Events & Presentations

EDGE events

EDGE Webinar Series, Using EVs to Support the Grid: From Charging Demand to Flexibility in Practice, Lukas Elmiger (CKW), María Parajeles, Yves Corrodi (CKW), 10.03.2026
EDGE Webinar Series, Agri-PV and Electric Tractors: Opportunities for the Swiss Energy Transition, Jan Burri (EWZ), Jürg Rohrer, Sabrina Mili, 10.02.2026
EDGE Webinar Series, Socio-political and technical perspectives of Alpine PV Implementation, Andreas Hügli (REECH AG), Christof Bucher, Isabelle Stadelmann, Michael Lehning, Online, 19.01.2026
EDGE Workshop, Co-créer des trajectoires de transition énergétique durable pour Saint-Prex, Claudia R. Binder, Suse Mühlemeier, Aude Lecrivian, Jair K.E.K Campfens, Midlands, Le Manoir de St. Prex, 2024
Energy Drinks 2025 in Geneva, Does Switzerland need alpine photovoltaics? Presentations from N. Zielonka, D. Hess, Y. Frischholz, C. Allet, 15.01.2025
Energy Drinks 2025 in Geneva, 100% renewables in Switzerland, is it possible? Presentations from E. Trutnevyte, S. Nick, P. Schütz, J. Campfen, 08.01.2025
Energy Drinks 2024 in Zurich, Hype or hope? What is the use of alpine photovoltaics in Switzerland? Presentations from R. M. Borsotti, J. Rohrer, D. Gut, 23.05.2024
Energy Drinks 2024 in Zurich, 100% renewables in Switzerland? Wishful thinking or a realistic option? Presentations from M. Schwarz, L. Brodnicke, P. Schütz, G. Brückmann, 22.05.2024
Energy Drinks 2023 in Bern, Can Switzerland become fully renewable by 2050? Presentations from M. Schwarz, C. Bucher, G. Brückmann, S. Biollaz, 23.08.2023
Energy Drinks 2023 in Bern, Does Switzerland really need alpine PV? Presentations from M. Lehning, J. Rohrer, I. Stadelmann, M. Dukan, 21.08.2023

EDGE invited talks

Michael Lehning, Wind, Sun and the Swiss Energy Transition, EPFL Engineering Industry Day, 03.03.2026
Isabelle Stadelmann-Steffen, Energie der Zukunft: Wettbewerbsfähig ins nächste Jahrzehnt, Alumni Event University of Bern & Rochester-Bern Executive Programs, 27.02.2026
Michael Lehning, Erzeugung von alpiner Wind und Solarenergie in kleinem Massstab – Erkenntnisse von der Versuchslanlage La Stadera, Energy Research Talks Disentis, 29.01.2026
Yael Frischholz, Erkenntnisse aus der Alpin-PV-Anlage Muttsee, Energy Research Talks Disentis, 29.01.2026
Florian Landis; Héctor Ramírez Molina, Distributive Effects of Electricity Tariff Design on Swiss Households, Energy Research Talks Disentis, 29.01.2026.
