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The Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research ISI has projected the nationwide electricity consumption in Germany for the years 2019 to 2023 within the scope of the EEG medium-term forecast, and analyzed the EEG surcharge payments. Working together with the House of Energy Markets and Finance at the University of Duisburg-Essen, Fraunhofer ISI identified a moderate rise in electricity self-sufficiency, among other things. The study on behalf of the German Transmission Network Operators is a key reference for the development of distributed electricity self-sufficiency in Germany.

The Fraunhofer ISI is expanding its management team with the appointment of Prof. Jakob Edler. As a professor of innovation policy and strategy he has in recent years led the prestigious Manchester Institute of Innovation Research. Prof. Edler will join Prof. Marion Weissenberger-Eibl and Prof. Mario Ragwitz on the Fraunhofer ISI management team, contributing his expertise in the governance and policy of international research and innovation initiatives.

Transporting more freight by rail is a critical factor in protecting the climate, but the volume of freight transported by rail is actually declining in the majority of EU countries. Fraunhofer ISI examined the political and economic changes needed to shift more freight onto rails.

BOHEMIA is an important strategic future study that contributes long-term perspectives to “Horizon Europe”, the EU’s future framework program. In 19 targeted scenarios, the project’s final report shows which research topics should appear on the agenda in future in order to meet the challenges of the next 20 years.

In her presentation at the DLD-Campus conference in Karlsruhe, Professor Marion A. Weissenberger-Eibl, the director of Fraunhofer ISI and professor of Innovation and Technology Management iTM at KIT, dealt with the topic of uncertainty in the context of digitalization.

The PROGRESS project, which has been funded by the European Union, has developed recommendations for the broad deployment of industrial biotechnology and has drawn up future scenarios.

Professor Marion A. Weissenberger-Eibl, director of Fraunhofer ISI and professor of Innovation and Technology Management iTM at KIT, was invited to join the steering committee of karlsruhe.digital.

China's booming economy is also reflected in the growing demand for important raw materials. A new model developed by a German-Chinese research team led by Fraunhofer ISI calculates the effects of this development on copper flows in China. The findings are published in a new article.

Professor Marion A. Weissenberger-Eibl, director of the Fraunhofer ISI and Chair for Innovation and Technology Management iTM at KIT, represented these institutes in Vienna as a member of the podium group discussing “Knowledge and technology transfer from ideas to markets” as part of the dialogue on university policy.

Professor Marion A. Weissenberger-Eibl, director of the Fraunhofer ISI and professor for Innovation and Technology Management iTM at KIT, opened the network meeting “women&healthcare” with a presentation about disruptive technologies in the health sector.