Lausanne was a great success. All talks are now ready for download and you can take a look at some pictures taken during the two days. The 117 posters are compiled in the Science Report 2019. September 2019
Events
23.-24.1.2020
BAW-Messtechnik-Workshop in Zurich, Switzerland, organized by ETH Zurich and BAW Karlsruhe.
30.1.2020
BASEMENT User Meeting in Rapperswil, Switzerland, organized by ETH Zurich and HSR.
23.-26.3.2020
80. German Geophysical Society Congress in Munich, Germany, organized by DGG.
17.-19.6.2020
Wasserbausymposium in Zurich, Switzerland, organized by ETH Zurich.
Blog
#17 Helicopter-borne radar survey of Swiss glaciers completed
November 2019 - by Lasse Rabenstein, Lino Schmid and Melchior Grab, along with Andreas Bauder, Christoph Bärlocher and Lisbeth Langhammer
The retreating Swiss glaciers present many challenges for hydropower usage: What water reserves are available today and in the future and which glacier beds could serve as sites for new reservoirs after the glacier retreat? The thorough and complete measurement of the glacier volume and the topography of the glacier beds offers answers to these questions.