Governing the Energy Transition: Decentralized Actors, Digitalization, Financing
The Sustainable Energy System of the Future: Polycentric and Digital
For the energy transition in Germany to succeed, the energy system must be redesigned: On the one hand, many decentralized actors must be integrated, both technically and organizationally. On the other hand, the newly emerging polycentric energy system must be designed in a sustainable way - in other words, higher-level rules should focus on environmentally, economically and socially just implementation. How do current framework conditions and institutions have to change for this? In six qualifiying theses, the SteuerBoard Energie junior research group is investigating how digital applications can support this change process and what kind of financing options are available.
The Project
Digitalization
Financing
How will the transformation of the energy system be financed? SteuerBoard Energie examines different options.
Polycentricity
Many steering actors at different levels need a regulatory framework. The SteuerBoard Energie project is investigating how.
News
Life cycle assessment shows: Households participating in virtual pools of photovoltaic storage systems contribute to environmental and climate protection
If photovoltaic battery storage systems are virtually interconnected, they can take over such stabilizing services for the energy system as the previous large-scale power plants. The Institute for Ecological Economy Research (IÖW) has now conducted a detailed life cycle assessment to evaluate the environmental effects of such a virtual network.
Workshop on life cycle assessment of smart energy use cases
Junior research group members Hannes Bluhm and Swantje Gährs together with Daniela Wohlschlager (Forschungsstelle für Energiewirtschaft), Severin Beucker (Borderstep Institute), Johanna Pohl (TU Berlin) and Magnus Fröhling (TU Munich) organized an expert workshop on the topic of Life Cycle Assessment of Smart Energy Use Cases on November 7, 2022.
Jan Wiesenthal now in the council for the Bündnis Bürgerenergie
Junior research group doctoral student Jan Wiesenthal has been appointed to the council for the Bündnis Bürgerenergie. His concern and motivation as a member of the council is to strengthen citizens as actors in the energy transition: "It is close to my heart to support and advise the Bündnis Bürgerenergie in its goal of an energy supply supported by citizens with my scientific findings," says Wiesenthal.
