Workshop on Special Compact and Low Consumption Magnet Design

Session

1st Session

26 Nov 2014, 09:30

30/7-018 - Kjell Johnsen Auditorium (CERN)

Conveners

1st Session: Future Development Scenarios

• Mike Seidel

3. The outlook for electricity in Western Europe

Matthew Wittenstein (IEA)

26/11/2014, 09:30

4. Why are particle accelerators so inefficient?

Philippe Lebrun (CERN)

26/11/2014, 10:00

High-energy accelerators/colliders have developed into large machines consuming high electrical power up to the 100 MW range, thus making the energy bill a major component of their operating costs and eventually of their acceptability by society. With several new projects under study beyond the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), and projections of rising electricity prices by energy agencies,...