2. SWEET-reFuel.ch Annual Conference, 2025

Monday 22 Sept 2025, 08:30 → 21:35 Europe/Zurich

Auditorium, (Westside) (Paul Scherrer Institut)

Christian Bach (EMPA), Regina Betz (ZHAW)

Please register by September 8, 2025.          
         

Cordially invites you to the 2^nd annual conference of the SWEET-reFuel.ch consortium!

 

To comply with the timeline of Swiss net-zero targets, our mission is to promote an accelerated market development of sustainable fuels and platform chemicals. While first-generation technologies are close to being available to initiate a ramp-up of the production of those substances, this is less the case for policies, laws, regulations, and markets, which still have to demonstrate their effectiveness, the policies, laws, regulations, and markets (non-technical aspects) are not available. The second-generation technology, aiming at efficient and cost-optimized production, is currently at a lab scale.

To foster the necessary exchange, reFuel.ch would like to invite you to its second annual conference, bringing together experts on Power-t-X and manure-based Sustainable Aviation Fuels to discuss implementation options in Switzerland and abroad.

 

Our keynote speaker Patricia Thornley will present her current work on Evaluating sustainability impacts of biomass use for energy and products as reFuel considers broadening its scope to international resources. Our second keynote, given by Christian Moretti is on E-fuels and chemicals: costs, emissions and best uses.

 

Please find more details at the Timetable.

 

The conference's language is English. Participation is free of charge, but registration until September 8, 2025 is mandatory. 

Poster presentations are very welcome!

We look forward meeting you at our first annual conference.

SWEET-reFuel.ch is a consortium sponsored by the Swiss Federal Office of Energy's SWEET program and coordinated by Empa.

Learn more about us: www.sweet-refuel.ch

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08:30 → 09:00 Registration and Welcome Coffee

09:00 → 12:10 Morning Session: Socioeconomics

09:00 Welcome​

09:10 Keynote "Evaluating sustainability impacts of biomass use for energy and products"

Speaker: Patricia Thornley (Aston University)

09:40 WP1-2 highlight presentations

10:30 Coffee break​

11:00 WP3 highlight presentation

11:25 WP 1-3 discussion outputs (results) & outcome (effects/impact)​

11:55 Short information: Cases Switzerland (Reserve Power Plant, Iberian Peninsula, Oman)​

12:10 → 13:40 Meet and Eat

13:40 → 17:00 Afternoon Session: Technology

13:40 Keynote "E-fuels and chemicals: costs, emissions and best uses"

Speaker: Christian Moretti (PSI - Paul Scherrer Institut)

14:10 WP4-7 higlight presentations

15:50 Coffee break​

16:20 WP4-7 discussion outputs (results) & outcome (effects/impact)​

16:50 General information reFuel.ch​

17:00 → 17:30 Virtual Tour trough PSI

17:30 → 19:00 Fairwell Apéro / Barbecue

19:00 → 21:00 reFuel.Afterburner