Dr. Barbara Breitschopf

Analyses on policy design, associated risks and cost of capital of the energy transition:

• Analyses on policy design und financing of investments of renewable energies; Impacts of policy design on financing costs (project DiaCore, Reshaping); Policies supporting creation of value added from RES (project RE-Value)
• Analyses on innovation policies in the framework of renewable energy deployment (project Gretchen); Design and evaluation of the institutions for implementing policy measures

Meta-analyses and evaluations on energy efficiency and renewable energy policies:

• Meta-analysis on „impact assessment studies of RES targets“ (EP-project RES-Targets); Meta-analysis on evaluations of energy efficiency policies (project EPATEE);

Socio-economic impacts of the energy transition - costs and benefits of the energy transition:

• Analysis of preferences of energy consumers, investigation of perceived effects of the energy transition (Akzept) and their impact on the acceptance of the energy transition, study on impacts and perceptions of different policies and technologies (Perception) as well as on drivers of energy decisions.
• Impact analyses of the energy transition on competitiveness of industries (project competitiveness); Impact analysis of the EU „Energy Union“ and energy transition on  power prices (EU project EnPric, EnerNorge)
• Methodological studies on costs and benefits of the energy transition, methodological approaches to assess macro-economic impacts of RE deployment (project ImpRES and RE Employ)
• Conceptual  approaches to quantify benefits and distributional impacts of the energy transition

Integration of renewable energies:

• Analyses on integrating renewable energy into the existing power system (project RES Monitoring, PREBS)

EnTEC, European Commission

Systra-Interakt, Fraunhofer ISI, (2021)

H&C Perception, Markets and regulation, European Commission (2021/22)

Akzept, BMWi Research Programme, (2020/22)

PREBS, focus on historic development of RE use, European Commission, 2019/2020: 4th progress report on RE in the EU und 5^th progress report on RE in the EU  

Electricity prices and competitiveness, Ministry of Industries and Innovation, Iceland , 2020

RES Observer with focus on flexibility, innovation and competition and RE H&C, European Commission,  2017/18/19/2020

AURES II, Horizon 2020, 2019/ongoing: focus on WP5

EPATEE, Horizon 2020, 2018: focus on knowledge base

Renewable Energy Directive Target, European Parliament, 2017

Gesamtwirtschaftliche Wirkungen und Verteilungswirkungen der Energiewende, BMWi, 2016

Electricity prices and costs, European Commission, 2016, (https://ec.europa.eu/energy/data-analysis/energy-prices-and-costs_en?redir=1)

Electricity costs and energy intensive industries in Norway, 2016

DiaCore, focus on assessing costs and benefits of RET deployment and impact of RE policies on financing costs, EU Research Programme, 2016

Impact of Renewable Energy Sources (ImpRES), BMWi/BMU, 2016

RE-Value Policies, IEA-RETD, 2014

Employ, IEA-RETD, 2012

Wissenschaftliche Begleitung zum Erfahrungsbericht EEWärmeG, BMU, 2011

SOITec - Socio-economic indicators for technology assessment  

• Breitschopf, B.; Keil, J.; Burghard, U.; Scheller, F. (2024): Forms of financial participation and acceptance of the energy transition - are there any relations? In: Zeitschrift für Energiewirtschaft, 48 (1), pp. 38–57. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12398-024-1256-6.
• Alexander-Haw, A.; Breitschopf, B. (2024): How to design an auction: The impact of auction implementation elements on the financing costs of renewable electricity projects. In: Energy Policy, 188, p. 114069. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2024.114069.
• Breitschopf, B.; Grimm, A.; Billerbeck, A.; Wydra, S.; Köhler, J. (2023): Towards understanding interactions between socio-technical systems in sustainability transitions. In: Energy Research & Social Science, 106, p. 103323. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2023.103323.
• Billerbeck, A.; Breitschopf, B.; Preuß, S.; Winkler, J.; Ragwitz, M.; Keles, D. (2023): Perception of district heating in Europe: A deep dive into influencing factors and the role of regulation. In: Energy Policy, 184, p. 113860. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2023.113860
• Breitschopf, B.; Büttner, I.; Burghard, U. (2023): Preferred design elements of the energy transition - from the perspective of households. Karlsruhe: Fraunhofer Institute for Systems und Innovation Research ISI. Working Paper Sustainability and Innovation No. S 06/2023. https://doi.org/10.24406/publica-1967.
• Breitschopf, B.; Burghard, U. (2023): Working Paper Energy transition: financial participation and preferred design elements of German citizens, No. S 05/2023. Karlsruhe: Fraunhofer ISI, https://www.doi.org/10.24406/publica-1224
  
