Projects
Research project
Innosuisse Flagship Greenhub
The "GreenHub" project is one of a total of eight large-scale flagship projects of the Swiss Innovation Agency (Innosuisse). Together with 16 research partners, the consortium led by OST is pursuing a clear goal: the development of systemic and innovative approaches for the production, conversion and storage of renewable energy…
Research project
ENSURE - Preventing extreme situations in the local power grid with chemical reactors
The ENSURE project is investigating various extreme situations that may occur in local grids in the future and ways of avoiding them. The focus is on the expected peak loads and issues relating to grid stability. The aim is to analyse which flexibilities and requirements new sector coupling technologies such as Power-to-X and…
General project
Solar Fuels for Ethiopia: Establishment of a competence centre for Power-to-X
A large proportion of the rural population in Ethiopia suffers from energy poverty. For those affected, biomass (primarily firewood) is the only available source of energy. The overexploitation of Ethiopia's forests can only be stopped if the population has access to suitable fuel alternatives. Locally produced solar fuels using…
Research project
Decarbonisation of Cities and Regions with renewable Gases (“DeCIRRA”)
In an interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary framework, the Innosuisse flagship project DeCIRRA addresses the following questions: How can we decarbonise cities and regions? How can we make optimal use of local resources and existing infrastructure? What role can energy distributors and renewable gases play in the transition to a…
Research project
Energy storage for sustainable regional development: Optimized integration of renewables in smart transport systems (Power-2-Transport)
The project intends to assess electric storage with batteries, conversion to e-methane via electrolysis of water and methanation of H2 at a bus terminal in order to optimize the utilization of variably produced electricity from solar PV cells in a transport system with electric and gas vehicles. Specific methods and models will be…
Research project
Underground Sun Conversion - Flexible Storage
In a future energy system, we will have too much renewable energy in summer and too little in winter. Seasonal storage facilities are therefore in demand. The USC - FlexStore project is investigating whether underground methanation could counteract this problem. Renewable hydrogen and carbon dioxide are pumped together into the…
Research project
HIGGS – Hydrogen in Gas Grids
The HIGGS project aims to show that the safe injection of hydrogen into the EU high pressure transmission natural gas grid is a sustainable, long-term solution to decarbonise the energy system. HIGGS is going to identify remaining weaknesses regarding H2-Readiness and develop a pathway for a stepwise integration of hydrogen in the…
Research project
Nutzung von LBG (Liquefied Biogas) für den Schweizer Schwerlasttransport
To reduce its greenhouse gas emissions, the logistics industry is currently looking at various fossil-free drive concepts. One possibility is to switch to liquefied biogas (LBG). A team from the University of Applied Sciences of Eastern Switzerland, together with the transport company Krummen Kerzers AG and with Lidl Schweiz AG, is…
Research project
Energy and carbon flows
Today, Switzerland covers around three quarters of its energy needs through imports. The upcoming energy transition is leading to uncertainty about future energy supplies and a desire to make greater use of domestic energy sources. However, renewable resources such as biomass are only available to a limited extent. Against this…
Research project
1st power-to-methane demonstration plant in Switzerland
Theoretical studies had shown that power-to-gas plants can make a decisive contribution to the conversion of the energy supply from fossil to renewable energy sources. The IET is putting this theory into practice and thus making a decisive contribution to the maturation and deployment of the technology.
Research project
The project STORE&GO
The STORE&GO project is being carried out from 2016 to 2020 and is part of the European Union's Horizon 2020 research framework program. The project involves 27 institutions from research and industry from six European countries. In STORE&GO, research focuses on the technical, economic and legal framework conditions for the use of…
Research project
Pentagon
The EU project Pentagon involved ten institutions from academic research and industry from five European countries, and run from 2016 to 2020.