Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Eichhammer

Projektkoordinator zahlreicher internationaler und nationaler Studien zur rationellen Energienutzung, zum Klimaschutz und zu Erneuerbaren Energien. Technischer Koordinator des ODYSSEE-MURE Projekts für Energieeffizienzindikatoren und -politiken (www.odyssee-mure.eu). Technischer Berater der EU-Kommission, u. a. für die Umsetzung des EU Emissionshandels (Benchmarking), der EU Effort Sharing Decision, der EU-Richtlinie zu Energiedienstleistung sowie deren Nachfolger, der EU Energieeffizienz-Richtlinie. Beratung für mehrere internationale Organisationen in diesen Bereichen wie Weltbank, Internationale Energieagentur, UNIDO etc. Internationale Erfahrung in Asien (Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesien, China, Südkorea), Ost- und Südosteuropa (Serbien, Russland), Nordafrika (Marokko, Ägypten, Tunesien, Algerien) und Süd-/Mittelamerika (Mexiko, Brasilien, Chile).

• Professur für Energieeffizienz und Energiesystemmodellierung an der Utrecht Universität Niederlande, Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development

• Assessing the impact of high energy prices on the economic potentials for energy savings in the EU
• DG ENER - Assessment Tool (Technical assistance to develop tool for assessing energy efficiency policies and measures)
• ENEFIRST – Making Energy Efficiency First principle operational (on behalf of the European Commission) (2019-2021)
• EnTEC - Energy Transition Expertise Centre
• ETS Korea – Support for the implementation of an Emission Trading System (ETS) in the Republic of Korea (2016-2019)
  
• German Sustainable Heating Solutions – Best Practices and Applicability in China
  
• MICAT - Multiple Impacts Calculation Tool
• NewTRENDs - New Trends in Energy Demand Modeling
• OPTRES100 – Energy System Optimization for Promoting Large-scale Utilization of Renewable Energy (on behalf of the German Ministry of Education and Research) (2018-2021)
• Power-to-X in Marokko – Länderübergreifende Beratung und Unterstützung von bilateralen Energiepartnerschaften mit EL und SL (on behalf of Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH) (2018-2019)
• ODYSSEE-MURE – Monitoring EU energy efficiency first principle and policy implementation: Technical co-ordinator (together with ENERDATA, France) for the EU Odyssee-MURE project on energy efficiency indicators and on the evaluation of energy efficiency measures in the EU28 (EU Horizon 2020 Framework Programme) (2019–2021)
• Service contract on market testing for low-carbon innovation support to energy intensive industry and to power generation (on behalf of DG Climate Action) (2016-2018)
• Study on Energy Savings Scenarios 2050. Commissioned by The Coalition for Energy Savings as part of the project “Developing a 2050 Energy Efficiency Vision” (2018)
• 5th Asean Energy Outlook (AEO5) (on behalf of GIZ and the Asean Center for Energy ACE/Jakarta) (2016/2017)
• Conception of an Innovation Fund for the EU Emission Trading Scheme. Directorate General for Climate Action, EU Commission (2016/2017)
• Study on Energy Efficiency for Low-Income Households for the ITRE Committee. Directorate-General for Internal Policies, Policy Department Economic and Scientific Policy. European Union, 2016.
• Scientific support concerning questions for the development of a Governance System for the 2030 Climate and Energy Frame (on behalf of the German Ministry of Economic Affairs) (2016–2016)
• Evaluation of the Benchmarks for the Third Phase of the EU ETS (on behalf of DG Climate Action) (2014–2016)
• Study evaluating the current energy efficiency policy framework in the EU and providing orientation on policy options for realising the cost-effective energy-efficiency/saving potential until 2020 and beyond (on behalf of DG ENER) (2013–2014)
• Climate Scenarios 2050 (on behalf of the German Ministry of the Environment) (2013–2015)
• Analysis of Energy Efficiency Potentials for the Manufacturing Sector in Germany in the frame of the follow-up model for tax reliefs on energy and electricity taxes after 2013 (2012–2013)
• Realizing energy use reductions in Europe: Assessing the feasibility and impacts of legally binding energy efficiency targets (on behalf of European Climate Foundation ECF / Regulatory Assistance Project RAP) (2013)
• The upfront investments required to double energy savings in the European Union in 2020 (on behalf of Regulatory Assistance Project RAP)
  
• Establishment of the First and the Second National Energy Efficiency Action Plan for Luxemburg (on behalf of the Ministry for Economic Affairs Luxemburg)
  
• Concrete Paths of the European Union to the 2°C Scenario: Achieving the Climate Protection Targets of the EU by 2050 through Structural Change, Energy Savings and Energy Efficiency Technologies. Investigation for the reduction of energy de-mand in the EU27 at the time horizon 2050 (on behalf of the German Ministry of the Environment)
  
• Investigation of the local manufacturing potential for Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) in North Africa (on behalf of the World Bank)
  
• Support for the German Ministry of Economic Affairs on the development of a monitoring system for measures developed under the EU Directive for Energy Efficiency and Energy Services.
  
