The paper analyses the potential of the hydrogen economy in German districts and cities. The paper focuses particularly on regions suffering from strong ongoing structural change. The assessment is based on quantitative indicators for the supply structures (renewable energy, pipeline network),...

The German "traffic light" (Ampel) coalition has set ambitious new energy transition targets. Using an open data tool developed at DIW Berlin, we discuss the progress and challenges of selected indicators. Since the government took over, photovoltaic capacity increased by 45 % to 87 GW by April...