To manage the energy transition in a city like Zurich, strategic planning of infrastructure and energy supply concepts is essential. In Zurich, these activities are carried out on a rolling basis with frequent updates. This provides a fruitful context for exchange between research and practice: strategic planning gives an overview of the possible technical developments on the ground, and therefore enables the identification of collaboration areas. Exchange between researchers and practitioners helps define concrete contributions of SWEET DeCarbCH researchers with a technical, legal and socio-economic background to various of topics, e.g. thermal energy storage, natural gas phase-out or spatial energy planning.
Strategic energy planning as a central collaboration topic
Strategic planning of infrastructure and energy supply concepts is essential to manage the energy transition in a city like Zurich
Energieplankarte der Stadt Zürich (Stand 2017)