• Benchmarking of industrial processes in the frame of the EU Emission Trading scheme (on behalf of DG Environment)
  
• Development of a renewables strategy for Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) in North Africa (on behalf of the World Bank and in collaboration with the EU Mediterranean Solar Plan)
  
• Evaluation of greenhouse gas policies and measures under the European Climate Change Programme ECCP (DG Environment)
  
• Investigation on the costs of the climate and energy package of the German government (on behalf of the German Environment Ministry)
  
• Investigation of the energy efficiency potentials for DG TrEn in the frame of the EU Directive on Energy Efficiency and Energy Services
  
• Advice for the German Ministry of Economic Affairs and the Ministry of Economic Affairs in Luxembourg on the national implementation of the EU Directive on Energy Efficiency and Energy Services
  
• Evaluation of the Worldbank/GEF portfolio on Concentrating Solar Power
  
• Evaluation of CO₂ reduction options of the industrial sector in the frame of the European Emission Trading Scheme (several projects on behalf of a variety of European electricity and gas supply companies)
  
• Development of renewable energy policy for the Government of Morocco and the German Society for Technical Cooperation GTZ
  
• Evaluation of World Bank's portfolio on concentrating solar power generation (in co-operation with CSIR South-Africa and CSIRO Australia).

• Zheng, L.; Eckstein, J.; Weissenburger, B.; Gibescu, M.; Eichhammer, W. (2025): Constructing the hydrogen demand curve for road transport: Case studies for Germany and China. In: Energy Conversion and Management: X, p. 100993. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecmx.2025.100993.
• European Commission, Directorate-General for Research and Innovation, Kisielewicz, J., Lonsdale, J., Audino, A. et al., Research and innovation for climate neutrality by 2050 – Challenges, opportunities and the path forward, Publications Office of the European Union, 2024, https://data.europa.eu/doi/10.2777/459259
• Kong, L.; Li, J.; Eichhammer, W. (2024): Intensification of moisture separation in the pulp convective drying process with ultrasound-assisted method. In: Bioresource Technology, 394, p. 130226. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2023.130226.
• Wesche, J. P.; Negro, S. O.; Brugger, H. I.; Eichhammer, W.; Hekkert, M. P. (2023): The influence of visions on cooperation among interest organizations in fragmented socio‐technical systems. In: Environmental Policy and Governance. https://doi.org/10.1002/eet.2070.
• Müller, V. P.; Eichhammer, W. (2023): Economic complexity of green hydrogen production technologies - a trade data-based analysis of country-specific industrial preconditions. In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 182, p. 113304. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2023.113304
• Chlechowitz, M.; Reuter, M.; Eichhammer, W. (2022): How first comes energy efficiency? Assessing the energy efficiency first principle in the EU using a comprehensive indicator-based approach. In: Energy Efficiency, 15 (8). DOI: 10.1007/s12053-022-10063-8 
• Bouacida, I.; Wachsmuth, J.; Eichhammer, W. (2022): Impacts of greenhouse gas neutrality strategies on gas infrastructure and costs: implications from case studies based on French and German GHG-neutral scenarios. In: Energy Strategy Reviews, 44, p. 100908. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.esr.2022.100908
  
