Evidence-Based Assessment for the Design of the German Energy System Transformation
Duration: June 2020 until May 2023
Funded by: German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
Project Participants: Institut für Vernetzte Energiesysteme Institut für Verkehrsforschung Potsdam-Institut für Klimafolgenforschung Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V. Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change gGmbH Hertie School gGmbH Universität Stuttgart, Institut für Energiewirtschaft und Rationelle Energieanwendung Technische Universität Darmstadt RWI – Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung e.V. Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies e.V. Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung e.V. Brandenburgische Technische Universität Cottbus Universität Potsdam Institut der deutschen Wirtschaft Köln e.V. RegioKontext GmbH Öko-Institut e.V. Universität Hamburg ZEW - Leibniz-Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung gGmbH Ecologic Institute gGmbH Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht GmbH adelphi research gGmbH Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Umwelt Nürtingen-Geislingen Technische Universität München Universität Münster Stiftung Umweltenergierecht Institut für Klimaschutz, Energie und Mobilität e.V.
Project Manager at the Institute of Networked Energy Systems: Dr. Hans Christian Gils
Project Description: The Kopernikus project Ariadne is researching which policy instruments are suitable to achieve the goals of the Paris Climate Change Agreement. From a better understanding of the effects of individual political measures and policy paths to an overview of the entire system - together with actors from politics, energy system transformation and society, the project is investigating meaningful strategies for energy system transformation and their acceptance by citizens.
The Institute for Networked Energy Systems contributes its expertise to various scenario development and assessment work in the project. This includes the estimation of material requirements of power generation technologies, vehicles, storage technologies, etc. in energy scenarios as well as the environmental impacts of the scenarios. Furthermore, costs and quantities of a possible import of climate-neutral produced hydrogen as well as synthetic fuels to Germany are estimated and considered in the calculation of the scenarios. In addition, the effects of different designs of flexible sector coupling on the demand for energy infrastructures in Germany, as well as their use, are examined.
Further information on the research project Ariadne: