The Swiss Competence Centers for Energy Research (SCCERs) bundles the national research efforts in the field of the energy transition. The Competence Center for Research in Energy, Society, and Transition (CREST), as one of those SCCERs is led by the University of Basel.
CREST was one of the eight SCCERs financed by Innosuisse, the Swiss Innovation Agency, over seven years (2014 – 2020). CREST contributes to the energy transition in Switzerland by evidence-based recommendations on policies that reduce energy demand, foster innovation, and increase the share of renewables efficiently. It covers economy, environment, law and behavior, and it develops concepts for energy policy, provides analyses of drivers and barriers to energy efficiency, produces strategies for firms and regions adjusting to the new energy system and develops assessment tools for policies and technological solutions.
In the period 2017-2020, the ior/cf-HSG contributed with white papers to the political discussion on rentability of power plants and on the performance in energy trading within the first 10 years of Swiss partial liberalization (2009-2018). Furthermore, a procurement software package was under development, which includes the energy-feedback from energy storages. Additionally, the ior/cf-HSG continued its research regarding flexibility options in the light of new roles of DSO, balancing group manager and TSO in the future energy system of decentralized energy production. Further, the ior/cf-HSG focused on the management of energetic portfolios in order to achieve adequate levels of risk and return on the distributional level, especially for flexibility. Price forward curves in quarter hour granularity and educational modules with specific use of the trading room at the University of St. Gallen improve the modeling and optimization of managing energy production and delivery.
Project staff: Prof. Dr. Karl Frauendorfer, Ass. Prof. Robert Gutsche PhD, Ass. Prof. Dr. Thomas Walther, Dr. Gido Haarbrücker, Dr. Michael Schürle, Dr. Christian Opitz, Claus Liebenberger
The Swiss Competence Centers for Energy Research (SCCERs) bundles the national research efforts in the field of the energy transition. The Competence Center for Research in Energy, Society, and Transition (CREST), as one of those SCCERs is led by the University of Basel.
CREST was one of the eight SCCERs financed by Innosuisse, the Swiss Innovation Agency, over seven years (2014 – 2020). CREST contributes to the energy transition in Switzerland by evidence-based recommendations on policies that reduce energy demand, foster innovation, and increase the share of renewables efficiently. It covers economy, environment, law and behavior, and it develops concepts for energy policy, provides analyses of drivers and barriers to energy efficiency, produces strategies for firms and regions adjusting to the new energy system and develops assessment tools for policies and technological solutions.
In the period 2017-2020, the ior/cf-HSG contributed with white papers to the political discussion on rentability of power plants and on the performance in energy trading within the first 10 years of Swiss partial liberalization (2009-2018). Furthermore, a procurement software package was under development, which includes the energy-feedback from energy storages. Additionally, the ior/cf-HSG continued its research regarding flexibility options in the light of new roles of DSO, balancing group manager and TSO in the future energy system of decentralized energy production. Further, the ior/cf-HSG focused on the management of energetic portfolios in order to achieve adequate levels of risk and return on the distributional level, especially for flexibility. Price forward curves in quarter hour granularity and educational modules with specific use of the trading room at the University of St. Gallen improve the modeling and optimization of managing energy production and delivery.
Project staff: Prof. Dr. Karl Frauendorfer, Ass. Prof. Robert Gutsche PhD, Ass. Prof. Dr. Thomas Walther, Dr. Gido Haarbrücker, Dr. Michael Schürle, Dr. Christian Opitz, Claus Liebenberger