Clean Circles
The current state of system integration shows that existing solutions for the supply and large-scale storage of renewable energies are insufficient due to their volatility – especially in view of declining nuclear and coal-based energy supply. Alternatives such as the use of iron as energy carrier can only contribute to a transformation of the energy system if they meet the following requirements:
For the social sciences, this involves fundamental questions of governance and innovation policy of the energy transformation as well as applied political-economic questions about the realization and later establishment of the new storage technology. Thus, the parallel investigation of technical and political-economic aspects is crucial. Research field 4 will develop political-economic factors for an integrated systems analysis that goes far beyond the usual modelling of CO2 pricing.
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![]() | Prof. Dr. Michèle Knodt Technical University of Darstadt | knodt@pg.tu-... +49 6151 16-57353 |
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| Prof. Dr. Ingrid Ott Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) | ingrid.ott@kit.edu +49 721 608-45257 |