Research project ARIADNE II
Evidence-based assessment for the design of the German energy transition on the way to climate neutrality
Concrete social, political and technical measures are needed to successfully realise climate targets. This is where the ARIADNE II project, funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, comes in by identifying regulatory and institutional pathways through the complex details of the energy transition. The project participants are researching transformation strategies and their systemic effects as well as interactions between energy sectors. They are also looking at policy instruments to achieve climate targets in an efficient and socially balanced manner.
Research project ARIADNE II | |
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Duration | September 2023 to August 2026 |
Funded by | German Federal Ministry of Education and Research |
Project participants | - Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
- Institute of Networked Energy Systems
- adelphi
- Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg
- Ecologic Institute
- Fraunhofer Cluster of Excellence Integrated Energy Systems
- German Economic Institute
- German Institute for Economic Research
- Hertie School
- ifo Institute
- Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg
- Leibniz Institute for Economic Research
- Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change
- Oeko-Institut
- Research Institute for Sustainability – Helmholtz Centre Potsdam
- Stiftung Umweltenergierecht
- Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik
- Technical University of Darmstadt
- Technical University of Munich
- Technische Universität Berlin
- Universität Hamburg
- University of Duisburg-Essen
- University of Greifswald
- University of Potsdam
- University of Stuttgart – Institute of Energy Economics and Rational Energy Use
- University of Technology Nuremberg
- ZEW – Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research
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The ARIADNE II project initiates debates with politicians, stakeholders and citizens. Representatives from politics, business and the general public are actively involved from the outset in order to better understand the impact of various policy instruments and develop socially viable strategies. In this way, the project develops targeted measures and options for policymakers. Findings and results are published over the entire duration of the project, for example in the form of policy briefs, topic dossiers, background papers, visualisations and interactive applications.
Within the ARIADNE II project, the Institute of Networked Energy Systems is working on estimating the raw material demand for the energy transition and identifying potential raw material bottlenecks. Taking into account material efficiency and recycling options, the project team is focusing in particular on "critical" materials such as lithium, cobalt, nickel, neodymium, dysprosium or iridium as well as so-called "bulk" materials (steel, copper, aluminium, etc.). In view of the expected rapidly increasing global demand and geopolitical factors, an indicator is to be developed to assess the risk of raw material shortages, which can be applied not only to individual raw materials but also to complex energy supply scenarios. It is also planned to identify risk hotspots with respect to raw materials, technologies and supplier countries.
In addition, the energy system optimization framework REMix will be used to determine the additional system costs that would have to be taken into account if the technologies with the lowest environmental impact were to be used instead of the most cost-effective technologies for the energy transition. This approach makes it possible to quantify trade-offs between economy and ecology.
Another research topic, the Institute is working on, focusses on the development of electricity and energy market design. Investments in renewable energies must remain financially attractive in order to ensure that the expansion targets for the transformation of the energy system can be achieved in the long term. As part of ARIADNE II, it is planned to analyse the need for financial support with the help of the agent-based electricity market model AMIRIS. In addition, concepts for the energy market design are to be developed that prevent overfunding as far as possible, but still ensure adequate incentives for system-friendly investments and market-oriented power plant dispatch.
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