Publications

Speth, D.; Plötz, P.; Wietschel, M. (2025): An optimal capacity-constrained fast charging network for battery electric trucks in Germany. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2025.104383
Neuwirth, M.; Fleiter, T.; Hofmann, R. (2024): Modelling the transformation of energy-intensive industries based on site-specific investment decisions. Sci Rep 14, 30552 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-78881-7.
Kök, A.; Billerbeck, A.; Manz, P.; Kranzl, L. (2025): Achieving climate neutrality in district heating: The impact of system temperature levels on the supply mix of EU-27 in 2050. In: Energy, 315, p. 134371. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2025.134371.
Neuwirth, M.; Fleiter, T; Hofmann, R. (2024): Modelling the transformation of energy-intensive industries based on site-specific investment decisions. Sci Rep 14, 30552. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-78881-7.
Wietschel, M.; Peton, N.; Thomann, J.; Breitschopf, B. (2024): Importing Powerfuels to Europe: Options and Challenges. In: Bullerdiek, N.; Neuling, U.; Kaltschmitt, M. (eds.): Powerfuels. Status and Prospects. Cham: Springer. S. 1105-1125. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-62411-7_37.
Oberle, S.; Gnann, T.; Wayas, L.; Wietschel, W. (2024): Analyzing the regulatory framework gaps for gas distribution networks with decreasing natural gas demand in Germany. In: Heliyon, Volume 10, Issue 24, 2024, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e40800
Gnann, T.; Yu, S.; Stute, J.; Matthias Kühnbach, M. (20024): The value of smart charging at home and its impact on EV market shares – A German case study. In: AppliedEnergy.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2024.124997
Kochanski, M.; Lotz, M.T.; Korczak, K. (2024): Benchmarking Circular Economy Measures in Buildings Along the 11R Framework: A Systematic Review of Quantified Impacts on Material Use, Energy Consumption, GHG Emissions, and Costs. In: Journal of Cleaner Production; https:// doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2024.144337.
Kunze, R.; Preuß, S.; Zwirnmann, J.; Plötz, P.; Wietschel, M. (2024): Determining the share of renewable electricity in electric vehicle charging in Europe. In: Energy Reports 12, pp. 5834-5845.
Aboushady, N.; Jaroudi, I.; Boie, I.; Dütschke, E.; Kantel, A.; Müller, V.; Scherrer, A. Laasmi, M.A.; Altenburg, T.; Oyan, E.; Stamm, A.; Strohmaier, R.; Thoms, K. (2024): Towards a Green H2 Economy: Algeria Country Report. HYPAT Working Paper 11/2024. Karlsruhe: Fraunhofer ISI, Bonn: IDOS.
Neuwirth, M.; Fleiter, T.; Hofmann, R.; Modelling the market diffusion of hydrogen-based steel and basic chemical production in Europe – A site-specific approach, Energy Conversion and Management. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2024.119117.
Gnann, T.; Speth, D.; Krail, M.; Wietschel, M. (2024): Langfristszenarien für die Transformation des Energiesystems in Deutschland 3. -045-Szenarien-. Modul Verkehr. Karlsruhe: Fraunhofer ISI. DOI: 10.24406/w34244.
Lotz, M.T.; Rosales Carreon, J.; Worrell, E.; Herbst, A.; Kochański, M.; Korczak, K.; Estimating the impact range of circular economy actions for buildings on basic material demand in the European Union: A combination of qualitative and quantitative approaches. In: Sustainable Production and Consumption, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.spc.2024.10.002.
Fleiter, T.; Fragoso, J.; Lux, B.;Alibaş, Ş.; Al-Dabbas, K.; Manz, P.; Neuner, F.; Weißenburger, B.; Rehfeldt, M.; Sensfuß, F. (2024): Hydrogen Infrastructure in the Future CO2-Neutral European Energy System—How Does the Demand for Hydrogen Affect the Need for Infrastructure? In: Wiley Online Library.
Fleiter, T.; Haendel, M.; Klobasa, M.; Lux, B.; Khanra; M.; Männer, W.; Bussmann, S.; Kiefer; C., Al Dabbas, K.; Schwotzer, C.; Kaiser, F.; Gondorf, C. (2024): Studie "Flexibilisierung elektrifizierter Industrieprozesse". https://www.klimaschutz-industrie.de/newsroom/publikationen/studie-flexibilisierung-elektrifizierter-industrieprozesse/. Kompetenzzentrum Klimaschutz in energieintensiven Industrien (KEI, Hrsg).
