Current projects of Katharina Heinbach

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  Empirical investigation of the relationship between regional added value, participation models and acceptance in the energy transition

  The expansion of renewable energies (EE) is associated with far-reaching changes in the energy system and means a significant intervention in the accustomed living environment at local level. Local people can perceive the [...] More

• Mobilizing Endogenous Potentials for Structural Change – Decarbonisation in a Lignite Mining Region DecarbLau

  How can a lignite phase-out be proactively accompanied in a structurally weak region and potentials for endogenous development opened up? This question will be investigated in the research project using Lusatia as an example. [...] More

• ProPower: System Analysis Power2Products Economic and socio-ecological implications of a cross-sectoral power utilisation

  Several studies expect that renewable energy shares of more than 60 % in the German electricity sector will result in significant excess power production throughout longer periods within a year. Due to infrastructure [...] More

• Financial participation of affected municipalities in planning, construction and operation of renewable energy plants FinBEE

  Planning, construction and operation of renewable energy plants generate added value and employment. How much of this remains in the region depends heavily on the structure of the project as well as country and region [...] More

• Zwischen Wertschöpfungseffekten und haushaltsrechtlichen Restriktionen: Qualifizierung finanzschwacher Kommunen zur Durchführung von Klimaschutzmaßnahmen QualiFiKo

  

  Finanzschwache Kommunen sind oft nicht in der Lage, ihren jährlichen Haushalt aus eigener Kraft auszugleichen. Nicht selten unterliegen sie sogar den landesrechtlichen Restriktionen eines Haushaltssicherungskonzepts. Aufgrund [...] More