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Olga Fink develops artificial intelligence algorithms for industrial assets, rolling stock and power plants. The 37-​year-old researcher's goal is to predict rare events before they even occur. By doing so, she improves the reliability and service life of complex industrial assets.

What will our electricity supply look like in the future? In co-operation with partners from industry, researchers from the Energy Science Center and further ETH Zurich research groups are developing models to predict the technical and economic impact of all conceivable scenarios.

In the wake of the current global pandemic, building resilience to future pandemics will be on the minds of many policymakers going forward. For sub-Saharan Africa, linking electrification with essential services such as healthcare, clean water and sanitation, could do double duty by expanding electricity access and making these countries more resilient to COVID-19. Find out more in the Energy Blog @ ETH Zurich article by Churchill Omondi Agutu.

The past decade was undoubtedly a great period for renewable energy (RE) sector. In 2019 alone, the total investment in RE projects worldwide amounted to over USD 250 billion. However, investing is just the first element in the business puzzle. The question now is how to make RE projects profitable or at least non loss-making. Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) seem to be a promising systematic solution. Find out more in the Energy Blog @ ETH Zurich.

In May 2020, the students from the Master's programme Energy Science and Technology successfully completed their interdisciplinary case studies. In seven groups and over two semesters, they worked on real-​world problems currently faced by companies within the energy sector.