Christof Bucher, Netzintegration von Solarstrom: Dezentrale Assets effizient nutzen, Energy Research Talks Disentis, 29.01.2026
Regina Betz, Sustainable Bio-jetfuels: Innovation and Application Challenges, Energy Research Talks Disentis, 29.01.2026
Michael Lehning, Die Schweizer Energiewende auf 2050: Wind, Sonne und das Europäische Umfeld, Schweizerischer Stromkongress, 16.01.2026
Elliot Romano, Local Energy Communities (LECs) and the Role of Rural Municipalities in Switzerland’s Energy Transition, HEC Liège Economics Seminar, 24.11.2025
Evelina Trutnevyte, Intégration du Marché Européen de l'Électricité, Forum Elcom 2025, 16.11.2025
Isabelle Stadelmann-Steffen, Michael Lehning, SWEET Synthesis
Evelina Trutnevyte, Towards a Renewable and Secure Swiss Power System, SWEET Workshop on Regulation for a Better Integration of Renewable Energies, 28.10.2025
Isabelle Stadelmann-Steffen, Municipality's Options Related to a Wind Project, 27.10.2025
María Parajeles Herrera, Looking into Modelling EV Charging Demand and Flexibility with Bottom-up Models, PATHFNDR Lunch Talk, 27.10.2025
Isabelle Stadelmann-Steffen, Behavorial Change in Energy Consumption, 23nd Swiss Climate Summer School, Sustainable Pathways to Net Zero, Monte Verità, Switzerland, 28.08.2025
Roberto Borsotti & Michael Lehning, Optimierte Ansätze für die Schweizer Winterstromproduktion: Lösungen und Ansätze, SWEET Konferenz, 26.08.2025
Christof Bucher, Grid and system integration of PV, PhD Summer School Mont-Soleil, 12.08.2025
Isabelle Stadelmann-Steffen, Social Acceptance of Wind and PV Energy, PhD Summer School Mont-Soleil, 12.08.2025
Gabriel Hug, Energy Scenarios for Switzerland, PhD Summer School Mont-Soleil, 11.08.2025
Mak Dukan, Bjarne Steffen & Tobias Schmidt, From Rooftop to Façade PV: Investor Insights on Investment Costs, Profitability, and Risk Drivers in Solar PV Technologies, 46th IAEE International Conference Paris 2025, France, 15-18.06.2025
Jonas Schmid, Swiss Energy Policy and Politics, Executive Program on Climate Action and Energy Transition, World Trade Institute, Bern, 15.04.2025
Ueli Schilt, From Data to Decisions: A Recommender Tool for Communal Energy Planning in Switzerland, Energy Research Talks 2025, Energieforschungsgespräche Disentis, Switzerland, 29-31.01.2025
Elliot Romano, Evelina Trutnevyte, Local energy communities in rural Switzerland: national-level scalability under different incentives schemes and economic scenarios, Energieforschungsgespräche Disentis, 29-31.01.2025
Michael Lehning, Alpine PV and Wind: Pathways to renewable Swiss electricity system, Energieforschungsgespräche Disentis, 29-31.01.2025
Bjarne Steffen, Mak Dukan, Harnessing solar power in the Alps: A study on the financial viability of mountain PV systems, Energieforschungsgespräche Disentis, 29-31.01.2025
Schweier J, Werder M, Gemperle F, Perry N, Bont LG., Räumliche Abschätzung des Energieholzpotentials - Energieholzpotential in den Gemeinden Knonaueramt, Presented at the round table for fuelwood, Knonaueramt, Switzerland, 23.01.2025
Ueli Schilt, Digital Energy Planning for Communities, Communal workshop: Co-création de Trajectoires Energétiques Durables pour Saint-Prex, 2025
Christof Bucher Netzanschluss der Zukunft / Zuschlag Einmalvergütung Photovoltaik für voll ausgenützte Dächer Forum Energie, Zürich, 2025
Evelina Trutnevyte, Spezial-Event Energiepolitik, GRUENE, Schweiz, 2025
Evelina Trutnevyte, Insights from modeling the European and Swiss electricity future, 12th Swiss Symposium on Thermal Energy Storage, 2025
Evelina Trutnevyte, Rencontre avec les communes 2024, GREE, Results of the Renewable Energy Outlook for Switzerland, at the Veytaux hydroelectric power plant, 20.09.2024
Cristian Pons-Seres de Brauwer, Solar & Storage Live Zurich 2024, Unpacking the promise of renewables-based electromobility: challenges and opportunities from a business perspective, Zurich, 17.09.2024.
