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ENERGY RESEARCH OF THE SWISS
FEDERAL OFFICE OF ENERGY (SFOE)
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AGENDA
Energy research landscape and financing
Swiss Federal Office of Energy: energy research promotion
Energy strategy
– Example: bio energy
– Effects on energy research

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NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL
STAKEHOLDERS IN ENERGY RESEARCH
NRP Energy
Research
Professorship
Cantons
Universities
Universities of applied sciences
Cities
Zürich
Geneva
Basel
…
Private
Industry FOGA
SME FEV
Associations
Academies
SATW
a+
IEA
Committees
Working Parties
TCP
Multilateral
DACH
IPGT
EC
RFP 8: Horizon 2020
SET Plan
ERA Nets
JTI Fuel Cells and Hydrogen
EURATOM
COST
Abbreviations
a+: Energy commission of the Swiss Academies
CORE: Federal Energy Research Commission
CSEM: Centre Suisse d'Electronique et de Microtechnique SA
CTI: Commission for Technology and Innovation
DACH: Cooperation between Germany (D), Austria (A) and Switzerland (CH)
DETEC: Federal Department for Environment, Transport, Energy and Communication
EAWAG: Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology
EC: Energy Center
EMPA: Swiss Federal Institute for Materials Science and Technology
ENSI: Swiss Federal Nuclear Safety Inspectorate
ESC: Energy Science Center
FEN: Research Center for Energy Networks
FEV: Research funds of the oil association
FOEN: Federal Office for the Environment
FOGA: Research and development funds of the Swiss gas industry
IPGT: International Partnership for Geothermal Technology
JTI: Joint Technology Initiative
KTT: Knowledge and Technology Transfer
NRP: National Research Programme
PSI: Paul Scherrer Institute
REPIC: Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency in International Cooperation
RFP: Research Framework Programme
SATW: Swiss Academy of Technical Sciences
SCCER: Swiss Competence Centers for Energy Research
SERI: State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation
SET: Strategic Energy Technology
SFOE: Swiss Federal Office of Energy
SME: Small and medium enterprises
SNSF: Swiss National Sciences Foundation
TCP: Technology Cooperation Programme
WBF: Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research
WSL: Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research
Federal Council
DETEC EAER
SFOE
R+D
P+D
Lighthouse
SwissEnergy
Technology funds
KTT
REPIC
others others
CTI
Project promotion
SCCER
KTT Support
Start-up
others
SNSF
SERI
Agencies
ETH domain
ETH Zürich
ETH Lausanne
PSI / EMPA
EAWAG / WSL
Ministries
Offices
Secretariat
= Direct involvement
of the SFOE
FederalNational
International
= Responsibility
= Key federal offices in
energy research
Technology funds = Leading Office: FOEN
CORE

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SOURCES OF PUBLIC PROMOTION
OF ENERGY RESEARCH

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DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC PROMOTION OF
ENERGY RESEARCH

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ENERGY RESEARCH PROMOTION

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INNOVATION CHAIN:
FROM BASIC RESEARCH TO MARKET

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PROMOTION BY SFOE:
TWO DIFFERENT INSTRUMENTS
Research projects, 15.6 million CHF (top-down and bottom-up)
0–100% promotion
universities and privates
standard: subsidiarity
no possibilities for appealing
criteria: masterplan, budget
Pilot, demonstration and light house projects, 35 million CHF (bottom-up)
max. 40% of not amortizable costs: pilots in labs of universities up to 40% of projects costs
universities and privates
no possibilities for appealing
criteria: renewable energy or energy efficiency

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RESEARCH PROGRAMS OF THE SFOE
 Bioenergy
 Geothermal energy
 High temperature solar energy
 Photovoltaics
 Solar heat and heat storage
 Hydro
 Hydrogen
 Wind energy
 Fuel cells
 Electricity technologies
 Buildings and communities
 Grids
 Combustion
 Industrial processes
 Mobility
 Heat pump technologies
 Energy–economy–society
 Dams
 Radioactive waste
Renewables (∼6.1 million CHF) Energy efficiency (∼7.4 million CHF)
Society and economy (∼2.1 million CHF) P+D+L (∼35 million CHF)
 Pilot, demonstration and light house
projects

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INTERNATIONAL COORDINATION
International Energy Agency (IEA)
22 of 38 Technology Collaboration Programs
Advanced Fuel Cells
Advanced Motor Fuels
Bioenergy
Demand Side Management
Energy Efficient End-Use Equipment
Emissions Reduction in Combustion
Energy in Buildings and Communities
Energy storage
Energy Technology Systems Analysis Programme
Gas and Oil Technologies
Geothermal Energy Research and Technology
Greenhouse Gases
Heat Pumping Technologies
High-Temperature Super Conductivity on the Electric Power Sector
Hybrid and Electric Vehicles Technologies
Hydrogen
Industrial Technologies and Systems
International Smart Grid Action Network
Photovoltaic Power Systems
Solar Heating and Cooling Systems
Solar-PACES
Wind Energy Systems
EU: European Research Area Network
ERA-Net CFA Smart Cities and Communities
ERA-Net CFA Smart Grids
ERA-Net CFA CCS
ERA-Net CFA Solar
ERA-Net CFA Geothermie
ERA-Net CFA Energy efficiency in industry and services
ERA-Net+ Biomass
ERA-Net Geothermie
ERA-Net PV
Multilateral Cooperation
MoU D-A-CH zu Smart Grids (DACH)
MoU D-A-CH zu Smart Cities (DACH)
MoU International Partnership for Geothermal Technology
(IPGT: CH, USA, AUS, ISL, NZ)

