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Dr. Wolf-Peter Schill

Dr. Wolf-Peter Schill

Head of the research area „Transformation of the Energy Economy“ of the

Energy, Transportation, Environment Department

Research Topics and Working Areas
Wolf-Peter Schill is leading the research area “Transformation of the Energy Economy” in the Department Energy, Transportation, Environment at the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin). After studying environmental engineering at TU Berlin and Macquarie University Sydney, he obtained a doctoral degree in energy economics at TU Berlin. His research focuses on renewable energy integration, energy storage, electric mobility, and other sector coupling strategies. His methodological focus is open-source power sector modeling. At DIW Berlin, he works in various research projects with grants from German federal ministries and the European Commission. His work lead to numerous articles in leading international peer-reviewed journals such as Nature Energy, European Economic Review, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Energy Policy, and others. He is an active member of the Leibniz Research Alliance Energy Transition and the National Platform Future of Mobility.

Publications

Nature Energy

Start-up costs of thermal power plants in markets with increasing shares of variable renewable generation

2017 | Wolf-Peter Schill, Michael Pahle, Christian Gambardella
European Economic Review

On the economics of electrical storage for variable renewable energy sources

2018 | Alexander Zerrahn, Wolf-Peter Schill, Claudia Kemfert
Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Long-run power storage requirements for high shares of renewables: results and sensitivities

2018 | Wolf-Peter Schill, Alexander Zerrahn
Economics of Energy and Environmental Policy

Prosumage of solar electricity: pros, cons, and the system perspective

2017 | Wolf-Peter Schill, Alexander Zerrahn, Friedrich Kunz
Sonstige Publikationen des DIW / Aufsätze 2023

Ampel-Monitor Energiewende #7: Deep Dive zur Windkraft an Land

2023| Felix Schmidt, Alexander Roth, Wolf-Peter Schill
Sonstige Publikationen des DIW / Aufsätze 2023

Ampel-Monitor Energiewende #6: Deep Dive zur Photovoltaik

2023| Felix Schmidt, Alexander Roth, Wolf-Peter Schill
DIW Weekly Report 14/15/16 / 2023

Heating and Electricity Expenses: Saving Incentives Not Impacting Basic Income Recipients

2023| Lars Felder, Peter Haan, Stefan Bach, Wolf-Peter Schill
DIW Wochenbericht 16 / 2023

Ausgaben für Heizung und Strom: Sparanreize greifen nicht für Menschen in der Grundsicherung

2023| Stefan Bach, Lars Felder, Peter Haan, Wolf-Peter Schill
Sonstige Publikationen des DIW / Aufsätze 2023

Ampel-Monitor Energiewende #5: Eine Million Elektrofahrzeuge, Zulassungsrekord im Dezember

2023| Wolf-Peter Schill
Externe referierte Aufsätze

Bidirectional Coupling of the Long-term Integrated Assessment Model REgional Model of INvestments and Development (REMIND) v3.0.0 with the Hourly Power Sector Model Dispatch and Investment Evaluation Tool with Endogenous Renewables (DIETER) v1.0.2

In: Geoscientific Model Development 16 (2023), 17, S. 4977–5033 | Chen Chris Gong, Falko Ueckerdt, Robert Pietzcker, Adrian Odenweller, Wolf-Peter Schill, Martin Kittel, Gunnar Luderer
Externe Monographien

Flexible Heat Pumps: Must-Have or Nice to Have in a Power Sector with Renewables?

