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
Inauguration Bedretto Laboratory for Geosciences
On 18 May 2019, we will officially inaugurate the Bedretto Underground Laboratory for Geosciences. For this occasion, we invite the interested public in the afternoon to visit the rock laboratory situated in the middle of the 5.2 kilometer long tunnel connecting the Ticino with the Furka railway tunnel. Detailed information about the event will follow in April. February 2019
Events
5.-8.3.2019
Third Schatzalp Workshop on Induced Seismicity in Davos, Switzerland, organized by the Swiss Seismological Service at ETH Zürich.
7.-12.4.2019
Session on induced/triggered seismicity at the EGU General Assembly 2019 in Vienna, Austria.
9.-10.4.2019
3rd Hydrocarbon - Geothermal Technology Crossover Workshop (Making Geothermal Energy Profitable: from Subsurface Uncertainties to Viable Business Models) in Geneva, Switzerland.
18.5.2019
Inauguration of the Bedretto Underground Laboratory for Geosciences. Detailed information will be published in April 2019.
11.-14.6.2019
SCCER School #2: Shaping the Energy Transition in Flüeli-Ranft, organized by the eight Swiss Competence Centers for Energy Research (SCCER).
11.-14.6.2019
European Geothermal Congress in The Hague, The Netherlands, organized by the European Geothermal Energy Council.
8.-12.9.2019
Workshop 3.1.E “Renewable Energy: Impacts on Mountain environments and people” at the International Mountain Conference in Innsbruck, Austria, organized by the University of Innsbruck.
Blog
#14 Hydropower and glacier retreat: what is at stake?
November 2018 - by Bettina Schaefli, Pedro Manso, Matthias Huss, and Daniel Farinotti
Most of Swiss hydropower is produced from rivers fed and thereby influenced by glacier water. These glaciers are continuously losing mass, with the positive effect of ensuring high water yields during hot summer months. But how much of the Swiss hydropower production relies on water released by glacier mass loss, i.e. on water that cannot be replenished by precipitation in the coming decades? A team of SCCER-SoE researchers has answered this question in a recent scientific publication.