Research projects

The Research Projects of the Department of Climate Policy

Power Market & Renewable Energies

RealValue (Realising Value from Electricity Markets with Local Smart Electric Thermal Storage Technology)

Funded by: European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme(grant agreement No 646116)

Sector coupling and European Integration in a Developing Energy System

Funded by: Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy, Funding Number: 03MAP316

Implementation of the EU Renewables Directive against the backdrop of the European energy markets (EUREEM)

Funded by: Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy, Funding Number: 03MAP274

Future Power Market Platform

Funded by: Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy, Funding Number: 03MAP274 and 03MAP316

Policy Dialogue on the assessment and convergence of RES policy in EU Member States (DIA-CORE)

Funded by: European Commission

Next generation of RES-E policy instruments

Commissioned by: International Energy Agency, renewable energy technology deployment platform

The post 2020 framework for investments in renewable generation in Europe

Commissioned by: Smart Energy for Europe Platform GmbH

Regulatory Frameworks for Grid Investment

Commissioned by: DII GmbH

Re-Shaping an effective and efficient European renewable energy market

Commissioned by: European Commission

Low-Carbon Development of the Industry Sector

The Role of Policy for a Climate Friendly Materials Sector

Commissioned by: Climate Strategies

Inclusion of Consumption in Emissions Trading

Commissioned by: Climate Strategies

Carbon emission mitigation by Consumption-based Accounting and Policy (CARBON CAP)

Funded by: European Commission

Developing an energy cost indicator for the industry sector (IECIX)

Commissioned by: European Climate Foundation

Carbon Control Post 2020 in Energy Intensive Industries

Commissioned by: from Governments of the Netherlands, Germany, France and the United Kingdom
and from Heidelberg Cement and Tata Steel Europe

Carbon Pricing for Low Carbon Investment

Commissioned by: Climate Policy Initiative and Climate Strategies

Study on the future shape of the special compensation regulation under § 40 ff. EEG

Commissioned by: Ministerium für Wirtschaft, Klimaschutz, Energie
und Landesplanung Rheinland-Pfalz

Investigation on the energy savings potential of the successor model from 2013 to the tax incentives on energy and electricity tax for companies in the manufacturing industry as well as in agriculture and forestry

Commissioned by: Finance Ministry

Energy Efficiency in the Building Sector

Policies to finance energy efficiency: An applied welfare assessment

Commissioned by: European Investment Bank

Policy instruments to improve the energy efficiency of buildings

Commissioned by: Climate Policy Initiative

Cross-cutting

Dialogue on the economics of climate change: concomitant activities for the BMBF funding program "economics of climate change"

Funded by: Federal Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF)

Modelling the EU ETS: Stability through a permit reserve

Funded by: Mercator Stiftung

EU Climate and Energy Policy post 2020

Commissioned by: Network Climate Strategies

Report - Staying with the Leaders: Europe's Path to a Successful Low-Carbon Economy

Commissioned by: Climate Strategies

Planetary Economics

Funded by: Co-funding DIW Berlin

Convergence in European Climate Policy and Governance - Lessons from Germany and Poland

Commissioned by: Mercator Stiftung