Johan Lilliestam is to receive ERC Starting Grant
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Johan Lilliestam, Senior Assistant and Lecturer at the Institute for Environmental Decisions, is is one out of six scientists from ETH Zurich who have triumphed at the prestigious competition for Starting Grants from the European Research Council (ERC).
The ERC offers these grants amounting to 1,6 Millions Swiss Francs for each scientist to support talented young researchers as they embark on their academic careers.
Johan Lilliestam is researching on the European Union’s goal to reduce CO2 emissions in the electricity sector by 93–99% by 2050. His project is based on how the energy sector can make the transition to a fully renewable electricity system. In his ERC project, he plans to investigate to what extent this aim and other energy policy objectives – such as lower demand or increased competition in the electricity market – influence each other. To this end, he is analysing where these goals conflict and how other objectives impact the cost of a renewable electricity system and the behaviour of key market participants. The results should help shape conflict-free energy policies to enable a successful European transition to renewables.
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Press Release from 23. 09.2016