Die Technologiekosten erneuerbarer Energien sind in den letzten Jahren stark gefallen. Es hängt jedoch vom Vergütungsrahmen ab, in welchem Umfang StromverbraucherInnen von diesen Kostensenkungen profitieren können. Berechnungen mit einem Finanzierungsmodell zeigen, dass die derzeit geltende...

Cost of renewable energies have dropped, approaching wholesale power price levels. As a result, the role of renewable energy policy design is shifting - from covering incremental costs towards facilitating risk-hedging. An analytical model of the financing structure of renewable investment...

Im Kontext der Energiewende stellt sich die Frage, ob elektrische Speicherheizungen einen Beitrag zur verstärkten Nutzung der fluktuierenden Wind- und Solarenergie und zur Emissionsminderung im Raumwärmebereich leisten können. Im Rahmen eines europäischen Forschungsprojekts wurde am DIW...

This paper investigates the technical and economic potential of energy-intensive industries to provide demand-side management (DSM) in electricity and balancing markets through 2030. Increasing shares of renewables will lead to a rising demand for ancillary services at the same time that less...

Fifth-generation district heating and cooling (5GDHC) is one of the latest trends in the energy transition of the heating sector. These networks are characterized by low temperature levels of 5–40 °C, and they use distributed heat pumps and compression chillers to obtain the required...

One of the root causes behind many of the distortions in today's electricity markets is that short term security of supply is a good without a market as curtailments are typically not priced based on consumer preferences. Consumer choice of reliability levels is thus replaced with administrative...