The controllable power plant capacity in NRW is decreasing due to the coal phase-out. In a current study, the EWI examines the security of supply of the electricity system in 2030 from a market and a network perspective.

The Council of Experts on Climate Change comments on the Climate Action Programme 2023. Significant emission reductions are possible with it, but there is still a gap to the KSG targets. EWI Director Marc Oliver Bettzüge is part of the five-member panel.

Clusters can accelerate the market ramp-up of hydrogen. How hydrogen clusters work, what the status quo is in Germany, and what options at the moment exist are discussed in a policy brief by EWI.

Rising demand and the coal phase-out are changing the energy market. The German government has announced a power plant strategy for summer 2023 to ensure security of supply. The EWI discusses targets as well as design and governance.

EWI welcomes Jun.-Prof. Dr. Oliver Ruhnau as Research Scientist at the Institute from July 2023. Ruhnau is an expert in energy economics as well as the sustainable transformation of energy systems and strengthens the EWI in the field of energy market design.

The latest event in the EWI-Insights series focused on the draft of the Building Energy Act (BEA), its planned adjustments, as well as critical success factors for implementing the Wärmewende.

The draft of the Building Energy Act (GEG) calls for 65 percent renewable energy for the operation of new heating systems. This would lead to an increase in the use of heat pumps and district heating networks. However, the necessary conditions for this are not yet fully in place.

Economies of scale could reduce costs in the hydrogen value chain. Central to this are external economies of scale enabled by an institutional framework, experience, technological development, and geographic conditions.

At the 15th CEMS Model UNFCCC Roleplay, more than 100 international students from across Europe simulated United Nations climate negotiations. EWI Director Marc Oliver Bettzüge hosted the conference.