University of Geneva - Energy

In the context of Postdoc Appreciation Week, the Graduate Campus of Unige is organizing 3 Afterwork Postdoc Meetups :

Register in this link:https://vie-de-campus.unige.ch/catalogue/3637 and share a moment with your colleages!😃

@unigeenergy.bsky.social @biology-unige.bsky.social #postdoclife

Emission-Responsive Charging of Electric Cars and Carsharing to Improve the Security of Electricity Supply for Switzerland The simultaneous adoption of battery electric vehicles and switching from privately owned cars to carsharing substantially impacts the release of greenhouse gas emissions, mobility costs and the secur...

📣 📣 New #paper on the impacts of #charging of #mobility on the security of electricity supply in #Switzerland: 1️⃣ Strong trade-off between electricity #prices and #CO2 emissions. 2️⃣ A dynamic #carbon #tariff could make emission-responsive charging economically rational. 👉 pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

Preferably safe and small: Findings from a risk-cost-benefit analysis on #enhanced #geothermal systems (EGS) in #Switzerland 🇨🇭 and #Utah 🇺🇸. Read the findings in the recently published paper in Renewable and Sustainable Energy Transition (Elsevier): ⬇️ doi.org/10.1016/j.rs... @trutnevyte.bsky.social

A grey-box approach for constructing generic industrial thermal profiles Industrial heat demand accounts for a significant share of global energy consumption and associated emissions, highlighting the urgent need for effect…

📣 New #paper: A grey-box approach for constructing generic #industrial #thermal profiles that characterize hot utility requirements across industrial processes.

Read the full paper here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#research #study #composite #clustering #datadriven

Have you seen residential buildings like this 🏢 in your city? Many still rely on gas boilers for heating but air-to-water heat pumps can replace them. 🌬️ 💦
But it’s not that simple… ⚠️ Noise emissions, limited space, high costs, lack of big heat pumps...
💡 In #Geneva, we piloted a #solution!

YouTube video by RENOWAVE Project Heat pump or renovation first?

🏚️♨️ #HeatPump or #renovation first? In real life, doing both at the same time is not always feasible. So, what's the best approach? Full/partial renovation or heat pump installation first? 👋 Watch the full video: www.youtube.com/shorts/MVaVK...

Exceptional venue for International Energy Workshop #IEW2025 in Japan! Happy to be here with @unigeenergy.bsky.social team of Xin Wen, Nik Zielonka and Hui Shen

📢 New #paper on reducing pumping #energy in #thermal grids: #hydraulic modeling and design approaches. The study explores how #pipe sizing and pumping configurations, particularly distributed variable speed #pumps, affect #energy use and system #performance. 👉 doi.org/10.1016/j.en...

#Invitation: In our last 🔋🌳🧑‍🏫 Energy-Environment talk for this semester, Sandra Klinke will present a tool for guaranteeing and #financing the energytransition ( #Energy #Performance #Contracting - EPC ). Join this Thursday, 22 May. In 🇫🇷, free & no registration 👉 www.cuepe.ch/html/enseign...

What are the trade-offs between smart #charging, vehicle-to-grid and an extensive charging infrastructure? This #study assesses #flexibility from #electric #vehicles using an open-source energy system model. 🚗 🔋 🔌 🌐

👉 Read here the full article: doi.org/10.1016/j.en...

Maura Brunetti presents insights on detecting critical #climate thresholds using climate network #modeling in our next 🔋🌳🧑‍🏫 Energy-Environment talk this Thursday, 8 May. In 🇫🇷, free & no registration 👉 www.unige.ch/sysener

CIRED 2025 | 28th Conference and Exhibition on Electricity Distribution - June 2025 Geneva, Switzerland CIRED is the leading forum where the Electricity Distribution Community meets. Hear the latest innovations and meet experts from the utility, product, consultancy, service and academic sectors. Join u...

#Event in Geneva: 28th Conference and Exhibition on Electricity Distribution on 16 - 19 June 2025.
www.cired2025.org

📣 New publication: 🌅♨️🏢 Direct coupling of a #photovoltaic #thermal / PVT collector field with a #heatpump system using natural refrigerant for space #heating and #domestic hot water / #DHW production in existing #multifamily #buildings.

👉 archive-ouverte.unige.ch/unige:183734

YouTube video by SWEET EDGE Spotlight on the Energy Drinks in Geneva

🎥 Watch the latest EDGE #video from the Energy Drinks event held in Geneva earlier this year! 🍸
We took some time with our partners to capture their thoughts on the key challenges in the #energy #transition in #Switzerland.🎙️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYdm...

