12th Swiss Symposium Thermal Energy Storage Bridging the Winter-Summer-Energy Gap: Can Seasonal Thermal Energy Storage be the Game-Changer?

In the 12th edition of our symposium, we focused on the pivotal role of STES in driving decarbonization across Switzerland and Europe. Stakeholders from academia, industry and utility dove into the latest challenges and innovations as we explored how STES can impact sustainable and resilient energy systems in the future. 

• Evelina Trutnevyte, University of Geneva (UNIGE), CH – Insights from modeling the European and Swiss energy future
• Jonas Savelsberg, ETH Zurich, CH – Is there a winter gap in the Swiss power system? 
• Mohammad Khosravi, Delft University of Technology, NL – Modeling and Predictive Control for Large-Scale District Heating Networks 
• Samuel Heiniger, ETH Zurich, CH – Power iron for safe and cheap long duration hydrogen storage 

• Luca Baldini, Zurich University of Applied Sciences, CH – SwissSTES: Practical challenges and targeted research on seasonal thermal energy storage 
• Malin Siegwart, University of Applied Sciences Luzern (HSLU), CH – Unlocking the underground for seasonal thermal energy storage in Switzerland 
• Andreas Abegg, Zurich University of Applied Sciences, CH – Regulatory hurdles for thermal storage - an overview 
• Mina Shahi, University of Twente (UT), NL – From Potential to Practicality: Feasibility and Barriers of Seasonal Thermal Energy Storage for Dutch District Heating 

• Christian Hofer, Bilfinger, AUT – Design challenges for large-scale heat accumulator tanks
• William Delgado, University of Applied Sciences Luzern (HSLU), CH – Optimization of Hybrid Sensible-Latent Heat Storage Systems 
• Magdalena Berberich, Solites, DE – New Emission-free Heat Supply with Pit Thermal Energy Storage in Hechingen 
• Massimo Fiorentini, Aarhus University, DK – Sensible, latent or thermochemical? The significance of storage volume value 
• Wim Van Helden, Institute for Sustainable Technologies (AEE), AUT – Challenges for Pit Thermal Energy Storage tackled in the TREASURE project: seven European demonstrators. 
• Martin Jutzeler, Energy Wasser Bern (EWB), CH – Geothermal project Forsthaus Bern  
• Dimitris Koutsonikolas, The Centre for Research & Technology, Hellas, CERTH, GRC – Heat Recovery, Storage & Re-use in Data Centers: The MODERATOR approach 

You find all the impressions on Flickr