Michael Lehning, third SWEET conference, SFOE, EDGE: Integrating very high shares of decentralized renewable energy into the Swiss energy system, Bern, 04.09.2024
Evelina Trutnevyte, Swiss Green Party’s event to donors on energy politics and Swiss Romandy group of wind power developers (GREE), 09.2024
Reto Müller, Grenzen der Regulierung im Energierecht, 2. Tagung zum Energie- und Nachhaltigkeitsrecht, Winterthur, 30.08.2024
Isabelle Stadelmann-Steffen, Social driving factors for the decarbonization, AMLD EPFL 2024, Track "AI and decarbonization", Lausanne, 23-26.03.2024
Isabelle Stadelmann-Steffen, Die Bevölkerung und die Photovoltaik. Bedingungen, Trade-offs und Potenziale, 22. Schweizer Photovoltaik-Tagung, Lausanne, 22.03.2024
Maria Parajeles, ETHZ-P, Poster session at the 2024 Macro-Energy Systems Workshop, in Princeton University, New Jersey, USA
Jair K.E.K Campfens, M. Duygan, Claudia R. Binder, Exploring Social Tipping Dynamics in Socio-Technical Energy Transitions: Insights into Feedback Loops and Leverage Points, 15th International Sustainability Transitions Conference, Oslo, 2024
Christof Bucher, Photovoltaik - Wo stehen wir? Aeesuisse Sessionsveranstaltung der Parlamentarischen Gruppe Erneuerbare Energien, 2024
Christof Bucher, Netzintegration von sehr viel Solarstrom, aee Solothurn Energiedialog, Solothurn, 2024
Christof Bucher, Vom Eigenverbrauch zum netzdienlichen Verhalten Primeo Informationsanlass für Solarteure und Elektroinstallateure, Münchenstein, 2024
Christof Bucher, Aktive Leistungsregelung von PV-Anlagen, electrosuisse NetzImpuls, Aarau, 2024
Christof Bucher, Gute Beispiele von gesteuerten PV-Anlagen in der Schweiz, CH PV conference, Lausanne, 2024
Christof Bucher, Photovoltaik und Elektromobilität im und am Gebäude, The Spirit of Bern, Bern, 2024
Christof Bucher, Energiewende: Sackgasse Netzausbau, Pint of Science, Bern, 2024
Christof Bucher, Eigenverbrauch: (Fast) die Lösung für die Energiewende, 3S Tag der offenen Tür, Worb, 2024
Christof Bucher, PV-Anlagen netzdienlich einsetzen, Treffen Marktakteure Solarbildung, Online, 2024
Christof Bucher, Vom Eigenverbrauch zum netzdienlichen Verhalten: Wie 50 GW Solarstrom ins Schweizer Netz integriert werden, Fachtagung Netzanschluss, Burgdorf, 2024
David Joss, Live-Demonstration: Netzdienliches Eigenverbrauchssystem, Fachtagung Netzanschluss, Burgdorf, 2024
Christof Bucher, Netzanschluss von PV-Anlagen: künftige Einbindung von Solarstrom ins Energiesystem, Energiefestival Youtility, Bern, 2024
Christof Bucher, Netzanschluss von 40 GW PV in der Schweiz, Verteilnetzforum, Zürich, 2024
Christof Bucher, Netze für die Energiewende: Nicht das Kupfer ist der Flaschenhals, aeesuisse Kongress, Pratteln, 2024
Christof Bucher, Optimierung Eigenverbrauch – so gelingt es, Energie- und Klimatalk Kanton Bern, Frutigen, 2024
David Joss, Input Speech: Inverter Control Functions, Photovoltaik Gutachter Netzwerk Schweiz, online, 2024
Christof Bucher, Webinar Netzintegration von Solarstrom: Photovoltaik – vom Underdog zum Platzhirsch, GP Schweiz, Online, 2024
David Joss, Intelligenter Netzanschluss von PV-Anlagen, EnDK session, input speech, Bern, 2024
Ueli Schilt, Thermal Energy Storage in Multi-Energy System Optimization: How to Consider Temperatures?, Open Source Modelling and Simulation of Energy Systems (OSMSES), Vienna, Austria, 2024
