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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.
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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.
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FEN News
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.
Zukunftssichere Netzschutzsysteme: Neue Situation in Stromnetzen
Der Artikel von FEN über die möglichen Auswirkungen einer zunehmenden Verbreitung von umrichterbasierten dezentralen Energiequellen auf die Netzschutzsysteme in Mittelspannungsnetzen wurde im Bulletin Electrosuisse veröffentlicht.
FLEXCON awarded by Future Mobility Research Program
FEN is excited to announce that FLEXCON, Potential of demand flexibility to manage future congestion management in the SBB grid, in collaboration with RRE, was awarded by the Future Mobility Research Program as part of ETH Mobility Initiative.
ETH News related to Energy
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.
How electric cars and heat pumps can help Switzerland implement its Energy Strategy
In future, flexibly operated heat pumps and electric cars could reduce both electricity imports and electricity prices. That is according to a new study by a Swiss research consortium led by ETH Zurich.
“Energy challenges can only be tackled by working together”
The Energy Science Center at ETH Zurich is celebrating its 20th anniversary. Executive Director Christian Schaffner sits down with us to take a look back at the Center’s beginnings, the key moments, and the current challenges. He also explains why the upcoming Energy Week is more than just a professional event.
Energy Science Center News
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.
Important amendment to the Electricity Supply Ordinance (StromVV) by the Federal Council supports research
On 26 November, the Federal Council approved amendments to the Stromversorgungsverordnung StromVV (Electricity Supply Ordinance) and the Ordinance on the Organisation for Ensuring Economic National Supply in the Electricity Sector. A key change in the StromVV will allow access to anonymised measurement and master data for research purposes in the future.
Which Emissions are really Hard-to-Abate? A Call for Clarity in the Net-Zero Energy Transition
In discussions about the net-zero energy transition, many sectors are often labelled “hard-to-abate”—but what does that really mean? The term has no agreed definition, leading it to be applied loosely and potentially be used as an excuse to delay decarbonization efforts. Vincent Dufour-Décieux, Katrin Sievert, Bjarne Steffen, André Bardow and Tobias Schmidt propose a science-based definition in this new energy blog.