The National Energy Transitions Team (NETT) explores national transition pathways towards net-zero green-house-gas emissions. We analyze country-specific technology and policy options in the context of international climate targets. With our work, we generate scientific knowledge that enables policy makers to facilitate the energy transition.
The team has a background in physics, economics, engineering, and political science and conducts research and policy advice in the field of climate change mitigation and energy system transformation with focus on the following topics:
- renewable energy, electrification, sector coupling, hydrogen and e-fuels
- wind and solar power system integration and representation in scenario models
- national and global scenario modeling, e.g., EU and German transition pathways and policy targets
- climate policies to achieve policy targets and overcome barriers, eg carbon pricing, emission standards, feed-in tariffs, carbon contracts for difference, and others
- sectoral studies: transport, industry and buildings
2021
- Pietzcker, R. C., Osorio, S., Rodrigues, R. (2021): Tightening EU ETS targets in line with the European Green Deal: Impacts on the decarbonization of the EU power sector. Applied Energy; 293, 116914, doi: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2021.116914.
- Ueckerdt, F., Bauer, C., Dirnaichner, A., Everall, J., Sacchi, R., Luderer, G. (2021): Potential and risks of hydrogen-based e-fuels in climate change mitigation. Nature Climate Change, doi: 10.1038/s41558-021-01032-7.
- Baumstark, L., Bauer, N., Benke, F., Bertram, C., Bi, S., Gong, C, Dietrich, J. P., Dirnaichner, A., Giannousakis A., Hilaire, J., Klein, D., Koch, J., Leimbach, M., Levesque, A., Madeddu, S., Malik, A., Merfort, A., Merfort, L., Odenweller, A., Pehl, M., Pietzcker, R. C., Piontek, F., Rauner, S., Rodrigues, R., Rottoli, M., Schreyer, F., Schultes, A., Soergel, B., Soergel, D., Strefler, J., Ueckerdt, F., Kriegler, E., Luderer, G. (2021): REMIND2.1: Transformation and innovation dynamics of the energy-economic system within climate and sustainability limits. Geoscientific Model Development, 85, doi: 10.5194/gmd-2021-85.
2020
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Schreyer, F., Luderer, G., Rodrigues, R., Pietzcker, R. C., Baumstark, L., Sugiyama, M., Brecha, R. J., Ueckerdt, F. (2020): Common but differentiated leadership: Strategies and challenges for carbon neutrality by 2050 across industrialized economies. Environmental Research Letters, 15(11), 114016, doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/abb852.
- Madeddu, S., Ueckerdt, F., Pehl, M., Peterseim, J., Lord, M., Kumar, K. A., Krueger, C., Luderer, G. (2020): The CO2 reduction potential for the European industry via direct electrification of heat supply (power-to-heat). Environmental Research Letters, 15, doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/abbd02.
- Ershad, M. A., Pietzcker, R. C., Ueckerdt, F., Luderer, G. (2020): Managing power demand from air conditioning benefits solar PV in India scenarios for 2040, Energies 13 (9), 222, doi: 10.3390/en13092223.
2019
- Burdon, R., Hughes, L., Lord, M., Madeddu, S., Ueckerdt, F., Wang, C. (2019): Innovation and export opportunities of the energy transition. Insights from the Australian-German Energy Transition Hub, September 2019, available at: https://www.energy-transition-hub.org/resource/innovation-and-export-opportunities-energy-transition.
- Falko Ueckerdt and his paper on hydrogen-based e-fuels in Spiegel online, The Guardian, Tagesspiegel, and Handelsblatt
- Silvia Madeddu in: Industry outlook: The way forward is electrification, available at: https://www.kanthal.com/en/news-stories/news-feed/news-media/2021/04/industry-outlook-the-way-forward-is-electrification/
- Robert Pietzcker in "Das Ende der Kohleverstromung wie wir sie kennen", https://www.klimareporter.de/gesellschaft/das-ende-der-kohleverstromung-wie-wir-sie-kennen
- Silvia Madeddu in: The paper industry’s burning secret, https://energymonitor.ai/sector/industry/the-paper-industrys-burning-secret
- Silvia Madeddu in: Separating Hype from Hydrogen – Part Two: The Demand Side, https://about.bnef.com/blog/liebreich-separating-hype-from-hydrogen-part-two-the-demand-side/
- Falko Ueckerdt interviewed by Deutschlandfunk, https://www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/neues-buch-von-bill-gates-klimaziel-null-prozent.1008.de.html?dram:article_id=492600
- Falko Ueckerdt interviewed by deutschland.de, „Climate protection made in Germany”, https://www.deutschland.de/en/topic/environment/climate-protection-germany-combats-climate-change-worldwide
- Felix Schreyer and Falko Ueckerdt present interactive scenario tools:
https://climatescenarios.org/countries-pathways/
https://climatescenarios.org/sector-transition/
Pietzcker, R.C., Osorio, S., Rodrigues, R. (2021): Tightening EU ETS targets in line with the European Green Deal: Impacts on the decarbonization of the EU power sector. Applied Energy 293, 116914. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2021.116914
New publication in Nature Climate Change on the role of hydrogen-based e-fuels.
This figure categorizes end-use sectors and suggests a "merit order" of where to prioritize hydrogen demand.
Ueckerdt, F., Bauer, C., Dirnaichner, A., Everall, J., Sacchi, R., Luderer, G. (2021, forthcoming): Potential and risks of hydrogen-based e-fuels in climate change mitigation. link to paper
Nature Climate Change. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41558-021-01032-7
Covered in: Spiegel online, The Guardian, Tagesspiegel, Handelsblatt
Team
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Dr. Robert Pietzcker Co-Lead and Senior Scientist |
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Dr. Falko Ueckerdt Co-Lead and Senior Scientist |
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Ahmad Murtaza Ershad Doctoral Researcher |
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Joanna Sitarz Doctoral Researcher |
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Dr. Silvia Madeddu PostDoc |
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Dr. Renato Rodrigues PostDoc |
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Felix Schreyer Doctoral Researcher |
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