Popovski, E.; Fleiter, T.; Ragwitz, M. (2024): The role of solar district heat in the energy transition of the German heating sector. In: Energy, 2024, 133176, ISSN 0360-5442. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2024.133176.
Fleiter, T.; Rehfeldt, M.; Neusel, L.; Hirzel, S.; Neuwirth, M.; Schwotzer, Ch.; Kaiser, F.; Gondorf, C. (2024): CO2 -neutrale Prozesswärme durch Elektrifizierung und Einsatz von Wasserstoff - Policy Brief. Fraunhofer ISI: Karlsruhe.
Rehfeldt, M.; Bussmann, S.; Fleiter, T.; Rissman, J. (2024): Direct electrification of industrial process heat. An assessment of technologies, potentials and future prospects for the EU. Hg. v. Agora Industry.
Fleiter, T.; Rehfeldt, M.; Manz, P.; Neuwirth, M.; Herbst, A. (2023): Langfristszenarien für die Transformation des Energiesystems in Deutschland 3. T45 Welten Modul Industriesektor. Fraunhofer ISI: Karlsruhe.
Fleiter, T.; Rehfeldt, M.; Hirzel, S.; Neusel, L.; Aydemir, A.; Schwotzer, Ch. et al. (2023): CO2-neutrale Prozesswärmeerzeugung. Umbau des industriellen Anlagenparks im Rahmen der Energiewende: Ermittlung des aktuellen SdT und des weiteren Handlungsbedarfs zum Einsatz strombasierter Prozesswärmeanlagen. Hg. v. Umweltbundesamt (UBA): Dessau-Roßlau.
Liu, X., Plötz, P., Yeh, S. et al. (2024): Transforming public transport depots into profitable energy hubs. In: Nat Energy (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-024-01580-0.
Lange, J. H.; Speth, D.; Plötz, P. (2024): Optimized demand-based charging networks for long-haul trucking in Europe. Luxemburg, Karlsruhe: Amazon Science, Fraunhofer ISI. Working Paper Sustainability and Innovation No. S 06/2024.
Misconel, S.; Zimmermann, F.; Mikurda, J.; Möst, D.; Kunze, R.; Gnann, T.; Kühnbach, M.; Speth, D.; Pelka, S. & Yu, S. (2024). Model coupling and comparison on optimal load shifting of battery electric vehicles and heat pumps focusing on generation adequacy. In: Energy, 132266. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2024.132266
Doll, C.; Eul, U.; Fulga-Beising, S; Hauser, A.; Henning, H.-M.; Ehrenwirth, M.; Hebling, C.; Inninger, W.; Pretsch, S.; Kraljevic, I; Lohse, F.; Plötz, P.; Prasuhn, P.; Ragwitz, M.; Wietschel, M. (2024): Unsere forschungspolitischen Empfehlungen zur „Zukunftsstrategie Forschung und Innovation“. Positionspapier. München: Zentrale der Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft. https://doi.org/10.24406/publica-3332.
Lotz, M. T.; Herbst, A.; Müller, A.; Kranzl, L.; Rosales Carreon, J.; Worrell, E. (2024): A material flow model of steel and concrete in EU buildings: National differences of the service-stock-flow nexus. In: Cleaner Waste Systems, Volume 8, 100153, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clwas.2024.100153.
Doll, C.; Eul, U.; Fulga-Beising, S; Hauser, A.; Henning, H.-M.; Ehrenwirth, M.; Hebling, C.; Inninger, W.; Pretsch, S.; Kraljevic, I; Lohse, F.; Plötz, P.; Prasuhn, P.; Ragwitz, M.; Wietschel, M. (2024): Unsere forschungspolitischen Empfehlungen zur „Zukunftsstrategie Forschung und Innovation“. Positionspapier. München: Zentrale der Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft. https://doi.org/10.24406/publica-3332
Brugger, H.; Fleiter, T.; Mandel, T.; Rehfeldt, M.; Rohde, C.; Fritz, M.; Yu, S. et al. (2024): Technischer Anhang der Treibhausgas-Projektionen 2024 für Deutschland (Projektionsbericht 2024). Dessau-Roßlau: Umweltbundesamt (Hrsg)
Singh, M.; Kesselring, A.; Klobasa, M. (2024): Re-imagining energy services: Empirical analysis of demand-side as-a-service business models and use cases in energy sector. Conference: Proceedings of the Spring Servitization Conference 2024, 13 & 14 May 2024, Tilburg, The Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.24406/publica-3237.
Link, S.; Stephan, A.; Speth, D. et al. (2024): Declining costs imply fast market uptake of zero-emission trucks. In: Nat Energy (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-024-01555-1.