• Lowitzsch, J.; Kreutzer, K.; George, J.; Croonenbroeck, C.; Breitschopf, B. (2023): Development prospects for energy communities in the EU identifying best practice and future opportunities using a morphological approach. In: Energy Policy, 174, p. 113414. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2022.113414  
• Breitschopf, B.; Alexander-Haw, A. (2022): Auctions, risk and the WACC. How auctions and other risk factors impact renewable electricity financing costs. In: Energy Strategy Reviews, 44, p. 100983. DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.1016/j.esr.2022.100983 
• Dönitz, E.; Breitschopf, B.; Burghard, U. (2023): Scenarios of a desirable and fair energy transition. Working Paper Sustainability and Innovation No. S 03/2023. Karlsruhe: Fraunhofer ISI. https://doi.org/10.24406/publica-1173. 
• Kampman, B.; Vendrik, J.; Naber, N.; George, J.; Winkler, J.; Breitschopf, B.; Umpfenbach, K. (2022): Energy prosumers in Europe: Citizen participation in the energy transition. EEA Report No 01/2022. Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union. doi:10.2800/030218 
• Wietschel, M.; Roth, F.; Fragoso Garcia, J.; Herbst, A.; Kleinschmitt, C.; Wittmann, F.; Breitschopf, B.; Zheng, L.; Eickstein, J.; Neuwirth, M.; Pfluger, B.; Ragwitz, M.; Löschel, A.; Biesewig, Lars, Thiel, Zarah; Voglstätter, C.; Nunez, A.; Quitzow, R.; Kunze, R.; Stamm, A.; Strohmaier, R.; Lorych, L. (2022): Krieg in der Ukraine: Auswirkungen auf die europäische und deutsche Importstrategie von Wasserstoff und Syntheseprodukten.
• Breitschopf, B.; Alexander-Haw, A. (2022): Auctions, Risk and the Wacc. How Auctions and Other Risk Factors Impact Renewable Electricity Financing Costs. In: SSRN Electronic Journal. DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4084304
• Breitschopf, B.; Alexander-Haw, A.; Roth, A.; Brückmann, R.; Jimeno, M.; Dukan, M. et al. (2021): Renewable energy financing conditions in Europe: survey and impact analysis. Brussels: European Commission.
• Anatolitis, V.; del Río, P.; Amazo, A.; Bartek-Lesi, M.; von Blücher, F.; Breitschopf, B.; Brückmann, R.; Dukan, M.; Ehrhart, K.-M.; Fitch-Roy, O.; Geipel, J.; Hanke, A.-K.; Jimeno, M.; Kiefer, C.; Kitzing, L.; Marquardt, M.; Menzies, C.; Resch, G.; Roth, Al; Szabo, L.; Wigand, F.; Winkler, J.; Woodman, B. (2021): Auctions for Renewable Energy Support II-First insights and results of the Horizon2020 project AURES II. In: Papeles de Energía 13, 13-39.
• Breitschopf, B.; Billerbeck, A. (2021): Overview of Heating and Cooling. Perceptions, Markets and Regulatory Frameworks for Decarbonisation. Deliverable 1.2: Report on results of the meta-study (Task 1): Factors governing decisions in H&C. Karlsruhe: Fraunhofer ISI.
• Fabian Wigand, Robert Brückmann, Moïra Jimeno, Felix von Blücher, Barbara Breitschopf, Vasilios Anatolitis, Lena Kitzing, Mak Dukan, Pablo del Río, Oscar Fitch-Roy, Laszlo Szabo, Craig James Menzies (2020): Impact of COVID-19 on renewable energy auctions. Policy Brief. European Union.
• Breitschopf, B.; Zheng, L. (2020): Electricity costs of energy intensive industries in Iceland – a comparison with energy intensive industries in selected countries. Karlsruhe: Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research ISI.
• 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
• Broc, J.-S.; Breitschopf, B.; Schlomann, B.; Voswinkel, F.; Maric, L.; Thenius, G. (2019): Sharing experience to spread evaluation practices: evaluation does help to improve policies! eceee Summer Study proceedings.
• Breitschopf, B.; Winkler, J. (2019): The EU 2030 Renewable Energy Vision –Can it be more ambitious? In: Advances in Environmental studies 3(1), pp. 164-178,  2019, ISSN 2642-423. DOI: 10.36959/742/214
• George, J. F.; Breitschopf, B.; Winkler, J. (2019): Indicators to measure intraday electricity market efficiency in 18 selected Member States of the European Union. In: 2019 16th International Conference on the European Energy Market (EEM). IEEE, 1–5.
• Sievers, L., Breitschopf, B., Pfaff, M; Schaffer, A. (2019): Macroeconomic impact of the German energy transition and its distribution by sectors and regions. In: Ecological Economics 160 (2019) 191-204, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2019.02.017 
• Breitschopf, B.; Schlomann, B.; Voswinkel, F.; Broc, J.-S. (2018): Identifying current knowledge, suggestions and conclusions from existing literature. Karlsruhe: Fraunhofer ISI.
• Breitschopf, B.; Schlomann, B.; Voswinkel, F. (2018): How relevant are free-rider effects for target achievement? Updated version. International Energy Policy & Programme Evaluation Conference (IEPPEC) 2018 - Vienna.
  
