PSI Laboratory for Energy Systems Analysis (LEA)

About PSI Laboratory for Energy Systems Analysis (LEA)

The Paul Scherrer Institute PSI develops, builds and operates large, complex research facilities and makes them available to the national and international research community. The institute's own key research priorities are in the fields of future technologies, energy and climate, health innovation and fundamentals of nature. PSI is committed to the training of future generations. Therefore, about one quarter of our staff are post-docs, post-graduates or apprentices. Altogether, PSI employs 2200 people, thus being the largest research institute in Switzerland. The annual budget amounts to approximately CHF 400 million. PSI is part of the ETH Domain, with the other members being the two Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology, ETH Zurich and EPFL Lausanne, as well as Eawag Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, Empa Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology and WSL Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research.