Johannes Aschauer

Recent projects

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• Green transition of the heating sector

  Dashboard for the heat transition – System analysis and visualisation of regional effects

  10/01/2023

  The aim of the project is the participatory development of a web-based dashboard for the heat transition. The dashboard presents the effects of various transformation paths for the heat transition in a user-friendly way. The research project hereby supports the dissemination of technical, regu

• Biodiversity

  Financial incentives for additional climate protection and biodiversity services in forests - forests with high structural diversity and biodiversity

  01/01/2023

  The German government implements an incentive system for additional climate protection and biodiversity services in forests, which has a modular structure. The project develops recommendations on the design of the financial incentive system for additional climate protection and biodiversity ser

• Germany

  Direct Marketing of renewable energies and further marketing models for renewable energies

  11/24/2022

  The project aims at monitoring the status quo of public support and marketing of electricity from renewable energy sources (RES-E), as well as at developing proposals for adaptations to the support and marketing framework. Different marketing options for RES-E are assessed based on av

• Carbon pricing

  AI for administrative automation and detection of criminal activities in emissions trading

  11/10/2022

  The aim of the project is to investigate the possibilities of using AI methods for identifying errors and attempted fraud in emissions trading. Based on historical data, this is examined separately for applications to open accounts in the German emissions registry and for allocation or emissions r

• Germany

  joint-project: EmPowerPlan - regional planning of the energy transition - participation and justice on site and the big picture in mind; single-project: Power - big pictures and participation

  08/01/2022

  The overall “EmPowerPlan” project is about testing and adapting tools and collaborative processes to accelerate the expansion of the energy infrastructure. To this end, it is necessary to support regional planning – in a manner as participatory as possible - so that areas are released f

• Germany

  Optimised integration of thermal aquifer storage in district heating systems

  07/01/2022

  The research project "Optimised Integration of Thermal Aquifer Storage in District Heating Systems" (OptInAquiFer) focuses on researching the contribution of aquifer storage for large district heating networks in the course of the upcoming decarbonisation and transformation. Through the integ

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  CCQI scores for IFM projects point to substantial integrity risks

  Blog 03/25/2024

  The Carbon Credit Quality Initiative (CCQI) has released new scores for the integrity risks of carbon credits from improved forest management (IFM) projects. We find that unrealistic baselines and underestimated leakage are likely to lead to significant overestimation of emission reductions or removals under all assessed methodologies. The likelihood of additionality depends strongly on the forest management practices that are implemented. The sustainable development benefits are more limited compared to most other project types.

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  Alternative reactor concepts do not solve the repository problem

  Press releases 03/21/2024

  A new scientific study commissioned by the Federal Office for the Safety of Nuclear Waste Management (BASE) indicates that the market launch of alternative reactor concepts (also known as "Generation IV") is currently not on the horizon. "Despite some intensive advertising by manufacturers, we currently see no development that would make the construction of alternative reactor types on a large scale likely in the coming years. On the contrary: "From a safety perspective, we should expect the potential advantages of these reactor concepts to be outweighed by the disadvantages and the questions that remain unresolved," says BASE President Christian Kühn, and emphasises that "The concepts solve neither the need to find a repository for radioactive waste nor the pressing issues of climate protection."