EDGE is a consortium sponsored by the Swiss Federal Office of Energy's SWEET programme and coordinated jointly by the University of Geneva and the EPFL in Lausanne.
EDGE wants to provide scientific evidence to fast-track the growth of locally sourced decentralized renewable energy in Switzerland. The consortium aims to show that by 2035 and 2050, when ambitious shares of renewable energy are reached, the Swiss energy system could be designed and operated in a technically and economically optimal and secure way, and that it could be well positioned in the European markets.