The development of a green hydrogen economy is changing the import dependencies and value creation potential of European companies. The EWI is investigating the current and possible future geo-economic situation of the EU.

According to the federal government’s targets, net greenhouse gas neutrality should be achieved by 2045. This could require significant quantities of biogenic or synthetic fuels in the building sector, according to a new analysis by the EWI.

In the energy transition, technologies such as electric vehicles and heat pumps are playing an increasingly important role. New research by EWI reveals how flexibility in the energy system impacts costs and benefits for various stakeholders in the electricity market.

A new scientific journal article demonstrates how combining diverse renewable energy sources and locations can significantly reduce costs of producing green hydrogen under temporal matching requirements.

It is still unclear exactly how much hydrogen will be needed in the future. However, the planned core network could supply the load centers in most demand scenarios of existing energy system studies, according to a recent analysis by the EWI.

Together with the Forum for Future Energies, the EWI organized the first “Berlin Science Talk on the Energy Industry”. In keynote speeches and a panel discussion, experts addressed the question “How are electricity prices developing?”

The operation of renewable energy plants is subsidized in Germany. As part of the EEG medium-term forecast, the EWI examines how much renewable electricity can be expected in the coming years – and how much its funding could cost.

Low-carbon hydrogen plays a central role in German climate neutrality scenarios. However, the EWI shows that the currently projected costs could lead to a theoretical financing gap of several billion euros.

The latest edition of the EWI Insights series focused on the most economical heating solution in a climate-neutral energy system and the costs of distribution network infrastructures for heat supply.