Hydropower and Geo-Energy in Switzerland: Challenges and Perspectives
3 & 4 September 2019 in Lausanne (VD), École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne EPFL
The SCCER-SoE Annual Conference 2019 presented insights into our research highlights, put a strong emphasis on the project posters, and offered many opportunities for personal exchange.
Presentations on Tuesday
Session 1: Introduction
Energy Research at EPFL (PDF)
Mario Paolone, EPFL
Status of the Swiss Energy Transition: Where are we now and what comes next (PDF)
Wolfgang Elsenbast, SFOE
Status of the SCCER-SoE (PDF)
Domenico Giardini, ETHZ
Session 2: Highlights from WP4 - Future Supply of Energy
Accident Risk Assessment for Hydropower and Deep Geothermal Energy Systems (PDF)
Matteo Spada, PSI
Induced Seismicity Risk: its Governance Involving Scientists, Authorities and the Public (PDF)
Arnaud Mignan, ETHZ and Olivier Ejderyan, ETHZ
The Contribution of the Swiss Mountains to the Energy Turnaround with New Renewables (PDF)
Michael Lehning, EPFL
Missing Perspectives in Swiss Electricity Supply Models and Scenarios (PDF)
Evelina Trutnevyte, UNIGE
Implications of European Climate and Energy Policy for the Swiss Power Sector (PDF)
Anthony Patt, ETHZ
Scenarios for 2050: the Role of Hydropower and Geoenergies (PDF)
Gianfranco Guidati, ETHZ
Presentations on Wednesday
Session 3a: Highlights from Geo-Energy Research
Numerical Simulation and Uncertainty Quantification for Reservoir Engineering (no PDF)
Rolf Krause, USI
Scenario Modeling for High Temperature Underground Heat Storage (PDF)
Thomas Driesner, ETHZ
High Performance Computing Based Assessment of Hydraulic Stimulation (PDF)
Maria Nestola, USI
Hydromechanical Coupling in Heterogeneous and Fractured Media (PDF)
Marco Favino, UNIL
Using a THMC Simulator to Examine the Effects of Porosity Reduction on Pore Pressure Development in Geothermal Reservoirs (PDF)
Batoul Gisler, UNINE
Geophysical Characterization of Fractured Rocks – a Rock Physics Perspective (PDF)
Eva Caspari, UNIL
The Gasometer-based CO2 Plume Geothermal Energy Storage System (PDF)
Benjamin Adams, ETHZ
Revised Potential of the Muschelkalk Formation (Central Swiss Plateau) for CO2 Storage and Geothermal Energy (PDF)
Larryn Diamond, UNIBE
CO2 Sequestration within the ELEGANCY-ACT Project: Progress of the CS-D Experiment on Faulted Rock in Mont Terri (PDF)
Melchior Grab, ETHZ
Influence of Reservoir Geology on Seismic Response During Decameter Scale Hydraulic Stimulations in Crystalline Rock (PDF)
Linus Villiger, ETHZ
Bedretto Underground Laboratory for Geoenergies: Ongoing Activities and Future Opportunities (PDF)
Katrin Plenkers, ETHZ
Session 3b: Highlights from Hydropower Research
Four Years of Sediment Transport Measurements in the Albula River Upstreams of the Hydropower Dam Solis (PDF)
Dieter Rickenmann, WSL
Change in Run-Of-River Power Production Calculated with the New Climate Change Scenarios CH2018 (PDF)
Tobias Wechsler, WSL
H2020 XFLEX Project (PDF)
François Avellan, EPFL
Dam Heightening Options in Switzerland to Increase Hydro Storage Capacity and Winter Production (PDF)
Michelle Müller-Hagmann, ETHZ
Reach-Scale Effects of Small Hydropower Plants (PDF)
Katharina Lange, EAWAG
Fish Protection and Downstream Migration at Low-Head Hydropower Plants (PDF)
Julian Meister, ETHZ
Balancing Hydropower Production and Environment through Flexible Operation (PDF)
Andrea Castelletti, ETHZ
Climate Change Effects on Reservoir Inflows and Hydropower Operation (PDF)
Nadav Peleg, ETHZ and Andrea Castelletti, ETHZ
SmallFLEX – Demonstrator for Flexible Small Hydropower Plants (PDF)
Cécile Münch-Alligné, HES-SO
Renovhydro: How Synergies Between Utilities an Provide Flexibility and Hydropeaking Mitigation. Case Study of Upper Rhône Valley (PDF)
Christophe Nicolet, Powervision Engineering
Session 4a: Knowledge and Technology Transfer for Geoenergies
Funding Opportunities Post-2020 – A Chance to Transfer Knowledge Into Practice (PDF)
Gunter Siddiqi, FOEN
Solution for Shallow Geothermal Energy Exploitation: From Building Integration to Lifetime Management (PDF)
Benoît Cousin, EPFL
HEATSTORE: Aquifer Thermal Energy Storage in Switzerland (PDF)
Luca Guglielmetti, UNIGE, Carole Nawratil de Bono, SIG, Peter Meier, GeoEnergie Suisse, Thomas Driesner, ETHZ, Larryn Diamond, UNIBE, and Benoît Valley, UNINE
Long-Term Monitoring of Geothermal Energy Reservoirs (PDF)
Joseph Moerschell, HES-SO
Corrosion Analysis of Deep Geothermal Fluids in Switzerland (PDF)
Ana Vallejo Vialler, ETHZ
Existing and Upcoming swisstopo Products Supporting the Geothermal Development (PDF)
Christian Minnig, swisstopo
Session 4b: Knowledge and Technology Transfer for Hydropower
Welcome (PDF)
Pedro Manso, EPFL
Why Swiss Hydropower Needs Flexibility: The Hydropower Producer‘s View (PDF)
Daniel Fischlin, KWO
Research Challenges of Flexible Hydropower Generation (PDF)
Robert Boes, ETHZ
P1 Hydropeaking Mitigation (PDF)
Philipp Meier, MeteoSwiss
P2 Impulse Wave Risk Management in Montainous Reservoirs (PDF)
Frederic Evers, ETHZ
P3 Opportunities for Future Hydropower Storage Identified by Data Mining from Multi-Decadal Past Behaviours (PDF)
José Pedro Matos, Stucky
P4 Gestion innovative des sédiments pour une cascade de réservoirs alpins (PDF)
Samuel Vorlet, EPFL
P5 Umgang mit Feinsedimenten an Stauseen unter Berücksichtigung der Turbinenabrasion (PDF)
David Felix, ETHZ
P6 Preventing Turbine Instability During Multiple Start/Stop Procedures (PDF)
Jean Decaix, HES-SO, and Vlad Hasmatuchi, HES-SO
Final Word from Industrial Partner (PDF)
Andres Fankhauser, KWO
Closure (PDF)
Pedro Manso, EPFL
Location
École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne EPFL
Rooms CO 2, ELA 1 and ELA 194.1
1007 Lausanne
Next public transport stations:
Ecublens (VD), EPFL (metro, bus) via Lausanne or Renens