Alexandre Torné, Policy Mixes for a Just, Effective, and Public Budget-Conscious Household Energy Transition in Switzerland, International Energy Workshop, Bonn, Germany, 2024
Alexandre Torné, Policy Mixes for a Just, Effective, and Public Budget-Conscious Household Energy Transition in Switzerland, International Symposium on Energy System Analysis, Stuttgart, Germany, 2024
Alexandre Torné, Policy Mixes for a Just, Effective, and Public Budget-Conscious Household Energy Transition in Switzerland, Swiss Association of Energy Economics, invited presentation at the general assembly, Zürich, 2024
Xin Wen, Designing socially acceptable Swiss electricity supply scenarios by linking population survey data and electricity supply modeling , 45th IAEE international conference,Istanbul, Turkey, 2024
Xin Wen, Designing socially acceptable Swiss electricity supply scenarios by linking population survey data and electricity supply modeling , SSH Energy Workshop, ETH, Zurich, 2024
Evelina Trutnevyte, Renewable Energy Outlook for Switzerland, Rencontre avec les communes, Group Romand pour l'energie eolienne, 2024
Schweier Werder M, Gemperle F, Perry N, Bont LG. Wie das Holzpotential der Voralpen und Alpen besser genutzt werden könnte. Presented at the Brünig Forum Holz & Wirtschaft, Hasliberg, Switzerland, 08.03.2024
Bucher, Christof, Energieforschungsgespräche Disentis 2024, Disentis, Netzanschluss von Photovoltaikanlagen, 26.01.2024
Bucher, Christof, Photovoltaik und Stromspeicherung, Graz, Flexibilitätsoptionen im Niederspannungsnetz, 08.11.2023
Isabelle Stadelmann-Steffen, Insights aus der Akzeptanzforschung, presentation at WWF Switzerland, Zurich, Switzerland, 02.11.2023
Gracia Brückmann, Climact Swiss' seminar, The Energy Transition is a SWEET deal, 16.10.2023
Alexandre Torné, Evelina Trutnevyte, Banning fossil fuel cars and boilers in Switzerland: mitigation potential, justice, and the social structure of the vulnerable, SDEWES conference 2023, Dubrovnik, Croatia, 26.09.2023
Evelina Trutnevyte, SWEET Conference, Presentation about SWEET EDGE, Bern, 06.09.2023
Isabelle Stadelmann-Steffen, EDGE survey results on policy acceptance, SWEET EDGE biennial conference, Bern, Switzerland. 22.08.2023
Gracia Brückmann, Acceptance of energy policies in the presence of policy goals, SWEET EDGE biennial conference, Bern, Switzerland. 22.08.2023
Mak Dukan, Cost of capital for renewables and enabling technologies: Measuring the multidimensional heterogeneity in Switzerland, SWEET EDGE biennial conference, Bern, Switzerland. 22.08.2023
Mert Duygan, Determinants of solar PV adoption in Swiss households, SWEET EDGE biennial conference, Bern, Switzerland. 22.08.2023
Manuel Meyer, Reality: tales from communities, SWEET EDGE biennial conference, Bern, Switzerland. 22.08.2023
Sabrina Mili, Investigating companies’ preferences for corporate power purchase agreements, SWEET EDGE biennial conference, Bern, Switzerland. 22.08.2023
María Parajeles Herrera, Integration of transport electrification in an evolving power system, SWEET EDGE biennial conference, Bern, Switzerland. 22.08.2023
Cristian Pons-Seres de Brauwer, Market acceptance of corporate energy prosumers on smart solar EV charging at work, SWEET EDGE biennial conference, Bern, Switzerland. 22.08.2023
Giovanni Sansavini, Power grid security in the energy transition, SWEET EDGE biennial conference, Bern, Switzerland. 22.08.2023
