Innovative climate protection contracts could secure and promote investments in energy-efficient building refurbishment or heating technology. In doing so, they address two key obstacles, a new EWI study shows.

European and national climate targets require a much faster expansion of renewables and H2-ready gas-fired power plants. The sectoral target for the energy sector could be undercut by 20 Mt CO₂e. as a new EWI analysis shows.

Due to global economic recovery, coal-fired power generation reached a new all-time high in 2021. This and more is shown by the IEA study “Coal 2021 – Analysis and forecast to 2024”, to which two EWI researchers contributed.

Prices on the electricity exchange in 2021 were the highest in at least 20 years. A new brief EWI analysis investigates the factors that led to the rise in wholesale electricity prices in 2021.

On January 1, 2022, the Institute of Energy Economics will join the renowned Johannes Rau Research Foundation. Intensive cooperation with the other JRF institutes is planned, especially in networking, research, and promoting junior scientists.

How can Germany become climate neutral? At EWI Insights, EWI researchers Berit Hanna Czock and Lena Pickert presented details from the EWI’s expert report in the context of the “dena-Leitstudie Aufbruch Klimaneutralität” (dena pilot Study Climate Neutrality 2045).

Ammonia is an essential feedstock for the chemical industry. Green ammonia represents a low-carbon alternative to the emission-intensive, natural gas-based ammonia used today. In a policy brief, EWI discusses the most cost-effective sourcing options for green ammonia. The Institute publishes a com-prehensive analysis tool.

Director Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Ketter leaves the Institute of Energy Economics at the University of Cologne (EWI) on December 31, 2021, for personal reasons. EWI is very grateful for his contributions.

Experts from science, politics, and business discuss rising energy prices, climate protection, and the energy industry’s digital transformation at the EWI Energy Summit.