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Chair of Climate and Energy Policy
The Chair of Climate and
Energy Policy empirically and theoretically explores how the
transition to a low-carbon economy and current economic goals can be
made mutually supportive through policy change.
For this
purpose, the Chair analyses and compares the national implementations
of regulatory frameworks and supports decision makers in designing
policies to reach the common targets of sustainability, effectiveness
/ competitiveness and security of supply. We transfer the new
perspectives resulting from the low-carbon transformation to our
academic work in the areas of energy economics, industrial economics
and theory of regulation.
Our research methods cover
quantitative and qualitative analyses, modelling and assessments of
trade-offs. Our research approach is to ensure robustness and
relevance of analysis, with early stakeholder engagement, separate
review of methodology and sector expertise, as well as a cooperation
within an international expert network of Climate Strategies [1].
Given the short historical track record of many instruments that are
analysed, cross-country comparisons receive particular attention.
Focus area "Power Market & Renewable
Energies"
In the electricity sector, the
implementation of the third EU package for the internal energy market
had to be completed by 2014. It could be already seen that further
steps were needed to ensure that the electricity market offers the
flexibility that is necessary for an effective integration of
renewable energies. Here, analyses are carried out in close
cooperation with national and European regulators and system
operators. Instruments to promote renewable energies are analysed and
modelled. Further questions concern the conditions for investments in
production, storage and networks. Based on modelling the development
in European emissions trading, policy proposals for backloading and
structural reform are evaluated.
Focus area "Energy Efficiency in the Building
Sector"
To encourage investment in energy
efficiency in buildings, different national and European Union
financial support mechanisms for energy retrofits are evaluated and
the interactions with information, guidance and training programs as
well as efficiency standards are analysed. The macroeconomic impact of
energy efficiency policies in the housing sector is investigated in
cooperation with the department of Forecasting and Economic Policy. In
cooperation with ista Germany GmbH, a leading energy billing service
company, the department develops annually the “Wärmemonitor” to
inform about energy use and cost in Germany and in its regions,
exploring energy consumption data of 3 million apartments.
Focus area "Low-Carbon Development of the Industry Sector"
The sectoral roadmaps of the eEnergy intensive industries have developed sectoral roadmaps outlineing investment opportunities in energy efficiency, new production processes and materials in order to make significant contributions to European Union emission reduction objectives. The department is assessing the progress in realizing these such opportunities and the success of different policy instruments to date and analysing what policy mix will be required for further progress. To this end, the department is leading projects with the European research network Climate Strategies on: empirical evaluations of energy intensive sectors; a model comparison exercise of the European Union Emission Trading System; and on different reform options currently discussed at the European Union level.
The Chair of Energy and Climate Policy works closely together with
the Department Climate Policy at DIW Berlin. [2]
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