Projects

Using holistic modeling tools, WIMBY looks to advance social awareness and engagement on large wind power installations in the EU.

wimby_figure1 — WIMBY Work Package structure

The WIMBY project aims to deepen the knowledge of the barriers for social acceptance and develop guidelines to raise public understanding and engagement with wind power, especially with new generations of large wind power turbines and farms. A consortium of 16 partners across Europe will work together to evaluate environmental and social impact of wind power, carry out Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), model the system impact of large-scale integration of wind power, and create an online platform to interact with wind power project stakeholders.

Within this project, ESA develops assessment methods for landscape impact from wind turbines and analyses wind power development at the local level by considering individual turbine placements, network connections and land use competition with other technologies and applications. ESA is also leading the systems analysis in WP4.

Funding: external pageHorizon Europe
Duration: 01.01.2023 – 31.12.2025
Coordinator: external pageVrije Universiteit Brussel
Website: external pagehttps://www.wimby.eu/
ESA Contact: Ruihong Chen

wimby_partners — Overview of WIMBY partners and locations

scene_figure1 — SCENE Work Package structure

external pageThe SCENE project establishes a Center of Excellence covering a wide-range of research areas related to the topic of net-zero emissions and providing a network for cross-institutional collaboration in the context of Switzerland. It emphasises six priority action areas: 1) Biomass carbon cycle, 2) Technical carbon capture, utilization and sequestration, 3) Efficient technical cycles, 4) Flexible low-carbon energy systems, 5) Greenhouse gases & climate, 6) Net-zero institute roadmap.

Within the SCENE project, ESA will identify spatially resolved energy transition pathways for Swiss municipalities. Thereby, it supports the design of flexible low-carbon energy systems while accounting for regional characteristics, energy infrastructure and consumer preferences. In addition, ESA supports the development of a model laboratory to assess non-CO2 greenhouse gases from energy at the PSI Laboratory for Energy Systems Analysis.

Funding: ETH Domain
Duration: 2022 – 2025
Coordinators: external pageEMPA & external pagePSI
Website: external pagehttps://www.scene-project.ch/
ESA Contact: Febin Kachirayil