SNF-Project – Electricity Storage via Adiabatic Air Compression
Lead – The joint project provides an integrated investigation along a value chain of advanced adiabatic compressed air energy storage (AA-CAES), the only large-scale energy storage concept that at
Decisive progress highlighted at visit of groundbreaking Swiss BECCS
The project, based at Switzerland''s largest biogas plant owned by Recycling Energie AG, combines biogas production with advanced carbon capture technology to capture over 4,300 tonnes
Swiss Zurich Power Plant Energy Storage Project: Revolutionizing
This article explores cutting-edge storage solutions reshaping grid stability while addressing renewable energy intermittency – a challenge affecting solar, wind, and hydroelectric systems alike.
Mountain Tunnels Store Compressed Air and Heat
In the present project, the scientists developed a storage tank that absorbs the heat generated during air compression and releases it back to the compressed air before its expansion in the turbine. Thanks
Sustainable solutions to the energy and climate crisis
Joint forces and excellence of the two Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology, EPFL and ETH Zurich, as well as Empa and PSI with the expertise of industrial partners.
Zurich project explores storing CO₂ beneath Switzerland
Between 2022 and 2024, researchers from ETH Zurich carried out a pilot project to investigate the potential of transporting and permanently storing Swiss CO₂ abroad – in this case in
Promoting Long-Term Energy Storage to Strengthen Power-to-X in
Competitive tenders are envisaged to support storage solutions that deliver the highest winter contribution at the lowest cost. Support for innovation would be available for pilot,
Swiss climate protection: CO2 capture and storage for net zero by 2050
To overcome this challenge, the company CO2 Energie AG, the project developer Airfix and the climate company South Pole – with the contribution of carbon capture pioneers Carbon Impact – have
Energy storage innovation in Switzerland: a potential to compensate
For the first time, a pilot project called Alacaes is developing a new system that stores electricity in the form of compressed air in the Swiss Alps, with the support of the Swiss Energy Ministry.
Switzerland Zurich Energy Storage Project 2024 Powering a
With the Zurich Energy Storage Project 2024, the country takes another leap toward achieving its 2050 net-zero targets. This project focuses on large-scale battery storage systems designed to balance
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