Ithaca: arXiv.org, 2023, 27 S.
(arXiv ; 2307.12918)
| Alexander Roth, Dana Kirchem, Carlos Gaete-Morales, Wolf-Peter Schill
Externe referierte Aufsätze

Geographical Balancing of Wind Power Decreases Storage Needs in a 100% Renewable European Power Sector

In: iScience 26 (2023), 7, 107074 | Alexander Roth, Wolf-Peter Schill
Zeitungs- und Blogbeiträge

Strommarkt erklärt: Preisbildung, Preiskrise und die "Strompreisbremse"

In: Heise Online (04.11.2022), [Online-Artikel] | Martin Kittel, Alexander Roth, Wolf-Peter Schill
Externe Monographien

Optionen für den Import grünen Wasserstoffs nach Deutschland bis zum Jahr 2030: Transportwege – Länderbewertungen – Realisierungserfordernisse

München: acatech, 2022, 124 S.
(Schriftenreihe Energiesysteme der Zukunft ; August 2022)
| Frithjof Staiß, Jörg Adolf, Florian Ausfelder, Christoph Erdmann, Manfred Fischedick, Christopher Hebling, Thomas Jordan, Gernot Klepper, Thorsten Müller, Regina Palkovits, Witold-Roger Poganietz, Wolf-Peter Schill, Maike Schmidt, Cyril Stephanos, Philipp Stöcker, Ulrich Wagner, Kirsten Westphal, Sven Wurbs

Lectures

Vortrag

Wo steht die Energiewende? Der Ampel-Monitor Energiewende des DIW Berlin

Wolf-Peter Schill
Berlin, 17.06.2023
| Lange Nacht der Wissenschaften, DIW Berlin
Vortrag

How is the German Energiewende going?: Insights from the Open Energy Tracker

Wolf-Peter Schill
Melbourne, Australien [Hybrid], 25.11.2022
| Climate and Energy: Melbourne Climate Futures Academy Seminar Series, University of Melbourne
Vortrag

Wärmepumpen statt Erdgasheizungen: Umstieg durch Ausbau der Solarenergie unterstützen [Online]

Alexander Roth, Carlos Gaete Morales, Adeline Guéret , Dana Kirchem, Martin Kittel, Wolf-Peter Schill
Niedersachsen [Hybrid], 01.10.2022 - 09.10.2022
| Woche der Wärmepumpe
Vortrag

Power Sector Effects of Alternative Production and Storage Options for Green Hydrogen

Dana Kirchem, Wolf-Peter Schill
Berlin, 23.09.2022
| Infrastrukturpolitik im 21. Jahrhundert - Infrastructure Policy in the 21st Century: TU Berlin
Vortrag

Why Geographical Balancing Decreases Electricity Storage Needs: A Model-based Illustration for Europe

Alexander Roth, Wolf-Peter Schill
Kopenhagen, Dänemark, 07.09.2022 - 08.09.2022
| 30th Young Energy Economists and Engineers Seminar (YEEES)

Research Projects

Research Project

Open-source modeling of the future role of renewable hydrogen in Germany and Europe

Current Project| Energy, Transportation, Environment
Research Project

Development of an Evaluation Frame for the Introduction of Electromobility (DEFINE)

Completed Project| Energy, Transportation, Environment
Research Project

Die Auswirkungen des Atomausstiegs in Deutschland auf Strompreise und Klimaschutz in Deutschland und Europa

Completed Project| Energy, Transportation, Environment
Research Project

Future of Fossil Fuels in the wake of greenhouse gas neutrality (FFF)

Completed Project| Energy, Transportation, Environment
Research Project

General Economic and Sectoral Effects of the Promotion of Renewable Energies

Completed Project| Energy, Transportation, Environment, Firms and Markets
Research Project

Impact of Renewable Energy Sources (ImpRES)

Completed Project| Energy, Transportation, Environment
Research Project

Mainstreaming of Climate Risks and Chances in the Finance Sector

Completed Project| Energy, Transportation, Environment
Research Project

Mitigation of methane emissions - a rapid and cost-effective response to climate change

Completed Project| Energy, Transportation, Environment
Research Project

P2X (Kopernikus)

Completed Project| Energy, Transportation, Environment
Research Project

RealValue

Completed Project| Climate Policy
Research Project

Renewable Energy in German Federal States – Indicators and Ranking 2014

Completed Project| Energy, Transportation, Environment
Research Project

Stromspeicher als zentrales Element der Integration von Strom aus erneuerbaren Energien (StoRES)

Completed Project| Energy, Transportation, Environment
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