Speth, D.; Link, S.; Wietschel, M. 2024): Infrastructure Requirements for Electrified Heavy Road Transport in Germany and the EU. Berlin: VDE Verlag GmbH DOI: 10.30420/566262481
Weißenburger, B.; Wietschel, M.; Lux, B.; Rehfeldt, M. (2024): The long term price elastic demamd of hydrogen - A multi-model analysis for Germany. In: Energy Strategy Reviews, Vol. 54. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.esr.2024.101432.
Fleiter, T.; Lotz, M. T.; Marscheider-Weidemann, F.; Bußmann, S. L.; Sach T.; Creutzburg, P., Niedergesäss, J.; Leipprand, A.; Götz, T.; Holtz, G. (2024): Leitmärkte für klimafreundliche Grundstoffe Wissenschaftliches Begleitdokument im Auftrag des Bundesminis[1]teriums für Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz. Berlin: Guidehouse Germany GmbH
Durand, A.; Nwala, G. I.; de la Rúa, C.; Agyarko, K. A. (2024): Environmental assessment of used refrigerating appliances: Why does an import ban make sense and what could other countries learn from Ghana? In: Journal of Cleaner Production, Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2024.142596.
Link, S.; Stephan, A.; Speth, D.; Plötz, P.(2024): Rapidly declining costs of truck batteries and fuel cells enable large-scale road freight electrification. In: Nature Energy. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-024-01531-9
Mandev, A., Plötz, P., & Sprei, F. (2024): Factors impacting real-world fuel economy of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles in Europe – An empirical analysis. Environmental Research Communications 6, 051001. https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/2515-7620/ad419f
Nugroho, R. I.; Gnann, T.; Speth, D.; Purwanto, W. W.; Hanafi, J.; Soehodho, S. (2024): Agent-based Simulation for Market Diffusion of Passenger Cars and Motorcycles BEV in Greater Jakarta Area. Depok, Jakarta, Karlsruhe: Universitas Indonesia, Fraunhofer ISI, DKI Jakarta. Working Paper Sustainability and Innovation No. S 05/2024. doi:10.24406/publica-2986
Wietschel, M. (2024): Nationale Wasserstoffstrategie - Künftige Wasserstoffpreise und Auswirkungen auf die Nachfrage. In: Ökologisches Wirtschaften 2.2024 (39), S. 19-21. https://doi.org/10.14512/OEW340219
Plötz, P.; Koch, N.; Bach, S.; Haan, P.; Kistinger, D.; Illenseer, N. (2024): : Klimaschädliche Subventionen entsprechen negativen CO2 -Preisen. Kopernikus-Projekt Ariadne, Potsdam. https://doi.org/10.48485/pik.2024.007
Klobasa, M.; Stute, J. (2024): How do dynamic electricity tariffs and different grid charge designs interact? - Implications for residential consumers and grid reinforcement requirements. In: Energy Policy, Volume 189, 114062.
Stute, J.; Pelka, S.; Kühnbach, M.; Klobasa, M. (2024): Assessing the conditions for economic viability of dynamic electricity retail tariffs for households. In: Advances in Applied Energy,100174. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adapen.2024.100174
Alibas, S.; Ausfelder, F.; Ditz, D.; Ebner, M.; Engwerth, V.; Fleiter, T.; Fragoso G., J.; Genge, L.; Greitzer, M.; Haas, S.; Haendel, M.; Hank, Ch.; Hauser, P.; Heneka, M.; Heineken, W.; Hildebrand, J.; Isik, V.; Köppel, .; Harper, R.; Jahn, M.; Klaassen, B.; Kneiske, T. M.; Malzkuhn, S.; Kuzyaka, B.; Mielich, T.; Lux, B.; Maghnam, A.; Müsgens, F.; Mendler, F.; Pleier, A.; Müller-Kirchenbauer, J.; Isbert, A.-M.; Ruprecht, D.; Sadat-Razavi, P.; Neuner, F.; Pfluger, B.; Mohr, S.; Ragwitz, M.; Scheffler, M.; Solomon, M. D.; Voglstätter, Ch.; Weißenburger, B. (2024): European Hydrogen Infrastructure Planning - Insights from the TransHyDE Project System Analysis. Fraunhofer IEG, Fraunhofer ISI, Fraunhofer ISE, Fraunhofer IFF, Fraunhofer IKTS. DOI: 10.24406/publica-2733.
