+A  Click here to enlarge/reduce to/back from full screen 
Paul Scherrer Institut PSI Technology Assessment

PSI Home NES Home ENE Home LEA Home Contact Us



Updated:
02.03.2012
E-Mail: peter.burgherr@psi.ch


Printer Friendly Printout without Logo or Navigation Elements available here... just click and print

Publications

TA - Technology Assessment publications

TA publications 2009: download pdf
TA publications 1996-2004: download pdf


Selected Publications
Security of Energy Considering its Uncertainty, Risks and Economic Implications (SECURE)

SECURE was a research project funded by the European Commission under the Seventh Framework Programme with the scope of building a comprehensive framework that covers the issues related to security of supply inside and outside the EU.

SECURE-Website: http://www.secure-ec.eu/
SECURE Policy Recommendations: download as pdf

Work Package 5.7:
- Final Report on Severe Accident Risks including Key Indicators (Deliverable No 5.7.2a )
- Analysis of Terrorism Risk for Energy Installations - Executive Summary (Deliverable No 5.7.2b )
- Final Report on Multi Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) (Deliverable No 6.2 )
- SECURE Online MCDA Tool


New Energy Externalities Development for Sustainability (NEEDS)

The NEEDS project ended on February 2009, after 54 months of high level research and continuous interchanges among the 66 partners coming from all over Europe and beyond.

NEEDS-Website: http://www.needs-project.org/
Policy use of the NEEDS results: http://www.needs-project.org/docs/Needs.pdf

Research Stream 1a: LCA of new energy technologies
Technical Paper 4.1: Technical guideline on parameterisation of life cycle inventory data
Deliverable D7.2: Final report on technical data, costs and life cycle inventories of advanced fossil fuels

Research Stream 2b: Energy Technology Roadmap and Stakeholder Perspectives
Deliverable 3.2: Sustainability criteria and indicators for assessment of electricity supply options
Deliverable 5.2: Final report on quantification of economic indicators
Deliverable 6.1: Final report on quantification of environmental indicators
Deliverable 7.2: Final report on quantification of risk indicators
Deliverable 10.1: Final indicator database
Deliverable 10.2: Final report on sustainability assessment of advanced electricity supply options
Deliverable 12.3: Implementation, evaluation and reporting on the survey on criteria and indicators for assessment of future electricity supply options


China Energy Technology Program (CETP)
Integrated Assessment of Sustainable Energy Systems in China. The China Energy Technology Program. A Framework for Decision Support in the Electric Sector of Shandong Province.
Series: Alliance for Global Sustainability Bookseries, Vol. 4
Eliasson, B.; Lee, Y. (Eds.)
2003, 848 p., Springer
Hardcover and Interactive DVD , ISBN: 1-4020-1198-9
Softcover and interactive DVD , ISBN: 1-4020-1199-7

 

GaBE publications available for download
Comprehensive Assessment

Bauer C., Simons A. (2010) Ökobilanz der Elektromobilität: Analyse des e-Twingos der EKZ. Eine Studie im Auftrag der Elektrizitätswerke des Kantons Zürich (EKZ). PSI, Villigen, Switzerland.
Download Report (0.4 MB)

Bauer, C.. (2008) Life Cycle Assessment of Fossil and Biomass Power Generation Chains. An analysis carried out for ALSTOM Power Services.PSI-Report No.08-05. Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen PSI, Switzerland.
Download PSI Report (0.5 MB)


Hirschberg, S., Bauer, C., Burgherr, P., Biollaz, S., Durisch, W., Foskolos, K., Hardegger, P., Meier, A., Schenler, W., Schulz, T., Stucki, S., Vogel, F. (2005) Neue Erneuerbare Energien und neue Nuklearanlagen: Potenziale und Kosten.PSI-Report No.05-04. Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen PSI, Switzerland.
Download PSI Report (9.6 MB)


Hirschberg, S., Dones, R., Heck, T., Burgherr, P., Schenler, W. & Bauer, C. (2004) Sustainability of Electricity Supply Technologies under German Conditions: A Comparative Evaluation. PSI-Report No.04-15. Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen PSI, Switzerland.
Download PSI Report (1.8 MB)


Gantner U., Jakob M. & Hirschberg S. (2001). Perspektiven der zukünftigen Strom- und Wärmeversorgung für die Schweiz - Ökologische und ökonomische Betrachtungen. PSI Report No. 01-12. Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen-PSI, Switzerland.
Download PSI Report (1.8 MB)


Sectoral Publications
Life Cycle Assessment Impacts and External Costs Risk Assessment
Electric Sector Simulation Energy Economics Decision Support


You might need to install the Adobe Acrobat Reader
Adobe Acrobat Reader installieren