Swiss Energy Storage Overview

by the BFH-CSEM Energy Storage Research Centre

Energy Storage Research Projects

The Swiss Federal Office of Energy (SFOE) has recognized the giant challenges that a fully renewable energy system will bring and has founded a large number of research projects over the years to help prepare Switzerland and to enable Swiss companies to play a leading role in the energy revolution.

Below is a list of all projects we could identify. If you know of any other projects or would like to see your project listed, please contact us.

Name Total Budget [CHF] Start Date Start End
Seasonal Storage of Electricity with Hydrogen in Liquid Organic Hydrides 532500 1996-01-01 1996-01-01
AA-CAES: Advanced adiabatic compressed air energy storage 696933.28 2003-01-01 2003-01-01
Storage Concepts for Solar Buildings IEA SHC Task 32 402820.75 2003-01-01 2003-01-01
NaOH-Speicher für saisonale Wärmespeicherung 300000 2006-08-01 2007-01-01
Réalisation et Caractérisation Etendue d'un Prototype de Système de Stockage Hydro-pneumatique d'Energie 40000 2009-04-15 2009-04-15
Swiss2Grid 2468000 2009-08-01 2009-08-01
Optimierung der Einbindung eines 28 m3 Wasser-Speichers in die Beheizung und Warmwasser-Versorgung eines Einfamilienhauses mit W/W-Wärmepumpe und Solarkollektoren 97200 2010-04-01 2010-04-01
75%-Aktiv-Solarhaus (ohne saisonale Speicherung) 113813 2011-08-02 2011-08-02
WARMup - Optimale Verwertung der Flexibilität von thermischen Speichern 615639 2012-02-01 2016-06-01
High-Ice; System development for high solar thermal gains with ice storage and heat pump - Final Report (High-Ice; System development for high solar thermal gains with ice storage and heat pump - Final Report ) 650000 2012-03-01 2012-03-01
Energiespeicher in der Schweiz: Bedarf 169608 2012-09-15 2012-09-15
Flexible electricity storage power plant 506700 2012-10-01 2012-10-01
Arling: Profitable Electricity Storage through Intelligent Operation Management of Distributed Storage Units 359808 2013-05-01 2013-05-01
Assainissement Minergie-P des immeubles « La Cigale » (GE) - Chauffage par pompes à chaleur solaires couplées à des stocks à changement de phase 646840 2013-11-15 2013-11-15
MOVE - Wasserstoffproduktion aus temporär überschüssiger Elektrizität mit Nutzung in der Mobilität und / oder der Rückverstromung 1534342 2013-12-10 2013-12-10
Hy-Form: Formic acid - chemical storage of electrical energy and on-site hydrogen production for use in PEM fuel cells 344448 2014-02-01 2014-02-01
Gebrauchte Batterien als Stromspeicher (Gebäudeintegration von gebrauchten Batterien als 2nd-Life-Stromspeichersysteme) 263347 2014-06-04 2014-06-04
IceEx - Untersuchung von Eisspeicher-Wärmeübertragern für Solar-Wärmepumpen-Heizungen 240000 2015-04-01 2015-04-01
Kohlesilo im Gundeldinger Feld - Der ehemalige Energiespeicher wird zum Energiekraftwerk 92000 2015-05-01 2015-05-01
Modul-Ice - Development of modular ice storages based on flat plate heat exchangers for solar-ice systems. 196350 2016-03-01 2016-03-01

Institute for Energy and Mobility Research

BFH-CSEM Energy Storage Research Centre

This project is being realized with the support of the Swiss Federal Office of Energy.