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There is a danger of blackouts, nuclear power capacity has to be boosted again, an electric car is no cleaner than a petrol car, and Switzerland is too small to make a difference in the climate crisis – statements like these and politically charged terms are dominating the discussion about the energy of the future. In a four-part special series of the ETH Podcast, we take a closer look at these claims. The Energy Science Center supported the Podcast team in their search for answers.

Up until now, energy system modeling using bottom-up capacity expansion models has primarily focused on investigating cost-optimal transition pathways of national energy systems. Now that the transition is accelerating, it is time for this modeling community to start investigating the question of "How do we get to net zero?" by focusing more strongly on how policies can accelerate or impede the transition. Read the whole article in the Energy Blog @ ETH Zurich.