Previous Events
Energy Week @ ETH

4-8 November 2024
Each year, energy science experts, students and alumni, industry professionals and the interested public converge at the Energy Week @ ETH for a shared purpose: to meet, to connect, to discuss and to learn more about energy related themes and topics based on the sustainability transformation.
The Energy Week @ ETH 2024 was held by the ESC for the eighth time – a week filled with informative sessions, vibrant discussions and enthusiastic exhibition visitors
ETH-Klimarunde 2024

Tuesday, 29 October 2024
Klima - Energie - Biodiversität: Für eine nachhaltige und resiliente Zukunft
Climate - Energy - Biodiversity: for a sustainable and resilient future
Organisation: Center for Climate Systems Modeling (C2SM) in collaboration with the ESC
Energy Data Hackdays 2024

Thursday-Friday, 12-13 September 2023
Organisation: external page Hightech Zentrum Aargau, external page Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, and external page Opendata.ch in collaboration with the ESC
Swiss-Japan Energy Days 2024

10-11 September 2024
ETH Zürich and Swissnex in Japan
external page More information
SWEET Conference 2024

Wednesday, 4 September 2024
Organisation: external page Swiss Federal Office of Energy (SFOE) with contributions from Dr. Christian Schaffner and Dr. Adriana Marcucci from the ESC.
"CROSS to CoSi" workshop

Friday, 22 March 2024
Workshop with final model result comparison of the CROSS scenarios and synergies and learnings from the climate modelling community
PATHFNDR Lunch Talk Series IV

Flexibility provision in an integrated power, methane & hydrogen infrastructure
Wednesday, 13 March 2024
Behnam Akbari, ETH Zurich
E-Mobility Symposium / Fachtagung Elektromobilität 2024

Thursday, 29 February 2024
Marriott Hotel, Zurich
Organsation: external page VSE in collaboration with the ESC
external page More information
Energy Startup Day 2023

Thursay, 14 December 2023, Dampfzentrale Bern
Organisation: external page Swisspower & external page ZHAW School of Management and Law in partnership with the ESC
external page More information
SDSC-CONNECT: AI for Energy & Sustainable Manufacturing

Thursday, 9 November 2023
Organisation: external page Swiss Data Science Center in collaboration with the ESC
Seminar: Solar Thermal Decarbonization by Catalytic Moving Bed Particle Reactors

Thursday, 2 November 2023, 16:15h
Speaker: Professor Justin Lapp (University of Maine, USA)
Organisation: Professorship of Renewable Energy Carriers (PREC) in collaboration with the ESC
Master Your Master

Tuesday, 31 October 2023
ETH offers Specialised Master’s Studies with a focus on interdisciplinary topics. Find out all about these programmes at our virtual event.
MSc Energy Science and Technology 15:30h - 16:00h
More information
Klimarunde 2023

Tuesday, 31 October 2023
Organisation: Center for Climate Systems Modeling (C2SM) in collaboration with the ESC
Energy Data Hackdays 2023

Friday-Saturday, 15-16 September 2023
Organisation: external page Hightech Zentrum Aargau, external page Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, and external page Opendata.ch in collaboration with the ESC
SWEET Conference 2023

Wednesday, 6 September 2023
Organisation: external page Swiss Federal Office of Energy (SFOE) with contributions from Prof. André Bardow, Dr. Gianfranco Guidati and Dr. Christian Schaffner from the ESC
Energy Science Center @ ETH Industry Day

Wednesday, 6 September 2023
With a talk by Dr. Gianfranco Guidati, ESC Deputy Executive Director
Energy Science Center @ Scientifica 2023

Saturday-Sunday, 1-2 September 2023
Summer School 2023: Energy Technology, Policy and Politics – How to Build a Net-Zero GHG Emissions Energy System

Sunday-Friday, 27 August 2023 - 1 September 2023
Monte Verità, Ascona
SPEED2ZERO Perspective Lecture Series: Using Data to Change People's Minds on Climate Change

Monday, 26 June 2023
Speaker: external page Katharine Hayhoe, Distinguished Professor, Texas Tech University and Chief Scientist, The Nature Conservancy
Organisation: SPEED2ZERO, Joint Initiative
"Experience Energy!"

The Swiss Museum of Transport in Lucerne opened the new "Experience Energy!" exhibition in spring 2023.
The joint initiative "Energy Science for Tomorrow", which is supported by the ETH Board, is working on this exhibition to promote dialog with all generations on the topic of energy.
Discover more:
SWEET CROSS to Co-Evolution

Scientific Networking Conference
Wednesday, 18 January 2023, 9:00 - 18:00
Risk Center Seminar Series on Energy and Power

Tuesday, 20 September until Tuesday, 13 December 2022
Organisation: ETH Risk Center in collaboration with the ESC
Fachtagung Elektromobilität

Tuesday, 22 November 2022
Kultur- und Kongresszentrum Trafo, Baden
Organsation: external page VSE in collaboration with the ESC
Colloquium Thermo- and Fluid Dynamics