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ENERGY STRATEGY 2050

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ENERGY STRATEGY 2050
Production targets
Electricity from renewables
2020: +4.4 TWh
2035: +11.4 TWh
Hydro
2035: +37.4 TWh
Consumption targets (vs. 2000)
Energy per capita
2020: –16 %
2035: –43 %
Electricity per capita
2020: –3 %
2035: –13 %
Electricity supply, «Political Measures» scenario, option «C&E»
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
110
2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035 2040 2045 2050
TWh
bestehende Wasserkraftwerke neue Wasserkraftwerke bestehende Kernkraftwerke
bestehende fossile KW bestehende Bezugsrechte bestehende Erneuerbare*
neue fossile WKK neue Erneuerbare* neue Kombikraftwerke
neue Kernkraftwerke neue Importe Bruttonachfrage
Hydrologisches Jahr*) gekoppelt und ungekoppelt
(c) Prognos 2012
Existing hydropower plants
Existing fossil-fuelled power
plants
New fossil-fuelled power plants
New nuclear power plants
New hydropower plants
Existing purchase rights
New renewable energy
New imports
Existing nuclear power plants
Existing renewable energy
New cogeneration plants
Gross demand
coupled and uncoupled Hydrological year

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ENERGY STRATEGY 2050
Grande Dixence 285 m, 2365 masl
Verzasca 220 mGrimsel 114 m,1767 masl
Gigerwald 135 m,1335 masl
Mauvoisin 250 m, 1961 masl
Lindt-Limmern 2500 masl

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ENERGY STRATEGY 2050: POLITICAL ISSUES
Climate act
Gas supply
act
Energy strategy 2050
First phase Second phase
(2021+)
Transition from
promotion system to
steering mechanism
Electricity
grids
strategy
Energy
perspectives
2050
parlament.
initiative
12.400
Negotiations with EC
on electricity agreement
Revision of
electricity
supply act
Second
stage of market
liberalisation
Revision
WRG
water tax
= already realised
Initial package of
measures
Energy research
action plan
Related
ordinances

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INITIAL PACKAGE OF MEASURES:
WHAT IS NEW IN GENERAL?
National interest (Energy act Art. 12)
 Use of renewables energy is of national interest
Permitting procedures (Energy act Art. 14)
 Cantons have to assure fast permitting procedures
 Federal council may decide without building permit of Cantons
Bench marks: electricity and energy consumption per capita compared to 2000 (Energy act Art. 3)
 Energy consumption: –16% until 2020 and –43% until 2035
 Electricity consumption: –3% until 2020 and –13% until 2035
Targets for domestic production of renewable energy, excluding hydropower (Energy act Art. 2)
 2020 4.4 TWh
 2035 11.4 TWh
 2050 24.2 TWh (vision)

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INITIAL PACKAGE OF MEASURES:
WHAT IS NEW FOR BIOMASS?
Certificates of origin for bio gas are possible (Energy act Art. 12)
Obligation for network operators to pay remuneration: electricity and bio gas (Energy act Art. 15)
Feed- in tariffs for biomass (electricity) bud NOT possible for (EnG Art. 19)
 waste-to-energy plants / waste incineration plants
 waste water treatment plants
 plants using (partly) fossil fuels
Investment subsidies for new biomass plants and considerable expansion (Energy act Art. 24, 26)
waste-to-energy plants, waste water treatment plants, wood-fired plants of regional importance
up to a max. of 20% of the eligible investment cost
Cantons may regulate the use of renewables and waste heat in buildings (Energy act Art. 45)

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FINANCING COMES FROM THE
NETWORK SURCHARGE
Timeframe: feed-in tariff until 2022, investments until 2030
Electricity consumption 2016: 62.6 TWh ► 1.44 billion CHF
0.03 ct/kWh for investments = 18.8 million CHF
1.3 ct/kWh for feed-in-tariff = 813.9 million CHF
Total max. 2.3 cents/kWh

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ENERGY STRATEGY: ACTION PLAN
COORDINATED ENERGY RESEARCH
Message to the Parliament
► Five action fields identified:
Efficiency
Grids
Storage
Electricity production
Socio-economic
► 2013–2016: 202 million CHF
► 2017–2020: 139 million CHF

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ENERGY STRATEGY: ACTION PLAN
COORDINATED ENERGY RESEARCH
Competitive promotion of energy projects by CTI 4 years 46 million CHF 2013–2016
4 years 19 million CHF 2017–2020
Pilot and demonstration program (SFOE) per year 25 million CHF 2013+
Lighthouse program (SFOE) per year 10 million CHF 2013–2020
National Research Programmes NRP 5 years 45 million CHF 2014–2019
«Energy Turnaround» and «Managing Energy Consumption»
SNSF Professorship 4 years 24 million CHF 2013–2016
ETH-domain infrastructure 1 time 40 million CHF 2013
capacity building 1 time 20 million CHF 2013
8 Swiss Competence Centers in Energy Research (SCCER) 4 years 72 million CHF 2013–2016
4 years 120 million CHF 2017–2020

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SWISS COMPETENCE CENTERS FOR ENERGY
RESEARCH (SCCER)

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ORGANIZATION OF SCCER AND SUPERVISION
21
Supervision by CTI
Governing board
Chair: President of CTI
6 members (national)
Observer: SFOE
Evaluation panel (board)
10 member (national/international)
Evaluation panel (experts)
11 member (national/international)

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SWISS ENERGY RESEARCH LANDSCAPE
2012 TO 2020
2012
UAS
ETH
Uni
Energyresearchrelevance
Week link between different types of universities
Exception: ETH domain
2016
UAS
ETH
Uni
Link between different types of universities
established
2020
UAS
ETH
Uni
Strong link between all types
of universities realized

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THANK YOU FOR
YOUR ATTENTION