Digging deeper

An Organic Semiconductor PEC Tandem Cell for Solar Water Splitting

Published:23.09.22 — LIMNO reports major advance in the photoelectrochemical (PEC) splitting of water into H2 and O2 using organic semiconductors.

Pathways to Net zero CO2 and security supply – new report by SAAS

Published:26.08.22 — Switzerland has committed to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050, an ambitious target that can only be reached thanks to rapid and concerted action, as shown in a new report by the Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences co-authored by Prof. Jean-Louis Scartezzini.

With new solar modules, greenhouses run on their own energy

Published:26.08.22 — Plants use light waves from only a portion of the spectrum for photosynthesis – the remainder can be recovered and used to generate solar power. That’s the idea behind the solar modules developed by EPFL startup Voltiris. Following encouraging preliminary results, a new pilot installation was recently installed in Graubünden.

Ebtikar Technology Challenge

Published:16.08.22 — An innovation challenge designed to empower refugees in the Azraq Refugee Camp in Jordan through the use of digital fabrication technology to solve different refugee-identified issues in the camp: water management, education, transportation, security measures, and energy/power. 

Turning plastic waste into building bricks

Published:25.07.22 — SUMMER SERIES – Master's project (4). For her Master’s project in civil engineering, Selina Heiniger took on a challenge that’s aligned with her desire to help preserve the environment. She’s developing a new building material that’s made from plastic waste, concrete and terracotta.

Middle East and Africa Energy Innovation Virtual Hackathon

Published:06.05.21 — Take part in this global hackathon! 48 hours to turn the 15 finalist ideas into real prototypes. Win the $5.000 prize for the best idea. Submit your idea individually or in a team of up to 4 people. You can apply as many times as you have innovative ideas. 

Science and Technology for Humanitarian Action Challenges

Published:04.05.21 — Call for proposals with a deadline for applications on 15 July 2021

Inauguration of the Valais Innovation park

Published:20.10.20 — The Energypolis Campus, a veritable ecosystem of innovation, that brings together the skills of EPFL Valais Wallis, HES-SO Valais-Wallis, and The Ark Foundation’s services, amongst many others inaugurated its Innovation park on October 9.

Insolight's new distinction

Published:24.09.20 — EPFL's spin-off, Insolight climbed to 10th place among the 100 most promising Swiss start-ups of 2020.

Digitalizing hydropower

Published:16.09.20 — With increasing levels of variable renewables in the energy system, new opportunities emerge for hydropower as a provider of flexibility services in modern power markets. To address this question, EPFL is leading a consortium of 18 Swiss and European partners collaborating within the frame of the XFLEX project (Hydropower Extending Power System Flexibility). This project has received € 15 million funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 857832.