Barkhausen, R.; Durand, A.; Fong, Y. Y.; Zeller, V.; Rohde, C. (2024): Modeling stock, material and environmental impacts of circular economy product policies. Trade-offs between early replacement and repair of electric motors. In: Resources, Conservation and Recycling, Vol. 205. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2024.107600.
Pelka, S.; Kesselring, A.; Preuß, S.; Chappin, E.; de Vries, L. (2024): Can behavioral interventions optimize self-consumption? Evidence from a field experiment with prosumers in Germany. In: Smart Energy, Vol. 14, 100140 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.segy.2024.100140
Manz, P.; Fleiter, T.; Billerbeck, A.; Fritz, M.; Alibaş, Ş.; Eichhammer, W.: Identifying future district heating potentials in Germany: a study using empirical insights and distribution cost analysis. International Journal of Sustainable Energy Planning and Management, 40, 131–145. Open access paper: https://doi.org/10.54337/ijsepm.8142.
Plötz, P., Andersson, M., Scherrer, A., & Johansson, E., (2024): The possible Future of Electric Road Systems in Europe – Time to decide and act. In: Environmental Research: Infrastructure and Sustainability.
Link, S.; Plötz, P. (2024): Geospatial Truck Parking Locations Data for Europe. IN: Data in Brief,110277, ISSN 2352-3409, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2024.110277
Bergsträßer, J.; Berkhout, V.; Klaiber, S.; M.; Kohrs, R.; Linnartz, P.; Naumann, S.; Nicolai, S.; Schmidt, S.; Welisch, M.; Wende-von Berg, S.; Wickert, M.; Wille-Haußmann, B. (2024): Fortschrittsbericht zur Digitalisierung des Energiesystems. Berlin: Fraunhofer CINES
Tersteegen, B.; Bangert, L.; Dröscher, T.; Herrmann, U; Klaassen, B.; Maurer, C.; Müller-Kirchenbauer, J.; Neuwirth, M.; Pfluger, B.; Wachsmuth, J.; Wietschel, M. (2024): Systemdienliche Integration von grünem Wasserstoff. Abschlussbericht im Auftrag des Bundesministeriums für Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz. Finale Fassung vom 19. Juni 2023.
Hirzel, S.; Haendel, M.; Weishaupt, T. (2023): Mehr grüner Stahl! Abwägungen von politischen Instrumenten zur Stärkung der Nachfrage. In: Stahl & Eisen, Vol. 143, Issue 9, pp. 28 - 31. Karlsruhe: Fraunhofer ISI.
Krauss, K., Gnann, T., Burgert, T., Axhausen, K. W. (2024): Faster, greener, scooter? An assessment of shared e-scooter usage based on real-world driving data. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 181, 103997.
Manz, P.; Billerbeck, A.; Kök, A.; Fallahnejad, M.; Fleiter, T.; Kranzl, L.; Braungardt, S.; Eichhammer, W. (2024): Spatial analysis of renewable and excess heat potentials for climate-neutral district heating in Europe. In: Renewable Energy, p. 120111. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2024.120111.
Wietschel, M.; Weißenburger, B.; Wachsmuth, J.; Müller, V. P. (2024): What do we know about importing green hydrogen and its derivatives and what can be derived from this for Germany’s import strategy? HYPAT Position paper 1/2024. Karlsruhe: Fraunhofer ISI (ed.)
Speth, D.; Plötz, P. (2004): Depot slow charging is sufficient for most electric trucks in Germany. In: Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, Volume 128, 2024, 104078, ISSN 1361-9209, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.2024.104078.
Friedmann, A.; Oberle, S.; Wietschel, M. (2024): Was bewegt die regionalen Energieversorger? Eine Marktanalyse von Strom-, Gas- und Wärmenetzbetrieben. In: Energiewirtschaft 47 (Suppl 1), 32–55 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1007/s12398-023-0935-z
Hotz, C.; Wayas, L.; Mohan, J.; Merz, L.; Isik, V.; Köppel, W.; Glaser, K; Kleinebrahm, M.; de Jongh, S.; Gräfenhorst, S.; Förderer, K.; König, M.; Stelzer. V.; Oberle, S.; Stute, J.; Wietschel, M.; Speth, D.; Gnann, T.; Hettesheimer, T.; et al. (2024): Transformationspro-zess für die kommunale Energiewende - Sektorengekoppelte Infrastrukturen und Strategien zur Einbindung von lokalen Akteuren (TrafoKommunE). Abschlussbericht. Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Buschle, J.; Anatolitis, V.; Plötz, P. (2024): Empirical evidence on discrimination in multi-technology renewable energy auctions in Europe. In: Energy Policy, 184, p. 113853. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2023.113853

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