Philipp Schütz, Supporting energy decisions in communities with the recommender tool, SWEET EDGE biennial conference, Bern, Switzerland. 22.08.2023
Nicolas Stocker, Decentralized renewables in the Midlands: some hits and misses of a P&D project, SWEET EDGE biennial conference, Bern, Switzerland. 22.08.2023
Alexandre Torné, Evelina Trutnevyte, Justice implications of banning fossil fuel boilers and private cars in Switzerland, SWEET EDGE biennial conference, Bern, Switzerland. 22.08.2023
Annelen Kahl, Towards significant winter energy production from the Alps, SWEET EDGE biennial conference, Bern, Switzerland. 22.08.2023
Alexandre Torné, Evelina Trutnevyte, Banning the use of fossil fuel boilers and private cars in Switzerland: mitigation potential, fairness, and the social structure of the vulnerable, 8th NEST Conference 2023, Dresden, Germany, 30.06.2023
Bucher, Christof, Joss, David, Fachtagung Netzanschluss: NA-Schutz, Burgdorf, Prüfung des internen NA-Schutzes, Demonstration interner NA-Schutz, 06.06.2023
Jürg Rohrer, Alpine Photovoltaik: Weshalb wo und wie?, Swissolar Fachtagung, Landquart, 22.02.2023
Jürg Rohrer, Alpine Photovoltaik: Weshalb wo und wie?, Swissolar Fachtagung, Thun, 09.02.2023
Jérôme Dujardin, Fanny Kristianti, Bert Kruyt, Andrew Clifton, Michi Lehning, AlpEnForce Energieforschungsgespräche, Warum wir neben hochalpiner PV auch auf den (Gebirgs-)Wind setzen sollten, Disentis, 25.01.23.
Isabelle Stadelmann-Steffen, Insights from acceptance research (Insights aus der Akzeptanzforschung), presentation and round-table participation at the Schweizerischer Stromkongress, Bern, www.stromkongress.ch, 19.01.2023
Gracia Brückmann, Isabelle Stadelmann-Steffen, Policy preferences in the presence of policy, presented at EPG Online, 01.12.2022
Isabelle Stadelmann-Steffen, Why the energy transition is so difficult (Warum wir uns so schwer tun mit der Energietransition), presentation at the Rotary Club meeting, Konolfingen, 17.11.2022
Michael Lehning, Schneeforschung an den Drei Polen: Expeditionen, Modelle und unerwartete (Energie-)Einsichten, Lions Club Lenzerheide/Albula, 25.10.2022
Jürg Rohrer, Alpine Solaranlagen unter der Lupe, Energieforum Flumserberg, 22.09.2022
Jürg Rohrer, Klima-Erwärmung: Benötigen wir mehr freiwillige oder mehr gesetzliche Massnahmen?, 4. Energie-Talk Stäfa, Stäfa, 09.09.2022
Trutnevyte, Evelina, SWEET EDGE: Towards renewable energy in the Swiss cities, midlands, and the Alps. Swiss-US Energy innovation days, 15.08.2022
Jürg Rohrer, Agro-Photovoltaik in der Schweiz: Stand der Technik und Energieerzeugungspotential, Fachtagung Agro-Photovoltaik, Wädenswil, 14.07.2022
Michael Lehning, SWEET Konferenz, SWEET EDGE: Plans and First Results, Bern, 15.06.2022
Evelina Trutnevyte, Transdisciplinarity in energy research, SWEET Conference, 13.06.2022
Gracia Brückmann, Isabelle Stadelmann-Steffen, Proposing a Policy Design Exercise to Assess Preferences for Future Policy Goals and Policies to Achieve these, presented at POLMETH EUROPE 2022, Hamburg (DE), 11.06.2022
Jürg Rohrer, Alpine Solaranlagen: grosse Potentiale und viel Winterstrom, 2. Energie-Wende-Kongress Oberburg, 11.06.2022
Jürg Rohrer, Erneuerbar Heizen, 13 public events between Rapperswil-Jona and Schwanden (GL), 2022
Evelina Trutnevyte, Computer models for the energy transition, Pint of Science, 10.05.2022
Jürg Rohrer, Klima-Erhitzung bekämpfen durch freiwillige oder durch gesetzliche Massnahmen?, HV Energieallianz Linth, Schänis, 05.05.2022