Successful kick-off for PATHFNDR research project
On 31 May, the successful kick-off of the PATHFNDR project took place. PATHFNDR is one of four consortia selected in the first call "Integration of renewables" and funded by the SFOE under the funding programme SWiss Energy research for the Energy Transition (SWEET). Besides the leading house ETH Zurich, teams from Empa, PSI, ZHAW, HSLU, UniGE, EPFL, and also 25 industry partners will investigate how the Swiss energy system has to be transformed to absorb a much higher share of renewable energy sources.
Kick-off event for PATHFNDR
During the virtual kick-off meeting on Monday, 31 May, the project "PATHways to an Efficient Future Energy System through Flexibility aND SectoR Coupling" (PATHFNDR) was presented. The PATHFNDR management team highlighted the vision and goal as well as the focus and expected results of the project. Furthermore, an overview of the involved stakeholders and a brief outline of the ten workpackages were presented. For further information, consult the Downloadpresentation of the kick-off event. (PDF, 6.1 MB)
PATHFNDR research project
PATHFNDR is a research project sponsored by the Swiss Federal Office of Energy’s external page"SWEET" funding programme and hosted by ETH Zurich. The project consortium is represented by seven research partners – ETH Zurich, external pageEmpa, external pagePSI, external pageZHAW, external pageHSLU, external pageUniGE, external pageEPFL – and 25 cooperation partners. The project aims to develop and analyse transition pathways for renewable energy integration in Switzerland. The project will deliver feasible pathways, provide planning and operation tools, develop pilot and demonstration projects, identify new business opportunities and innovation strategies, and analyse potential policies.
Participants of the PATHFNDR kick-off event
More information on PATHFNDR:
- PATHFNDR research project
- DownloadPresentation of PATHFNDR kick-off event (PDF, 6.1 MB)
- external pagePATHFNDR Lunch Talk Series on YouTube
PATHFNDR contacts:
, PATHFNDR Director
, PATHFNDR Deputy Director
, PATHFNDR Project Manager