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Jan Brändle wins the ETH Medal

Awards News Grid2050 Walenstadt
03-07-2025
Congratulations to Jan Brändle, who won the medal for his thesis which focused on quantification of the flexibility potential of real-world distribution grids.
Jan Brandle wins the ETH Medal
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Jan Brändle
Pulkit Nahata
Picture Julie Rousseau
Julie Rousseau
Gabriela Hug

Jan used the grid within Walenstadt as part of our Grid2050 project as the basis for his thesis. You can read an article about the work on the Grid2050 website.

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