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Economic Bulletin Andreas Weber (Copyright) Finanzmarkt Geldmarkt Kapitalmarkt

The world economy and the euro area: broad-based upswing

Report Fotocenter Berlin (Copyright)

Isabel Teichmann receives Albrecht-Daniel-Thaer-Förderpreis

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

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Publications
DIW Economic Bulletin (36 / 2017)

German Economy Continues Steady Upswing with no Sign of Overheating: Editorial

Ferdinand Fichtner, Guido Baldi, Karl Brenke, Marius Clemens, Christian Dreger, Hella Engerer, Marcel Fratzscher, Stefan Gebauer, Simon Junker, Claus Michelsen, Malte Rieth, Thore Schlaak
DIW Economic Bulletin (36 / 2017)

The World Economy and the Euro Area: Broad-Based Upswing: DIW Economic Outlook

Ferdinand Fichtner, Guido Baldi, Christian Dreger, Hella Engerer, Stefan Gebauer, Malte Rieth
DIW Wochenbericht (36 / 2017)

Deutsche Wirtschaft macht weiter Tempo, Überhitzung droht aber nicht: Editorial

Ferdinand Fichtner, Guido Baldi, Karl Brenke, Marius Clemens, Christian Dreger, Hella Engerer, Marcel Fratzscher, Stefan Gebauer, Simon Junker, Claus Michelsen, Malte Rieth, Thore Schlaak
DIW Wochenbericht (36 / 2017)

Weltwirtschaft und Euroraum: Aufschwung auf breitem Fundament: Grundlinien der Wirtschaftsentwicklung im Herbst 2017

Ferdinand Fichtner, Guido Baldi, Christian Dreger, Hella Engerer, Stefan Gebauer, Malte Rieth
DIW Wochenbericht (35 / 2017)

Dieselprämie – Neuauflage eines Betrugs: Kommentar

Claudia Kemfert
Diskussionspapiere/ Discussion Papers (2017)

Designing a Global Energy System Based on 100% Renewables for 2050: GENeSYS-MOD: An Application of the Open-Source Energy Modelling System (OSeMOSYS)

Konstantin Löffler, Karlo Hainsch, Thorsten Burandt, Pao-Yu Oei, Claudia Kemfert, Christian von Hirschhausen
Diskussionspapiere/ Discussion Papers (2017)

Power-to-Heat for Renewable Energy Integration: Technologies, Modeling Approaches, and Flexibility Potentials

Andreas Bloess, Wolf-Peter Schill, Alexander Zerrahn
DIW Wochenbericht (31 / 2017)

Deutschland zwischen den Fronten im Kampf um fossile Energie: Kommentar

Claudia Kemfert
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
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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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