Frei, Christoph W. (Alumni)

Dipl. El. Ing. ETHZ

ch.frei (at) gmx.net

Curriculum Vitae

Research Projects

• Improvement of the Competitiveness of Swiss Hydroelectric Powerplants
• 1997-2000; Project SESAMS : "Strategic Electric Sector Assessment Methodology under Sustainability Conditions", research project within "Alliance for Global Sustainability"; advisory group with local stakeholders from policy, economy and environment. (Laboratory of Energy Systems, EPFL)
• 1997; Postgraduate diploma thesis: "Impact Assessment of Electricity Generation Strategies on the Labour Market for the case of Switzerland using a Technico-Econometric General Equilibrium Model" (related to SESAMS) - awarded with "LASEN Price 1998" (Laboratory of Energy Systems, EPFL)
• 1996; Initiation and assistance of a student project: "Life-cycle Analysis of the Wind Power Installation on Mont-Crosin, Switzerland" (Laboratory of Energy Systems, EPFL)
• 1995-1996: Project RePlan: "Implementing Large Scale Integration of Renewables: A pilot study for Operational Plans and Policies", European research project for a reduction of the national CO2-emission of Greece; advisory group with local stakeholders from policy, economy and environment. (Laboratory of Energy Systems, EPFL)
• Publications and reports
• Olivier Bahn and Christoph Frei. GEM-E3 Switzerland: A Computable General Equilibrium Model Applied for Switzerland. PSI Bericht 00-01 (ISSN 1019-0643), Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen, January 2000
• Pierre-André Haldi, Christoph Frei, Luuk Beurskens and Gérard Sarlos. Comparative Sustainability Assessment of Electricity Generating Scenarios by a Multicriteria Approach (Alliance for Global Sustainability: SESAMS Project). In Multicriteria Aid for Decisions, 51st Meeting of the European Working Group, Madrid, March 2000.
• Stephan Heim and Christoph Frei. Expenditure Structure of the Swiss Electricity Sector. LASEN report 633.120, Laboratory of Energy Systems, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne, December 1999.
• Christoph Frei. Integration of Socio-Economic Aspects in Sustainable Power-Supply Planning, Paper at the Student Program of the 17th World Energy Congress, Houston, 1998
• Christoph Frei, Jean-Christoph Hadorn and Pierre-André Haldi. Set of Criteria for a Multicriteria Analysis of Electricity Production Scenarios. Guidance for Comparative Assessment of the Health and Environmental Impacts of Electrical Energy Systems, Working Material IAEA-J4-TC-733.6, The International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria, April 1996.