In its Climate Action Programme 2030, the German government presented concrete measures for the country to reach its 2030 climate target: a reduction of greenhouse gas levels by 55 percent below 1990 levels. At the same time, the German government officially declared its aim to take a leading position in Sustainable Finance. Hence, the country intends to underpin the transformation to a low-carbon...
The first Corona edition (SOEPnewsletter April 2020) with links to result of the Leibniz evaluation of the SOEP at DIW Berlin, results of the 2019 SOEP User Survey, data news (SOEP-IS, SOEP-Core and LIS/LWS), SOEP staff news and some more
Using electricity for heating can contribute to decarbonization and provide flexibility to integrate variable re-newable energy. We analyze the case of electric storage heaters in German 2030 scenarios with an open-sourceelectricity sector model. We find that flexible electric heaters generally increase the use of generation tech-nologies with low variable costs, which are not necessarily renewables. ...
