To foster innovation and collaboration in the Swiss energy sector, the Energy Data Innovation Hub (EDIH) has partnered with the Swiss Data Science Center (SDSC) to expand its signature hackathon to French-speaking Switzerland. Held at the new SDSC headquarters at Biopôle in Lausanne, the Energy Data Hackdays gather 100 experts for 36 hours to tackle 5 real-world climate and grid challenges using shared datasets and advanced analytics.
Following seven successful editions in Brugg-Windisch, Switzerland’s largest energy data hackathon will be held in the Canton of Vaud for the first time. This expansion aims to strengthen collaboration among local and national utilities, grid operators, regulators, researchers, and talent, advancing nationwide energy data solutions – particularly in data availability, protection, and cybersecurity.
“The core mission of the Energy Data Hackdays is to connect partners with future professionals and to define and implement rapid prototypes for digitization challenges facing the Swiss energy sector, such as secure peer-to-peer energy data exchange in local electricity communities, behind-the-meter optimization algorithms, balancing group management, or sector coupling applications,” said Ray Neubauer, Program Lead at the EDIH. “Attracting talent and accelerating innovation is critical to foster national energy data accessibility and system interoperability while ensuring data privacy and cybersecurity and informing regulation for a secure future energy system.”
