The start-up Emissium, a spin-off from EPFL Valais, aims to enable all consumers to know in real time the composition of the electricity supplied by the network. In the long term, the aim is to replace the current marking of electricity based on an annual statement. Real-time information has the advantage of allowing consumers to adapt their behaviour and choices according to the share of renewable energy actually injected during the day. A first test is currently being conducted on the OIKEN electricity network. 

Carbon emissions are increasingly problematic on a global scale. The recent COP26 in Glasgow talked about it at length. However, carbon remains very difficult to quantify for the average person. Emissium, a spin-off from Professor François Maréchal’s EPFL laboratory, wants to make the carbon emissions emitted by the population more visible.

Calculating the carbon intensity of the electricity we consume is the starting point for Emissium. Carbon and its emissions are very complicated to calculate. The start-up wants to improve people’s awareness of CO2 emissions.