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Coal will thus remain the largest source of electricity in the world. This is the conclusion of the IEA report “Coal 2019”, in which two EWI researchers were involved.

Renewable energies should cover 65 percent of electricity consumption by 2030. This is the plan of the German government. However, an EWI team has calculated that the share of renewables could only be around 46 percent.

At the 1st Cologne Energy Salon, representatives of energy suppliers and scientists discussed digitisation, the energy transition – and what they mean for the core business of energy suppliers – in an exclusive round.

Users can analyze and visualize the influence of different developments on the merit order of the German power plant fleet.

Annette Becker joins the Institute of Energy Economics at the University of Cologne (EWI) as Managing Director. The experienced science manager comes from the project management organisation of the German Aerospace Center (DLR-PT).

EWI has calculated how the financial burdens for different households will change.