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If the EU is no longer able or willing to purchase natural gas from Russia, it would have to significantly reduce its consumption already over the summer. This is shown in a new brief analysis by the Institute of Energy Economics (EWI).

The Expert Council on Climate Issues has reviewed and assessed the Federal Environment Agency’s estimate of Germany’s 2021 emissions data. EWI Director Prof. Dr. Marc Oliver Bettzüge is part of the five-member panel.

As the main expert of the dena lead study “Aufbruch Klimaneutralität”, the EWI has shown ways to a climate-neutral energy system in Germany. Others have also dedicated themselves to this topic. The results of the most important studies are now presented in a joint comparison.

Photovoltaics, home storage, electric cars: residential buildings are becoming small energy centres. Whether their integration into regional virtual power plants is worthwhile for the overall system and households was investigated by EWI experts as part of the Virtual Institute Smart Energy (VISE).

Against the backdrop of the war in Ukraine, European imports of fossil fuels are under discussion. An analysis by EWI displays current import structures and analyzes the substitutability of supply volumes.

The current regulation sets little incentives to combine the operation of an electrolyser with the build-up of solar capacity. This is the results of a new EWI Policy Brief.