• Mandel, T.; Pató, Z.; Broc, J.-S.; Eichhammer, W. (2022): Conceptualising the energy efficiency first principle: insights from theory and practice. In: Energy Efficiency, 15 (6). DOI: 10.1007/s12053-022-10053-w
• Eichhammer, W.; Scheuer, S. (2022): Assessing the impact of high energy prices on the economic potentials for energy savings in the EU. 
• Brugger, H.; Eichhammer, W.; Mikova, N.; Dönitz, E. (2021): Energy Efficiency Vision 2050: How will new societal trends influence future energy demand in the European countries? In: Energy Policy, (152), 112216. DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2021.112216 
• Wietschel, M., Eichhammer, W. et al. (2020): What are the opportunities and challenges of importing green hydrogen? Policy Brief. 
• Yu, S.; Fan, Y.; Zhu, L.; Eichhammer, W. (2020): Modeling the emission trading scheme from an agent-based perspective: System dynamics emerging from firms’ coordination among abatement options. In: European Journal of Operational Research, 286 (3), 1113–1128. doi: 10.1016/j.ejor.2020.03.080
• Reuter, M.; Patel, M. K.; Eichhammer, W.; Lapillonne, B. and Pollier, K. (2020): A comprehensive indicator set for measuring multiple benefits of energy efficiency. In: Energy Policy, doi: 10.1016/j.enpol.2020.111284
• Wohlfarth, K., Klingler, A.-L., Eichhammer, W. (2020): The flexibility deployment of the service sector - A demand response modelling approach coupled with evidence from a market research survey. In: Energy Strategy Reviews, doi: 10.1016/j.esr.2020.100460
• Rehfeldt, M., Worrell, E., Eichhammer, W., Fleiter, T. (2020): A review of the emission reduction potential of fuel switch towards biomass and electricity in European basic materials industry until 2030. In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, doi: 10.1016/j.rser.2019.109672 
• Wohlfarth, K.; Worrell, E.; Eichhammer, W. (2019): Energy Efficiency and Demand Response - two sides of the same coin? In: Energy Policy, 137. doi: 10.1016/j.enpol.2019.111070   
• Bhadbhade, N.; Yilmaz, S.; Zuberi, J. S.; Eichhammer, W.; Patel, M. K. (2019): The evolution of energy efficiency in Switzerland in the period 2000–2016. In: Energy, 191 doi: 10.1016/j.energy.2019.116526  
• Chaianong, A.; Bangviwat, A.; Menke, C.; Breitschopf, B.; Eichhammer, W. (2020): Customer economics of residential PV–battery systems in Thailand. In: Renewable Energy, 146, 297–308. doi: 10.1016/j.renene.2019.06.159  
• Mikova, N., Eichhammer, W., Pfluger, B. (2019): Low-carbon energy scenarios 2050 in north-west European countries: Towards a more harmonised approach to achieve the EU targets. In Energy Policy, 130, pp. 448-460. doi: 10.1016/j.enpol.2019.03.047 
  
• Brugger, H. I.; Eichhammer, W. (2019): Studying the impacts of digitalization and further societal trends on energy demand. In: european energy innovation, Autumn 2019, 22–24.
• Reuter, M; Patel, M. K.; Eichhammer, W. (2019): Applying ex post index decomposition analysis to final energy consumption for evaluating European energy efficiency policies and targets. In: Energy Efficieny, first online 11 January 2019, pp. 1-29.
• Yi, B.-W.; Eichhammer, W.; Pfluger, B.; Ying Fan, Y.; Jin-Hua Xue, J.-H. (2019): The Spatial Deployment of Renewable Energy Based on China’s Coal-heavy Generation Mix and Inter-regional Transmission Grid. In: The Energy Journal, Vol. 40, No. 4.
• Eichhammer, W.; Friedrichsen, N.; Healy, S.; Schumacher, K. (2018): Impacts of the Allocation Mechanism Under the Third Phase of the European Emission Trading Scheme. In: Energies 2018, 11(6), 1443.
• Fan, Y.; Eichhammer, W. (2018): Special Issue "Lessons from the Evaluation of Existing Emission Trading Schemes". In: Energies.
  
• Healy, S.; Schumacher, K.; Eichhammer, W. (2018): Analysis of Carbon Leakage under Phase III of the EU Emissions Trading Systems: Trading Patterns in the Cement and Aluminium Sectors. In: Energies 2018, 11(5), 1231. In: Energies 2018, 11(5), 1231.
  
• Eichhammer, W.; Bradke, H.; Weissenberger-Eibl, M. (2018): Energiewende: Chancen bei der Transformation der Industrie aus einer deutschen Perspektive. In: Vogel, T.; Horvath, P. (Hg.): Das Pariser Abkommen und die Industrie. Wie kann Österreich die Chancen der Energiewende nützen? Wien: new academic press, S. 110 – 118.
  
• Repenning, J.; Emele, L.; Blanck, R.; Cook, V.; Harthan, R.; Hermann, K.; Förster, H.; Greiner, B.; Jörß, W.; Loreck, C.; Ludig, S.; Kasten, P.; Matthes, F.; Scheffler, M.; Schumacher, K.; Wiegmann, K.; Zell-Ziegler, C.; Braungardt, S.; Eichhammer, W.; Fleiter, T.; Schlomann, B.; Steinbach, J.; Ziesing, H.J. (2018): Politikszenarien für den Klimaschutz VII. Treibhausgas-Emissionsszenarien bis zum Jahr 2035. In: Climate Change 01/2018.
• Wohlfarth, K.; Eichhammer, W.; Schlomann, B.; Worrell, E. (2018): Tailoring cross-sectional energy-efficiency measures to target groups in industry. In: Energy Efficiency, 11 (5), 1265–1279. doi: 10.1007/s12053-018-9619-7