Prof. Karsten Neuhoff, Ph.D.

Prof. Karsten Neuhoff, Ph.D.

Head of Department of the

Climate Policy Department

Research Topics and Working Areas

Karsten Neuhoff leads the Climate Policy Department at the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin) and is Professor at the Institute for Economics and Law of Technical University Berlin. He holds a PhD in Economics from Cambridge University and Master in Physics from Heidelberg University. His research focus on the economics and financing of a low-carbon transformation in the power, industry and building sector. He investigates how policies and markets can be designed to achieve carbon neutrality. In research and advice projects for national governments, EU Commission and international organizations and as board member of the research network Climate Strategies he brings together multi-disciplinary teams and engages stakeholders to enhance quality, relevance, and uptake of the research. He (co-)authored the books “Planetary Economics: Energy, Climate Change and the three domains of sustainable development” and “Climate Policy after Copenhagen - The Role of Carbon Pricing.”

Publications

Nature Climate Change

China's Emissions Trading Takes Steps Towards Big Ambitions

2018 | Frank Jotzo, Valerie Karplus, Michael Grubb, Andreas Löschel, Karsten Neuhoff, Libo Wu, Fei Teng
Journal of Cleaner Production

A Review of Technology and Policy Deep Decarbonization Pathway Options for Making Energy-Intensive Industry Production Consistent with the Paris Agreement

2018 | Chris Bataille, Max Åhman, Karsten Neuhoff, Lars J. Nilsson, Manfred Fischedick, Stefan Lechtenböhmer, Baltazar Solano-Rodriquez, Amandine Denis-Ryan, Seton Stiebert, Henri Waisman, Oliver Sartor, Shahrzad Rahbar
The Energy Journal

Power Markets with Renewables: New Perspectives for the European Target Model

2016 | Karsten Neuhoff, Sophia Wolter, Sebastian Schwenen
Journal of Environmental Economics and Management

The Economics of the EU ETS Market Stability Reserve: Introduction

2016 | Cameron Hepburn, Karsten Neuhoff, William Acworth, Dallas Burtraw, Frank Jotzo
Energy Economics

FTR Allocations to Ease Transition to Nodal Pricing: An Application to the German Power System

2016 | Friedrich Kunz, Karsten Neuhoff, Juan Rosellón
Diskussionspapiere 2114 / 2025

Industry Transition to Climate Neutrality: Comparing Policy Approaches in Times of Geopolitical Fragmentation

2025| Till Köveker, Fernanda Ballesteros, Franziska Klaucke, Antonia Kurz, Karsten Neuhoff, Paula Niemöller, Sangeeth Selvaraju
DIW aktuell ; 114 : Sonderausgaben zur Bundestagswahl 2025 / 2025

Grundstoffindustrie braucht wirksamen Ausgleich von international unterschiedlichen CO2-Kosten

2025| Karsten Neuhoff, Fernanda Ballesteros, Till Köveker
DIW Wochenbericht 49 / 2024

Versorgungssicherheitsreserve kann Strommarkt absichern und Flexibilität erschließen

2024| Karsten Neuhoff, Claudia Kemfert, Martin Kittel, Franziska Klaucke, Alexander Roth, Wolf-Peter Schill, Leon Stolle
Externe Monographien

Industrial Decarbonisation in a Fragmented World:: An Effective Carbon Price with a ‘Climate Contribution’

London: Grantham Research Institute, 2025, 13 S.
(Policy Insight)
| Karsten Neuhoff, Misato Sato, Fernanda Ballesteros, Christoph Böhringer
Refereed essays Web of Science

Contracting Matters: Hedging Producers and Consumers With a Renewable Energy Pool

In: The Energy Journal (2025), im Ersch. [online first_2025-03-20] | Karsten Neuhoff, Fernanda Ballesteros, Mats Kröger, Jörn C. Richstein
Refereed essays Web of Science

Nobody Decides for All — Modeling Incentives and Policies for Closing the Material Loop

