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Dispatchable power plants are necessary for security of supply. For them to be climate-neutral, they must be decarbonized. The EWI analyzes three fuel options: renewable and low-carbon hydrogen, and natural gas with CCS.
The RFNBO criteria specify which electricity may be used to produce green hydrogen. The impact of these criteria on costs and capacities in the hydrogen market was discussed at the EWI Insights webinar.
The EU criteria for the production of green hydrogen are repeatedly criticized by experts. A new EWI study shows how the so-called RFNBO criteria affect the costs of individual projects and the energy system as a whole.
At the Young Energy Economists and Engineers Seminar (YEEES), young researchers from all over Europe presented their current work. The event focused on key questions of the energy transition. For the first time, YEEES took place in Cologne.
Unavoidable waste heat can be used to heat buildings in heating networks in a climate-neutral way. Continuous waste heat sources such as data centers can be particularly economical to use, as the system value could be higher than the costs of development.
The EWI Global PtX Cost Tool V2.1 enables the analysis of production and transport costs for green hydrogen and its derivatives worldwide. The production of hydrogen in the EU could also be cheaper in the long term than imports by ship.
In a recent report, BET and EWI, commissioned by the BMWE, analyze various studies on the energy transition through a meta-analysis. From the inventory, action options to increase cost efficiency are derived.
Der wissenschaftliche Beirat des EWI hat in Köln getagt. Diskutiert wurden aktuelle Forschungsschwerpunkte und strategische Weiterentwicklungen des Instituts. Zudem stellten Forschende laufende Forschungsarbeiten vor.
Decentralized flexibilities could reduce costs in the wholesale electricity market. However, to avoid overloads and excessive expansion in the distribution grid, local coordination mechanisms are necessary.