| Project partner | Universität Kassel |
| Sponsor | German Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate Protection (BMWK) |
| Project duration | 01.11.2021 – 31.10.2024 |
| Researchers | Maximilian Pfennig (project leader), Felix Frischmuth, Philipp Härtel, Diana Böttger, Mareike Jentsch, Richard Schmitz, Christoph Zink, David Geiger, Norman Gerhardt, Yannic Harms, Nicolai Damm, David Sebastian Stock |
The decarbonization of the transport sector in Germany interacts with other developments on a global to regional scale. For example, the potential for importing electricity-based fuels (so-called power-to-X fuels) to Germany is limited by the fact that the respective generating countries also require the relevant sustainable land potential and feasible market ramp-ups for renewable energy sources to decarbonize their own energy supply.
The scientific objective of the DeV-KopSys-2 project is to investigate the role of individual technology options (e.g. electromobility, PtX fuels) for the achievement of climate targets in transport using model-based scenarios. Bandwidths of global PtX export potentials up to the year 2045/2050, framework conditions of the electricity and gas market on the European level, and the expansion of the electricity grids in Germany concerning electromobility and the expansion of renewable energies on the regional level are of particular interest.
Measures for processing and communicating the research results form another fundamental component of the project. To this end, interactive maps are to be published for the various levels (global, Europe, Germany).
Fraunhofer Institute for Energy Economics and Energy System Technology