In: Ecological Economics 227 (2025), 108407, 19 S. | Xi Sun, Karsten Neuhoff
Externe Monographien

Enhancing Comparability and Credibility of Transition Plans and Transition Risk Assessment with Standardized Net Zero Scenarios

WPSF, 2024, 20 S.
(Policy Brief / Wissenschaftsplattform Sustainable Finance ; 2/2024)
| Franziska Schütze, Fernanda Ballesteros, Alexandra Hüttel, Karol Kempa, Ulf Moslener, Karsten Neuhoff, Gireesh Shrimali
Refereed essays Web of Science

Catalyzing the Transition to a Climate-Neutral Industry with Carbon Contracts for Difference: Commentary

In: Joule 8 (2024),12, S. 3233-3238 | Jörn C. Richstein, Vasilios Anatolitis, Robin Blömer, Lennart Bunnenberg, Jakob Dürrwächter, Johannes Eckstein, Karl- Martin Ehrhart, Nele Friedrichsen, Till Köveker, Sascha Lehmann, Oliver Lösch, Felix Christian Matthes, Karsten Neuhoff, Paula Niemöller, Matia Riemer, Falko Ueckerdt, Jakob Wachsmuth, Runxi Wang, Jenny Winkler

Lectures

Vortrag

Grüne Transformation in einer fragmentierten Welt

Karsten Neuhoff
München, 16.12.2024
| Klimapolitik nach Baku: VBW-Konferenz
Vortrag

Power Market Design to Unlock Flexibility to Realize the Full Value of Wind and Solar and to Reduce System Costs​

Karsten Neuhoff
Edinburgh, Großbritannien, 10.12.2024
| Scottish Roundtable on Electricity Markets: University of Edinburgh
Vortrag

Klimaschutzverträge als Ergänzung zum EU-Zertifikatehandel

Karsten Neuhoff
Köln, 09.12.2024
| Herausforderungen der Klimapolitik: Ringvorlesung des Instituts für Wirtschaftspolitik , Universität Köln
Vortrag

Climate Leaders and Laggards in the Steel Industry – Transition Risks under an Accelerated Climate Neutrality Scenario

Karsten Neuhoff, Fernanda Ballesteros
Paris, Frankreich, 02.12.2024
| Supervisory Approaches to Transition Risk Assessment: Research Workshop, European Banking Authority (EBA) and LSE Centre for Economic Transition Expertise (CETEx)
Vortrag

Drei zentrale Reformschritte für verlässlich kostengünstige Stromversorgung

Karsten Neuhoff
Berlin, 06.11.2024
| Forschungslücken in Bezug auf die Circular Economy: Workshop der Bertelsmann-Stiftung

Research Projects

Research Project

Drivers of residential energy use for heating and cooling and thermal retrofit decisions

Current Project| Climate Policy, German Socio-Economic Panel study
Research Project

Leibniz-Lab "Systemic Sustainability"

Current Project| Climate Policy
Research Project

Non-Emission Products and Services in Sweden

Current Project| Climate Policy
Research Project

WinIt – Scientific Analyses of Industrial Transformation

Current Project| Climate Policy
Research Project

Assessment and Further Development of the Renewable Energy Act

Completed Project| Climate Policy
Research Project

Carbon Control Post 2020 in Energy Intensive Industries

Completed Project| Climate Policy
Research Project

Carbon Pricing for Low Carbon Investment

Completed Project| Climate Policy
Research Project

Distribution effects of the Renewable Energy Act

Completed Project| Climate Policy
Research Project

Emission Trading System in the Republic of Korea

Completed Project| Climate Policy
Research Project

Inclusion of Consumption in Emissions Trading

Completed Project| Climate Policy
Research Project

Modelling the EU ETS: Stability through a permit reserve

Completed Project| Climate Policy
Research Project

Next generation of RES-E policy instruments

Completed Project| Climate Policy
Research Project

Options for a per-capita rebate of revenues from CO2 pricing

Completed Project| Climate Policy
Research Project

Planetary Economics

Completed Project| Climate Policy
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