Peter Burgherr Email & Phone Number

Villigen Psi, Switzerland

Current project portfolio:Innosuisse Flagship Projects: AEGIS‐CH (Advanced geothermal systems to improve the resilience of the energy supply of Switzerland), WISER (Web of Interoperable digital services for knowledge on decarbonisation pathways).SUstainable and Resilient Energy for Switzerland (SURE), SFOE SWEET (Swiss Energy Research for the Energy Transition). https://sweet‐sure.ch/.EC Horizon Europe: WIMBY (Wind in my Backyard), PRISMA (Net Zero Pathway Research through Integrated Assessment Model Advancements).TT1000: Towards Megawatt Scale Mobile Airborne Wind Energy (Innosuisse).Swiss Competence Centres for Energy Research (SCCERs): Supply of Electricity (SoE), Heat and Electricity Storage (HaE), Mobility, Joint Activity SoE Scenario & Modeling, Joint Activity CREST MobilityNational Research Program NRP70 “Energy Turnaround”: Compressed Air Energy Storage (AA-CAES), Heat utilisation with solid sorption technology (THIRVE), Risk Governance of Deep Geothermal and Hydro Energy (RiskGov).Future Resilient Systems (FRS) program of the Singapore-ETH Centre (SEC).H2020: Enabling a Low-Carbon Economy via Hydrogen and CCS (ELECANCY)EC Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking (FCH JU): Ammonia-fuelled alkaline fuel cells for remote power applications (ALKAMMONIA), Demonstration of 500 kWe alkaline fuel cell system with heat capture (POWER UP).Centres of Competence ETH Domain: Electricity-based Mobility, Geothermal Reservoir Processes - Towards the implementation of research into the creation and sustainable use of Enhanced Geothermal Systems (GEOTHERM-II), Integration of stochastic renewables in the Swiss electricity supply system (ISCHESS), Technology-centered Electric Mobility Assessment (THELMA).A complete project list of the Technology Assessment group at PSI is available here: http://www.psi.ch/ta/projects

Villigen Psi, Switzerland

Projects:Risk assessment task within “New Energy Externalities Developments for Sustainability” (NEEDS), EU 6th Framework Programme (2004 – 2008).Study on “Comparative assessment of natural gas accident risks” for Schweizerischer Verein des Gas- und Wasserfaches SVGW (2004).Project “Energieperspektiven 2035/2050: Erneuerbare Energien und neue Nuklearanlagen“ for Bundesamt für Energie BFE (2004).Risk assessment task within “GaBE-Project” (Comprehensive Assessment of Energy Systems) at PSI. Development and continuous extension of severe accident Database ENSAD (Energy-related Severe Accident Database) including update of historical experience, developing database applications, geo-referencing of accident data by integration with ArcGIS (2001 – 2008).Risk assessment task within “New Elements for the Assessment of External Costs from Energy Technologies” (NewExt), EU 5th Framework Programme (2001 – 2004).Risk assessment task within project “Sustainability of electricity supply technologies under German conditions”, study commissioned by Internationale Länderkommission Kerntechnik (ILK, International Committee on Nuclear Technology) (2004).Contribution to “Novartis - Campus des Wissens: comparison of energy supply options” (2003).Risk assessment task within “China Energy Technology Program” (CETP) in conjunction with ABB and the Alliance for Global Sustainability (2001 – 2003).

Dübendorf, Switzerland

Peter Burgherr holds a doctoral degree with the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETHZ). From 1996 to 2000, he conducted research leading to his PhD at the Department of Limnology of the Swiss Federal Institute of Environmental Science and Technology (EAWAG).

Phd, Environmental Sciences

Dipl. Natw. Eth Biologische Richtung (Master Of Science), Biology

A-Levels