Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research ISI

Up to 28 percent fewer greenhouse gas emissions than a top-range diesel; up to 42 percent fewer than a small gasoline car: Whoever buys and uses a battery-powered electric car in Germany today emits much less CO2 and other greenhouse gases over an average useful life of 13 years than a car with a conventional internal combustion engine. This is the result of a study by Fraunhofer ISI on the carbon footprint of electric cars.

The NEST Winter School on “Methodologies and Methods for Sustainability Transitions Research“ takes place at Fraunhofer ISI between March 11 and 15, 2019.

We accompany the event via blog and Twitter.

The development of automated and connected driving is often associated with a shift of the entire transport sector in the direction of a more efficient, cost-effective, flexible and climate-friendlier system. Fraunhofer ISI estimates the consequences of introducing these technologies in a study, and quantifies their contribution to climate protection in Germany’s transport sector up to the year 2050.

Institutions from 14 EU countries have come together in the recently launched EU project SPARTA to conduct research on joint strategies, technologies and competencies in cybersecurity. The project will contribute to establishing a globally leading competence center for cybersecurity based in the EU and to making Europe more independent in this field.

The final workshop of the project REFLEX (Analysis of the European energy system under the aspects of flexibility and technological progress) is taking place on 3^rd April 2019 in Brussels. The registration for the stakeholder workshop »Flexibility and Technological Progress in a Multi-Coupled European Energy System« is possible until 25^th March 2019.  

A new study by the Fraunhofer Institute for System and Innovation Research ISI, commissioned by the Coalition for Energy Savings, finds that tapping all available cost-effective savings potentials across sectors could halve the EU’s energy demand by 2050 and provides new insights in how societal trends - such as digitalisation, new economic and social models, the transition to a circular and decarbonised economy and a new quality of life - could further enhance those potentials.