Challenges and Opportunities for the Swiss Energy System in Meeting Stringent Climate Mitigation Targets

Panos, Evangelos; Kannan, Ravindran

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-74424-7_10

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“…The modeling framework used for this analysis is the Swiss TIMES Energy systems Model (STEM) (Kannan & Hirschberg, 2016; Panos & Kannan, 2018; Panos et al, 2019, 2021). STEM covers the whole Swiss energy system from resource supply to end‐use sectors through energy conversion and distribution.…”

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“…at the lowest cost. Compared to the model used in the retrospective analyses (Kannan & Hirschberg, 2016; Kannan & Turton, 2016), the current version of STEM is extensively developed in terms of methodological advancement and input data (Panos & Kannan, 2018; Panos et al, 2019, 2021). The first version of STEM (Kannan & Hirschberg, 2016; Kannan & Turton, 2016) had only 144 hourly intra‐annual time steps (timeslices) representing weekdays and weekends in three seasons.…”

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“…This paper is built on the authors' previous work on achieving 60% CO 2 emission reduction by 2050 (Kannan & Hirschberg, 2016; Kannan & Turton, 2016). Since then, STEM has been extensively updated and extended to enable full decarbonization, for example, additional zero carbon and negative emission technologies (Panos et al, 2019), energy and electricity storages (Panos & Kannan, 2018; Panos & Kober, 2020), and so forth, are implemented. Aim of this paper is to showcase which vehicle drivetrain and fuel supply options are available for the transport sector.…”

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A net‐zero Swiss energy system by 2050: Technological and policy options for the transition of the transportation sector

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The Swiss government sets out a net‐zero emission goal by 2050 while phasing out nuclear energy. This study presents insights on the transport sector's contribution to meet this goal, in terms of which type of vehicle drivetrains and fuel supply options are cost‐effective? What could be critical for the transition of the transportation sector? We use the Swiss TIMES Energy system Model and assess prospective technological scenarios for the whole energy system. The transport module has fast‐charging stations and mechanisms to control e‐mobility charging. Results indicate that extensive direct and indirect electrification of mobility increases the electricity demand up to 22 TWh. While to a certain extent electric cars are competitive even if the climate would not be the priority, carbon neutrality requires a boost for electrified mobility where battery‐ and plug‐in hybrid electric vehicles are largely evolving as a solution for small‐medium size car segments while fuel cell cars are an attractive option for big size car segments. Hybridization of buses and trucks emerges as a competitive option but they are propelled with bio‐ and synthetic fuels. The transport sector emerges as a major driver for the deployment of hydrogen in the energy sector in the long term.

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A net‐zero Swiss energy system by 2050: Technological and policy options for the transition of the transportation sector

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“…The energy supply-, conversion-, and demand (transport, residential, industry, services) sectors are coupled and exhibit strong interdependencies. It is a well-documented model with all inputs and data assumptions available [43][44][45][47][48][49]. STEM's transportation module includes all main passenger and freight transportation modes.…”

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How, where, and when to charge electric vehicles – net-zero energy system implications and policy recommendations

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McKenna

et al. 2023

Environ. Res. Commun.

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A coordinated Charging Infrastructure (CI) strategy could accelerate the adoption of Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs). Policymakers need to understand the tradeoffs between several types of CI developments. To support decision-makers, we apply the Swiss TIMES Energy system Model, which we extended with heterogeneous consumer segments with four trip types and several CI options. The novelty of this work lies in the interplay of such method advancements, representing BEV charging options with various CI types that can be accessed based on their location type at an hourly intraday temporal resolution. In explorative scenario analyses, we evaluate the effects of CI on car fleet deployment and their energy system implications in achieving net-zero CO2 emissions in Switzerland by 2050. Our analysis shows that the BEV share makes up 39-77% of the fleet by 2050, and each BEV needs about 5 kW total charging capacity, split into 1.6-2.6 BEVs per private charger and 18-25 BEVs per public charger. Providing overnight charging access through private home chargers or public chargers in residential areas facilitates a 12-20% increased BEV penetration compared to the reference scenario. For consumers without private home charging, improved public CI in non-residential areas increases BEV uptake by 24%. While low-power slow CI is cost-effective at home, high-power fast CI in commercial areas supports integration of solar PV. We highlight the need for coordinated CI policies and provide a variety of policy options based on our analysis and international insights.

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“…First, they discussed its active promotion of the Kyoto Protocol to protect the global environment (Casado-Asensio & Steurer, 2016) and its involvement as a scientific policy advisor on environment issues to the global community (Pfister, 2019). Second, the domestic dynamics associated with the policy formulation process related to environmental protection, such as energy transition (Desthieux & Joerin, 2022;Ingold & Fischer, 2014;Kammermann & Dermont, 2018;Lüth & Schaffer, 2022;Marcucci & Turton, 2012;Panos & Kannan, 2018;Sager et al, 2014;Seidl et al, 2019), forestry (Creutzburg & Lieberherr, 2021), and adoption of the Kyoto Protocol norms (Casado-Asensio & Steurer, 2016) as well as its implementation through multi-stakeholder collaboration (Ingold & Fischer, 2014) and the utilization of science (Hermann et al, 2017). Third, the reason behind Switzerland's participation to join global communities to fight against climate crisis effects (Seidl et al, 2019), includes social identity and society's risk perception (Creutzburg & Lieberherr, 2021;Kammermann & Dermont, 2018), protection of the Swiss Alps (Beniston, 2012;Vorkauf et al, 2021), reducing the impact of extreme climate change, ecosystems, infrastructure, health, and residents' livelihoods damage (Eriksen & Hauri, 2021;Savelsberg et al, 2018), and the protection of the tourism sector (Matasci et al, 2014).…”

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Foreign policy and science: Switzerland actions to address the climate crisis effects in the arctic through the arctic council

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2023

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like to have limited social-economy material advantage, Switzerland's action to actively and continuously participate in the Arctic Council is an interesting topic to discuss. Existing literature has captured Switzerland's actions to fight against the climate crisis, yet missed to address why it carried to participate in the Council amidst likely-limited materialistic returns. Deploying Foreign Policy Analysis and Resources Based Theory of Soft Power as an analytical approach and qualitative approach, this study argues that Switzerland's Foreign Policy which specifically emphasizes action in climate protection and global environment is the reason behind its active participation in various global communities, including in the Arctic Council. Interestingly, Switzerland utilizes science as an instrument of diplomacy and constructs its identity as a global science policy advisor in the environmental sector. Thus, the global climate crisis issues have been an opportunity for Switzerland as a small power to enhance its bargaining position in international politics through science as a soft power.

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Challenges and Opportunities for the Swiss Energy System in Meeting Stringent Climate Mitigation Targets

Cited by 6 publications

References 17 publications

A net‐zero Swiss energy system by 2050: Technological and policy options for the transition of the transportation sector

A net‐zero Swiss energy system by 2050: Technological and policy options for the transition of the transportation sector

How, where, and when to charge electric vehicles – net-zero energy system implications and policy recommendations

Foreign policy and science: Switzerland actions to address the climate crisis effects in the arctic through the arctic council

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