Integrated sustainability assessment and optimization of energy systems
The political debate on sustainable energy supply is currently narrowing largely to a climate protection at justifiable costs for citizens and industry discussion. With this focus, numerous…
Local economic development through renewable energy projects in Algeria
The economic opportunities associated with the development of renewable energy are a strong argument to motivate and support RE deployment. GWS has contributed decisively to method development…
Reconsidering the Role of Energy and Resource Productivity for Economic Growth, and Developing Policy Options for Capping Macro-Level Rebound Effects
The BMBF funded 3-year project focuses on the phenomenon that, despite the fact that significant progress in efficiency was achieved in the past 40 years, the overall consumption of energy and…
"BEniVer": Accompanying research for the funding initiative "Energy Transition in Transport": developing options for research, development, production, and market launch of alternative fuels
The accompanying scientific research project "BEniVer" comprehensively analyses the development of alternative fuels. The aim is to network the 15 technical research projects of the funding…
Analysis of German exports and imports of technology goods for the use of renewable energy and other energy technology goods
The economic side of the energy system transformation in Germanyis often discussed in a shortened form along the lines of cost burdens and additional expenses. The transformation of the energy…
Energy-economy modelling with renewable energy scenarios
The main goal is the development of an energy-economy model e3.dz for Algeria and to enable Algerian partners to use the model for the projection and analysis of economic effects from the…
The labour impacts of decarbonization strategies in Latin America and the Caribbean
The project aims at developing a multiregional input-output projection model to quantify the effects on employment and GHG emissions of decarbonization strategies in Latin American countries and…
Improve the timeliness of environmental data and indicators, and their use for policy advice
One of the main tasks of the Federal Environment Agency is to provide data on the environment. They provide information on environmental pollution and environmental status in Germany and are an…
SYMOBIO: Systemic Monitoring and modelling of the bioeconomy
The project explores and develops scientific basis for a systemic monitoring and modelling of the bioeconomy (BE) in Germany. The three year project, led by University of Kassel, is sponsored by…
Socio-economic scenarios as basis for vulnerability analysis for Germany
Vulnerability to the effects of climate change has been assessed in a cross-sectoral assessment for the first time for Germany in 2015. Regions and systems have been identified that are…