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EN: FEN News provides the audience with up-to-date information about the activities of the FEN, including recent publications and presentations, activities related to the current projects of FEN experts e.g., SteCo meetings, Kick-off meetings, closures etc.
Some of the following content may only be available in German.
DE: FEN News bietet dem Publikum aktuelle Informationen über die Aktivitäten des FEN, einschließlich neuer Veröffentlichungen und Präsentationen, Aktivitäten im Zusammenhang mit den aktuellen Projekten der FEN-Experten, z.B. SteCo-Sitzungen, Kick-off-Meetings, Abschlüsse usw.
Einige der folgenden Inhalte sind möglicherweise nur auf Deutsch verfügbar.
FEN News
Was bringen Batteriespeicher für das Verteilnetz?
Der Artikel con FEN über die Nutzen von Batteriespeichern für das Verteilnetz wurde im Electrosuisse Bulletin veröffentlicht.
Rafaella Canessa joins FEN
Rafaella joins Research Center for Energy Networks (Forschungsstelle Energienetze-FEN) as a researcher. FEN is very excited to welcome Rafaella to its team.
Edrisi Muñoz Mata joins FEN
Dr. Edrisi Muñoz Mata joins Research Center for Energy Networks (Forschungsstelle Energienetze-FEN) as a software engineer and data scientist. FEN is very excited to welcome Edrisi to its team.
FLEXCON project was launched!
Forschungsstelle Energienetze (FEN) is happy to announce that the kick-off meeting for the FLEXCON project was held on October 24th, 2025. The project is funded by the ETH Mobility Initiative under the Future Mobility Research Program. FEN partners with Reliability and Risk Engineering (RRE) Lab at ETH Zürich.
FEN at EMPA Urban Futures Symposium
Working towards the cities of tomorrow: Last week FEN visited Urban Energy Systems Lab at Empa to learn more about the cities of tomorrow and present FEN’s contribution to shaping them at the Urban Futures Symposium 2025.
ETH News related to Energy
Lint Barrage, what are the economic consequences of climate change?
Climate change is not just an environmental issue. Lint Barrage examines how it influences the global economy – and argues that the economic risks are already apparent today.
More speed needed
Three years ago, the institutions of the ETH Domain came together to actively promote decarbonisation in Switzerland through the Speed2zero initiative. The initiative has now come to an end, and project director Reto Knutti looks back at what was achieved.
Electric vehicles could catch on in Africa sooner than expected
A new study led by researchers at ETH Zurich and the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI in collaboration with African partners shows that electric vehicles could be economically competitive in many African countries before 2040 – just as long as charging infrastructure is developed and geared specifically towards solar powered off-grid systems.
Energy Science Center News
The SPEED2ZERO initiative presents key findings after three years of research
On Friday, 23 January 2026, the SPEED2ZERO final event brought together researchers and committed stakeholders from industry, policy, and society working towards a net-zero and biodiversity-positive Switzerland. The researchers presented the key findings from three years of research on the nexus between climate, energy, biodiversity and associated social and political issues.
ESC welcomes Professor Lukas Paul Fesenfeld as member
Professor Lukas Paul Fesenfeld joins the Energy Science Center (ESC) as a new member of the competence center. He is Assistant Professor of Political Economy of Technology in the Department of Humanities, Social and Political Sciences (D‑GESS).
Viola Becattini joins the ESC as Integration Manager for the SWEET ACHIEVE consortium and as Project Manager for the CITru project
The Energy Science Center (ESC) is very pleased to welcome Dr. Viola Becattini to the executive office team. Viola joined the ESC in January 2026.
Energy Now! 4.0 – Taking sustainable solutions from the classroom to industry
On December 16, 2025, the Energy Science Center (ESC) celebrated the conclusion of Energy Now! 4.0. The Final Event, held at the Dozentenfoyer in the ETH Main Building, showcased the results of an intensive ten-week impact accelerator. By bridging the gap between academic research and industrial application, the initiative once again proved that student-led innovation is a cornerstone of the Swiss energy transition.
Future Deployment of Distributed Energy Resources in Switzerland: New Dataset to Support the Transition
Switzerland’s energy transition is accelerating, but planners and
analysts have long faced fragmented or incomplete data on how rooftop
photovoltaics, heat pumps, batteries, and electric vehicles may spreadacross the country. In this blog post, Lorenzo Zapparoli and Alfredo Oneto write about their recent publication and the introduction of a new open dataset that addresses this gap.