📣🔔 Keep up to date on #energy #research of University of Geneva through your preferred channels:
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📢⚡ Registrations to the second Swiss conference on decentralized energy are now widely open! This is a public event open to all stakeholders engaged in the #Swiss #EnergyTransition.
📅 22 May 2025
📍 Bern
💬 English, German, and French
📝 sweet-edge.ch/en/news/the-...

announcement of the newsletter 10

📢🇨🇭 EDGE Newsletter #10 is out! You will find the latest insights, events, and research updates from the EDGE consortium, all focused on shaping a decentralized energy future for Switzerland.
📰 Read the newsletter 👉 sh1.sendinblue.com/ai2m9djc79pf...
📩 Subscribe here 👉 sweet-edge.ch/en/newsletter

Elliot Romano discusses 🏘️🔋🇨🇭"Local #electricity #communities in #rural #Switzerland: National deployment capacity according to different #incentive mechanisms and #economic scenarios." Join the 🔋🌳🧑‍🏫 Energy-Environment talk on Thu 10 April, 17h15. In 🇫🇷, free & no registration 👉 www.unige.ch/sysener

🚨Fresh from the press: a new #paper on #hydrogen in #Switzerland:

#Greenhouse gas #emissions in the canton of #Geneva 🇨🇭: situation in 2022 - join the 🔋🌳🧑‍🏫 Energy-Environment talk by Justine de Bodinat @etatdegeneve.bsky.social to monitor the progress of the canton's #climate #policy. 🕔Thu 17 March, 17h15. In 🇫🇷, free & no registration 👉 www.unige.ch/sysener

Home or workplace charging? 🔋🪫🚗 Our new #study highlights the potential of spatially-optimized #electricvehicle #charging to enhance the #flexibility & #efficiency of the electricity system for #decarbonizing both #transport & #electricity sectors. @trutnevyte.bsky.social

👉 doi.org/10.1016/j.en...

📣 Fresh from the press - new #research paper:

#Invitation: Daniel Philippen (SPF Institute for Solar Technology) will give examples of #building #renovations with innovative #heatpump integration in our next 🔋🌳🧑‍🏫 Energy-Environment talks on 🕔Thu 13 March, 17h15. In English 🇬🇧, free of charge and no registration needed. 👉 www.unige.ch/sysener

"Slowheat: heating bodies, less appartments" discussed by Geoffrey Van Moeseke (KU Leuven) in our next 🔋🌳🧑‍🏫 Energy-Environment talks on Thursday, 6 March at 17h15. 🇫🇷&🆓. Join in-person with an aperitif or online via Zoom. 👉 www.cuepe.ch/html/enseign...

Weather resilience of the future Swiss electricity system with very high shares of variable renewable energy sources - IOPscienceSearch Weather resilience of the future Swiss electricity system with very high shares of variable renewable energy sources, Killenberger, Collin, Zielonka, Nik, Sasse, Jan-Phillipp, Trutnevyte, Evelina

Stress-testing the Swiss #electricity system with 25 historical #weather years, using Modeling to Generate Alternatives to define a range of system designs for reaching different levels of #resilience

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There is at least an open access paper that builds on the other study: doi.org/10.1016/j.en... Otherwise, you may also reach out to the authors directly for more details, e.g. @trutnevyte.bsky.social

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Multi-country evidence on societal factors to include in energy transition modelling - Nature Energy Mitigation scenarios are required to account for societal factors. Fisch-Romito et al. integrate factors related to infrastructure, actors’ decision-making and socio-institutional context into a natio...

📢 New #study: Incorporating societal factors can improve the #hindcasting performance for installed capacity of individual technologies in #energy transition #modelling. Public #acceptance, #investment risks and #infrastructure lock-in contribute the most. 👉 doi.org/10.1038/s415...

Merci. We agree that it is neither simple nor trivial. Indeed, it is important to look at the different factors that help or hinder the deployment of technologies. We started to investigate such in studies like
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To be continued...

📰🗞️New #pressrelease: What combination of #policies will lead to a clean #energy future? How can we ensure that as many Swiss households as possible install #solar panels, their own #battery to store solar energy, a #heatpump or adopt an #electric car? www.unige.ch/medias/en/20... @unibas.ch