• Breitschopf, B.; Bäumann, A. (2018): Do Variable Renewable Energies Endanger the Power System? - An Approach to Measure Flexibility. In: 2018 15th International Conference on the European Energy Market (EEM), 27-29 June 2018, Lodz, Poland.
• Wachsmuth, J.; Breitschopf, B. (2017): The end of long-term contracts? Gas price and market dynamics in Central and Eastern Europe. In: 14th International Conference on the European Energy Market (EEM).
• Breitschopf, B.; Wachsmuth, J., (2017): What is the impact of the EU Energy Union on electricity prices? Results for selected member states. 14th International Conference on the European Energy Market (EEM), Dresden, 2017. 
• Grave, K.; Breitschopf, B.; Ordonez, J.; Wachsmuth, J.; Boeve, S.; Smith, M.; Schubert, T.; Friedrichsen, N.; Herbst, A.; Eckartz, K. et al. (2016): Prices and Costs of EU energy. Final report, 29 April 2016: Report prepared for the European Commission, DG ENER. Utrecht: ECOFYS Netherlands B.V.
• Breitschopf, B. ( 2016): Impact of RE Policy on Technology Costs – PV System Costs in Germany. In: IAEE Energy Forum, Bergen Special Issue 2016, pp. 41-43.
• Breitschopf, B.; Held, A.; Resch, G. (2016): A concept to assess the costs and benefits of renewable energy use and distributional effects among actors. The example of Germany. In: Energy & Environment, February 2016, 27(1), pp. 55-81.
  
• Lutz, Ch.; Breitschopf, B.; (2016): Systematisierung der gesamtwirtschaftlichen Effekte und Verteilungswirkungen der Energiewende. GWS Research Report 2016/1, available at: http://papers.gws-os.com/gws-researchreport16-1.pdf
• Breitschopf, B.; Diekmann, J. (2015): Gesamtwirtschaftliche Auswirkungen des Ausbaus Erneuerbarer Energien (economic impact of RE deployment). In: Rüschen, T.; M. Gerhard, M.;  Sandhövel, A. (Eds.): Finanzierung Erneuerbarer Energien (financing renewable energies), 2. Edition. Frankfurt am Main: Frankfurt School Verlag GmbH.
• Breitschopf, B.; Held, A. (2014): Guidelines for assessing costs and benefits of RET deployment. Karlsruhe: Fraunhofer ISI.
• Breitschopf, B.; Pudlik, M. (2013): Basel III and Solvency II: Are the risk margins for investments in wind and PV adequate? In: Energy and Environment 24 1/2, 2013.
• Breitschopf, B.; Nathani, C.; Resch, G. (2013): Employment Impact Assessment Studies - Is There a Best Approach to Assess Employment Impacts of RET Deployment? In: Renewable Energy Law and Policy Review 2/2013, pp. 93-1024.
• Breitschopf, B.; Diekmann, J. (2013): Verteilungswirkungen erneuerbarer Energien – Grundlagen, Systematik und methodische Ansätze zur Erfassung; Bericht im Rahmen des BMWi Forschungsvorhabens „Wirkungen des Ausbaus erneuerbarer Energien (ImpRES)“, Juni 2013.
• Breitschopf, B.; Haller, I.; Grupp, H. (2005): Bedeutung von Innovationen für die Wettbewerbsfähigkeit (Significance of innovations for the economic competitiveness). In: Albers, S.; Gassmann, O. (Editors): Handbuch Technologie- und Innovationsmanagement. Wiesbaden: Gabler Verlag.