CROSS scenarios 2022

CROSS scenarios 2022

A harmonised set of Swiss energy-system scenarios defined along two policy dimensions: climate policy ambition and international energy market integrations

Four scenarios

Exploring alternative pathways to net zero

Two dimensions

Climate policy and energy market integration

Version 2022

Published July 2023
01 Scenarios

Scenarios dimensions and matrix

D1

Climate policy

2050 net-zero GHG emissions target excluding aviation

D2

Energy market integration

Access to international energy markets

Scenario space

Climate policyD1 · 2 variants
Domestic
Abroad
Energy market integrationD2 · 2 variants
Together: High integration
Alone: Low integration
42 × 2Scenarios
02 Assumptions

Scenario assumptions and drivers

Technologies

Nuclear phase-out

Phase-out of existing nuclear power plants at the end of their lifetimes

Other technologies

All other technologies available

Macro-economic variables

Population, GDP, Households

Energy reference area

Total floor area of buildings that is actively heated

Demands

Annual demand of different energy end uses

Fuel import prices

Import prices of energy carriers

Resources

Renewable and biomass potentials
03 Results

Results

04 Modelling protocol and scenario document

Scenario documentation