Part I : Introduction, Scenario Description and Model Coupling Approach -- Chapter 1 - Introduction ( Dominik Möst, Steffi Schreiber and Martin Jakob) -- Chapter 2 - Scenario Storyline in Context of Decarbonization Pathways for a Future European Energy System ( Andrea Herbst, Steffi Schreiber,...

The increasing use of energy from renewable sources (RE) for the generation of heat and electricity in Germany has also led to an increasingly intensive debate on its advantages and disadvantages. The discussion mostly centers on the cost effects, because beneficial effects often are harder to...