ISTP News

Solar photovoltaics and batteries are key technologies to enable a rapid decarbonization of electricity systems. ETH Energy Politics Group´s researchers including ISTP Member Prof. Tobias Schmidt developed a model for photovoltaics and battery projects, which returns a profit-maximizing storage dispatch and system design, and investigated South-East Asian countries. Their results indicate that profitable investment opportunities in photovoltaics and battery projects exist already today.

ETH researchers analysed various possibilities for reducing the net CO₂ emissions of the chemical industry to zero. Their conclusion? The chemical industry can in fact have a carbon-​neutral future. (Re-​post from ETH News)