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News
Your preferred Swiss electricity portfolio 2035
Support the Swiss National Science Foundation project RIGOROuS and participate in the survey on your preferred Swiss electricity portfolio for the year 2035 (5-10 min, available in English, German and French). The survey is based on the interactive web-tool Riskmeter, where you can explore a variety of Swiss electricity portfolios as well as read about pros and cons of the different technologies. After you submit your preferred portfolio in Riskmeter, you will be asked several questions on your familiarity with the energy topic as well as your experience with Riskmeter. September 2017
German TV documentary on dam safety
The crew of the ZDF broadcast "planet e." visited, amongst other places, the Grande Dixence dam in the Valais with Georges Darbre from the SFOE and the Laboratory of Hydraulic Constructions at the EPFL with José Pedro Matos and Anton Schleiss. The documentary focuses on the safety of dams, especially under future conditions of glacier and permafrost melting possibly causing rock fall and dam break. Click here to watch the documentary in full length or to pick out the above mentioned excerpts starting at minutes 01:30, 13:40, 31:20 and 41:56. August 2017
Events
17.-20.10.2017
SCCER School - Shaping the Energy Transition in Engelberg, organized by the eight Swiss Competence Centers for Energy Research (SCCER).
2.11.2017
2017 Annual Conference of the SCCER-FURIES in Lausanne, organized by the SCCER-FURIES.
30.11.2017
Energy Startup Day in Zurich, organized by the Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship at the ZHAW.
26.-28.09.2018
International Symposium on Energy Geotechnics SEG-2018 in Lausanne, organized by the Laboratory of Soil Mechanics at EPFL.
Blog
#8 Weather-sensitive hydropower
June 2017 - by Manfred Stähli
No year resembles the other regarding electricity production from hydropower. This is principally due to weather conditions, what often is neglected in the discussion about the targets of the future energy production. However, for the domestic electricity supply, these weather caused fluctuations may be a greater challenge than the long-term capacity increase through existing and new hydropower plants – especially in winter.