Lithium is a key raw material for battery production and, consequently, for the energy and transportation transitions. However, despite rapidly rising demand, European and German extraction and processing capacities have so [...] More

Municipal heat planning is a key component of a future climate-neutral heat supply. For the heating transition to succeed, it is crucial that the measures and projects specified in the heat plans are implemented locally. [...] More

Reducing greenhouse gas emissions is a top priority in achieving internationally agreed climate targets. However, modeling shows that reaching greenhouse gas neutrality by 2045 will also require additional approaches that [...] More

Owner-occupiers of single-family or two-family houses play a decisive role shaping the heat transition through their private investment decisions. They decide whether, and if so when and how extensively, they refurbish their [...] More

Currently, rented apartment buildings are still rarely ambitiously renovated in terms of energy efficiency. Landlords perceive such refurbishments as challenging, not least because the economic benefits are low, and the [...] More

Energy-efficient neighborhood planning is an important component in successfully implementing the transition in the heating sector. It enables the development of cross-building, neighborhood-wide measures and strategies to [...] More

The energy transition thrives on participation. Energy sharing offers the opportunity to participate in the energy transition, even for players without their own generation facilities. The shared use of electricity from [...] More

Citizen energy communities are considered a promising organizational model for the energy transition, as they combine local value creation with democratic participation and civic engagement. Nevertheless, certain population [...] More

In the field of community-based energy, new supply models are emerging, such as tenant electricity projects, community-based building energy supply, and, in the future, energy sharing. These models place special demands on [...] More

Biochar can remove CO2 from the atmosphere and store carbon in the long-term. In the pyrolysis production process, biomass residues are converted into coal at high temperatures and in the absence of oxygen. Pyrolysis also [...] More

In Germany, over 2,000 citizen energy communities, with more than 500,000 members, are driving a decentralized energy transition. From tenant electricity to neighborhood heating and energy sharing, these models are diverse, [...] More

In order to further advance the transition from an economy based on fossil fuels to a sustainable, innovative economy based on natural material cycles, the Brandenburg state parliament has decided to develop a own bioeconomy [...] More