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Economic Bulletin Horst Brandt (Copyright) Wassertropfen Wassertröpfchen Tropfen

Clean drinking water as a sustainable development goal: Fair, universal access with increasing block tariffs

Personell News DIW Berlin (Copyright)

Stefan Seifert and Marica Valente receive Prize and Research Scholarship from the AAWE

Roundup Lutz Wallroth (Copyright) Windrad Windkraftrad Windkrafträder

Wind power: mitigated and imposed external costs and other indirect economic effects

Report Harald Richter (Copyright) Kühlturm Kühltürme Baustelle

DIW Berlin and PIK publish joint article on start-up costs of thermal power plants in the journal Nature Energy

Interview Tobias Machhaus (Copyright) Solar Solarenergie Sonnenenergie

"Decentralized storage installations should be available for further market interaction": five questions for Wolf-Peter Schill

Economic Bulletin Andreas Weber (Copyright) Wohnhaus Haus Wohnhäuser

Decentralized solar prosumage with battery storage: system orientation required

Economic Bulletin Werner Nick (Copyright) Braunkohlekraftwerk Kraftwerk Braunkohlekraftwerke

Climate protection and a new operator: the Eastern German lignite industry is changing

Interview Hartmut Rauhut (Copyright) Schaufelbagger Braunkohlebergbau Braunkohletagebau

"In Germany, we need to phase out lignite step by step": interview with Claudia Kemfert

Report Marabu / Pixabay (Copyright) Atomkraft AKW Energiewende

Nuclear power is not competitive : Climate protection in UK and France also viable without it

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Publications
DIW Economic Bulletin (28/29 / 2017)

Clean Drinking Water as a Sustainable Development Goal: Fair, Universal Access with Increasing Block Tariffs

Christian von Hirschhausen, Maya Flekstad, Georg Meran, Greta Sundermann
DIW Economic Bulletin (24 / 2017)

German Economy on Track: Editorial

Ferdinand Fichtner, Guido Baldi, Karl Brenke, Christian Dreger, Hella Engerer, Marcel Fratzscher, Stefan Gebauer, Simon Junker, Claus Michelsen, Malte Rieth, Thore Schlaak, Kristina van Deuverden
DIW Economic Bulletin (24 / 2017)

The World Economy and the Euro Area: Despite Risks, Global Recovery Is Stabilizing: DIW Economic Outlook

Ferdinand Fichtner, Guido Baldi, Christian Dreger, Hella Engerer, Stefan Gebauer, Malte Rieth
DIW Wochenbericht (24 / 2017)

Deutsche Wirtschaft bleibt auf Kurs: Editorial

Ferdinand Fichtner, Guido Baldi, Karl Brenke, Christian Dreger, Hella Engerer, Marcel Fratzscher, Stefan Gebauer, Simon Junker, Claus Michelsen, Malte Rieth, Thore Schlaak, Kristina van Deuverden
DIW Wochenbericht (24 / 2017)

Weltwirtschaft und Euroraum: Globaler Aufschwung festigt sich trotz Risiken: Grundlinien der Wirtschaftsentwicklung im Sommer 2017

Ferdinand Fichtner, Guido Baldi, Christian Dreger, Hella Engerer, Stefan Gebauer, Malte Rieth
DIW Wochenbericht (23 / 2017)

Vier schlechte Jahre für den internationalen Klimaschutz: Kommentar

Claudia Kemfert
DIW Wochenbericht (21 / 2017)

Erneuerbare Energien in Indien: Wenn der Elefant losrennt …: Kommentar

Christian von Hirschhausen
Data Documentation (2017)

dynELMOD: A Dynamic Investment and Dispatch Model for the Future European Electricity Market

Clemens Gerbaulet, Casimir Lorenz
Diskussionspapiere/ Discussion Papers (2017)

Distributed Photovoltaic Power Generation: Possibilities, Benefits, and Challenges for a Widespread Application in the Mexican Residential Sector

Pedro I. Hancevic, Hector M. Nunez, Juan Rosellón
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The department

The Department of Energy, Transportation, Environment analyzes how an eco-friendly, competitive, and safe energy supply can be secured. The emphasis here is on sustainable energy supply, mobility and, above all, evaluating the costs of climate change and climate protection policy.

Selected publications about the current topics

Energy Transition to a Sustainable Energy Supply
The Future of Brown Coal
Nuclear Power

Modeling (for) the Energy Transformation

Research project MASMIE commissioned by the Mercator Foundation

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