Solar Energy Conversion and Storage by Splitting H2O and CO2
Wednesday, 2 November 2022
Organisation: Institute of Fluid Dynamics
Klimarunde 2022

Thursday, 20 October 2022
Organisation: Center for Climate Systems Modeling (C2SM) in collaboration with the ESC
Colloquium Thermo- and Fluid Dynamics

Integrated Development of Low-Carbon Energy Systems (IDLES): The Role of Heating and Storage within a Whole-System National Strategy
Wednesday, 12 October 2022
Organisation: Institute of Fluid Dynamics
Energy Data Hackdays 2022

Friday, 16 September 2022 until Saturday, 17 September 2022
Organisation: external page Zukunftsregion Argovia, external page Hightech Zentrum Aargau, and external page Opendata.ch in collaboration with the ESC
PATHFNDR Workshop 2022

Wednesday until Thursday, 14-15 September 2022
Sommertagung: Alpenstrom aus Sonne - Mögliche Realisierungswege für alpine PV

Wednesday, 22 June 2022
Organisation: external page Stiftung Alpines Energieforschungscenter AlpEnForCe in collaboration with the ESC
Sustainable Energy System – Who Will Lead the Way?

Thursday, 16 June 2022
Organisation: external page GreenBuzz Zurich in collaboration with the external page Zurich-Basel Plant Science Center and the ESC
SWEET Conference 2022

Wednesday, 15 June 2022
Organisation: external page Swiss Federal Office of Energy (SFOE) with contributions from Prof. André Bardow, Dr. Adriana Marcucci and Dr. Christian Schaffner from the ESC
Energy Startup Day 2022

Tuesday, 17 May 2022
Organisation: external page Institute of Innovation and Entrepreneurship ZHAW in collaboration with the ESC
external page More information
Roundtable Forum Energiespeicher Schweiz

Wednesday, 11 May 2022
With a contribution from Dr. Gianfranco Guidati from the ESC
Informal Drinks – The Road to Carbon-Free Energy

Thursday, 17 March 2022
Organisation: external page Green Buzz Zurich with input from Dr. Christian Schaffner from the ESC
Energy Week @ ETH 2021

Klimaneutrale Schweiz 2050: Welches Energiesystem brauchen wir?
Tuesday-Friday, 30 November until 3 December 2021
Download Presentations, Videos and Photos
Fachtagung Elektromobilität

Tuesday, 16 November 2021
Kultur- und Kongresszentrum Trafo, Baden
Organsation: external page VSE in collaboration with the ESC
Energy Startup Day 2021

Thursday, 4 November 2021
Organisation: external page Institute of Innovation and Entrepreneurship ZHAW in collaboration with the ESC
ETH Energy Apéro

Monday 1 November 2021
A get-together for anyone in the energy community at ETH Zurich
Klimarunde 2021

Tuesday, 26 October 2021
Organisation: Center for Climate Systems Modeling (C2SM) in collaboration with the ESC
ReMaP: Aktueller Stand und Ausblick

Dienstag, 28 September 2021
external page Paul Scherer Institut, PSI Villigen
external page Mehr Informationen und external page Präsentationen
Energy Data Hackdays 2021

Friday, 24 September 2021 until Saturday, 25 September 2021
Technopark Aargau, Brugg
Organisation: external page Zukunftsregion Argovia, external page Hightech Zentrum Aargau, and external page Opendata.ch in collaboration with the ESC
PATHFNDR Virtual Lunch Talk: ReMaP by Gianfranco Guidati

Thursday, 27 May 2021
external page Lunch Talk Presentation on YouTube
PATHFNDR Virtual Lunch Talk: Nexus-e by Marius Schwarz

Wednesday, 12 May 2021
external page Lunch Talk Presentation on YouTube
Online Public Lecture Series on the Sustainable Development Goals

Topic: Climate Change, Decarbonization and Sustainable Industry
Wednesday, 14 April 2021
Organisation: ETH Sustainability
Energy Startup Day 2020

Tuesday, 1 December 2020
Organisation: external page Institute of Innovation and Entrepreneurship ZHAW, Energy Science Center (ESC) as partner institution
Energy Week @ ETH 2020

Dienstag bis Donnerstag, 24.-26. November 2020
Klimarunde 2020: Klima- und andere -Krisen: Was lernen wir daraus?

Dienstag, 27. Oktober 2020
Organisation: Center for Climate Systems Modeling (C2SM), Energy Science Center (ESC)
Fachtagung Elektromobilität

organisiert gemeinsam mit dem external page VSE
Dienstag, 27. Oktober 2020, Trafo Baden
Energy Data Hackdays

Friday, 28 August 2020 until Saturday, 29 August 2020
Organisation: external page Zukunftsregion Argovia and external page Opendata.ch in collaboration with the ESC
VSE-Webinar: Aktuelles aus der Energieforschung

Netz und Technik
Freitag, 19. Juni 2020
Organisiert vom VSE
Dr. Christian Schaffner vom Energy Science Center ESC und Dr. Turhan Demiray von der Forschungsstelle Energienetze FEN mit Fachvorträgen
Public Lecture Series on the Sustainable Development Goals

Topic: Climate Change, Decarbonization and Sustainable Industry
Scientific input and panel, Dr. Christian Schaffner (ESC) on the panel and as guest moderator
Wednesday, 1 April 2020
Organisation: ETH Sustainability
ESC Seminar: Northern Lights project for full-scale CO2 capture and permanent storage

Speaker: Kjetil Wilhelmsen, Shell
Thursday, 23rd January 2020
Download More information (PDF, 357 KB)
Co-organised with the sus.lab, Chair for Sustainability and Technology and the Separation Processes Laboratory
Seminar: Future Energy Markets – Challenges of the Paradigm Shift to Renewable Energy based Electricity Systems

Friday, 22 November 2019
Organisation: Institute of Energy Technology / Energy Science Center (ESC)
Canada - Switzerland

Smart Grid and Energy Storage Road Show
Friday, 15 November 2019
Organisation: external page Embassy of Canada to Switzerland / Energy Science Center (ESC)
Energy Startup Day 2019

Thursday, 31 October 2019
Organisation: external page Institute of Innovation and Entrepreneurship ZHAW, Energy Science Center (ESC) as Institutional Partner
Insights Review from the World Energy Congress 2019

Tuesday, 29 October 2019
Organisation: external page World Energy Council Switzerland with support of the Energy Science Center (ESC)
Climate Risk and the Built Environment: Can Data make a Difference? (Workshop)

Monday, 28 October 2019
Organisation: Masters Program in Integrated Building Systems (MBS), ETH Risk Center.
Panel moderated by the Energy Science Center.
Treffpunkt Science City - Wasserschloss Schweiz
Sonntag, 27. Oktober 2019
"Ein «Rohstoff» im Überfluss" von Prof. Paolo Burlando
"Ohne Gletscher weniger Süsswasser?" von Prof. Daniel Farinotti
"Wasserkraft im Zeichen des Wandels" von Dr. Christian Schaffner (Download Download Präsentation (PDF, 5.5 MB))
ETH-Klimarunde 2019: Klimawandel in der Bergwelt - Was jetzt?

Mittwoch, 23. Oktober 2019
Organisation: Center for Climate Systems Modeling (C2SM), Energy Science Center
Second-Life-Tagung

Second-Life Anwendungen von Fahrzeugbatterien - Technik, Ökologie, Ökonomie
Donnerstag, 12. September 2019
external page Weitere Informationen, Präsentationen und Bilder
Sommertagung Disentis 2019: 12 TWh aus PV-Anlagen
Der Ersatz der Schweizer Atomkraft?

Dienstag, 18. Juni 2019
external page Weitere Informationen
Fachtagung Elektromobilität – Netz und Technik

Organisiert gemeinsam mit dem external page VSE
Donnerstag, 23. Mai 2019
Kohleausstieg in Deutschland und die Auswirkungen auf die Schweiz

organisiert gemeinsam mit SAEE
Freitag, 17. Mai 2019











ETH-Klimarunde 2016 – Der globalisierte Klimawandel: Wie betrifft er uns?

Dienstag, 8. November 2016
Informationen


Versorgungssicherheit im Strommarkt— Eigentümerstrukturen, politische Verantwortung und grenzüberschreitende Kooperation
Donnerstag, 29. September 2016
Details

Will renewable energy markets continue to grow?

ESC- SusTec Seminar Talk
Wednesday, June 17, 2016
Details

Energy Futures – Europe and North America

Joint Symposium MIT Energy Initiative and ETH Zurich, Energy Science Center
Monday, June 6th, 2016
Details, Slides, Recordings




Innovation in a global company and relations with top research institutes
22 May, 2015, 14:00
Vinod Philip – Chief Technology Officer, Power and Gas Division, Siemens Energy Inc.
ETH Zürich, LEE Building, E 101


Zernez Energie 2020

July, 21st - August, 17th 2014
To mark the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Swiss National Park in Graubünden, the community of Zernez has a goal that by 2020 it will meet its entire building-related energy needs from its own production whilst reducing CO2 emissions to zero.
Opening and Apero on Monday 21st July 2014, 18.00 in Zernez, Graubünden
For further deatils visit external page Zernez Energia (German)
Download Flyer (German) (PDF, 428 KB)


Energy Talks
Demand Side Management: Potenziale un Erfahrungen
21 November 2012
Energiezukunft 2030 - Special Colloquium with Christof Rühl
18 October 2012
The Technological Feasibility and Economics of 100% Renewable Electricity for Australia
2 October 2012
Rethinking the Role of Feedback in Encouraging Energy Saving
24 May 2012
Energieeffizienz als Herausforderung für Energieversorger
22 March 2012