Energy & Climate

Franziska Flachsbarth

Senior Researcher

Franziska Flachsbarth is a research associate at the Freiburg branch of the Institute for Applied Ecology. She studied Industrial Engineering focusing on energy grids and energy market modelling at the Brandenburg Technical University of Cottbus. Her key activity at the Institute for Applied Ecology is the modeling of the future power system regarding grid restrictions.

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Gas phase-out

Greenhouse gas-neutral electricity generation by 2035: comparison of instruments for a phase-out of natural gas in Germany

06/27/2024

The decarbonisation of electricity generation is of central importance for achieving national and European climate protection and energy targets. This project analyses electricity generation in Germany that is nearly GHG-neutral by 2035, taking into account the European internal market. The analy
Germany

Robust Development of the Energy System for Energy Security: Open Source Methodologies for the Robust Development of the Energy System for Energy Sovereignty and Resilience

03/01/2024

The importance of energy sovereignty and the resilience of the energy system has recently come to the fore in the energy policy debate. Russia’s ongoing war of aggression against Ukraine is leading to tectonic shifts and upheavals on a geopolitical level and thus also on an energy policy level. The
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, regulator
Germany

Whole System Approach: Adjustment of incentive regulation to improve whole system optimisation

12/01/2022

The central objective is to investigate a targeted adaptation of incentive regulation for better overall system coordination of the energy sectors. The starting point of the analysis are concrete use cases that can be assigned to the three levels of the WSA and thus to the central interfaces wher
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 for the exp
Carbon pricing

GHG Projections: Further development of the methodologies and implementation of the European Governance Regulation and the Federal Climate Change Act in the 2023 Projection Report ("Policy Scenarios XI")

07/01/2022

Within the framework of the international and European climate protection regime, projections for greenhouse gas emissions must be submitted every two years by the participating countries or member states, which comply with a specified reporting format. The aim of the project is to support the Ge

Bremen Energy Working Papers No. 48

TSO Coordination and Strategic Behaviour: A Game Theoretical and Simulation Model Study based on the German Electricity Grid

July 2024

The electricity grid includes multiple network areas managed by different operators, with transmission system operators (TSOs) handling high-voltage areas and distribution system operators managing mid- to low-voltage areas. These areas are interconnected and synchronized, creating classical externa

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The role of decentralised flexibility options for managing transmission grid congestions in Germany

February 2024

Decentralised flexibility options connected to the distribution grid can be used for congestion management in the transmission grid. Their potential contribution for the transmission grid in Germany is investigated in a scenario analysis for the years 2030, 2040 and 2050.

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A Grid Model Comparison Experiment: Insights from the discussion of differences in model formulation in the harmonization process

September 2022

Presentation by Franziska Flachsbarth, International Conference on Operations Research - OR 2022, 6. - 9.9.2022

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Impact of model parametrization and formulation on the explorative power of electricity network congestion management models - Insights from a grid model comparison experiment

May 2022

Integrating increasing shares of weather-dependent renewable energies into energy systems while maintaining high levels of security of supply constitutes a challenge for system operators. The system integration of large shares of variable renewable energy generation requires an effective operation o

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Addressing the Effect of Social Acceptance on the Distribution of Wind Energy Plants and the Transmission Grid in Germany

August 2021

Social acceptance is increasingly becoming a limiting factor in implementing the energy transition in Germany. From today’s perspective, the expansion of wind energy and future transmission grids is only somewhat a technical or economic challenge rather than a social one. Since political decisions

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Model-based evaluation of decentralised electricity markets at different phases of the German energy transition

May 2021

This paper investigates small-scale decentralised markets in the German electricity system. In our case decentralised markets are defined as regions in which regional electricity demand is met primarily by regional generators. The research question is twofold. Firstly, how does the size of decentral

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The EU Carbon Certification Removal Framework and its methodologies must be improved to deliver on their goals

Blog 12/12/2024

In October 2024, the European Commission presented draft methodologies for the European Union’s Carbon Removal Certification Framework (CRCF). These methodologies set out requirements for the certification of carbon removals and soil emission reductions from various mitigation activities.
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The ICVCM approval of three REDD methodologies presents risks to the integrity of the initiative

Blog 12/10/2024

In November 2024, the Governing Board of the Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market (ICVCM) approved three methodologies for reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD). The methodologies are now eligible for issuing “high integrity” carbon credits under the Core Carbon Principles (CCPs) label of the ICVCM. We are concerned with this decision. While the methodologies have been improved compared to previous versions, in our assessment they do not meet the requirements of the ICVCM Assessment Framework. Here we explain why.

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Recent projects

Greenhouse gas-neutral electricity generation by 2035: comparison of instruments for a phase-out of natural gas in Germany

Robust Development of the Energy System for Energy Security: Open Source Methodologies for the Robust Development of the Energy System for Energy Sovereignty and Resilience

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

Whole System Approach: Adjustment of incentive regulation to improve whole system optimisation

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

GHG Projections: Further development of the methodologies and implementation of the European Governance Regulation and the Federal Climate Change Act in the 2023 Projection Report ("Policy Scenarios XI")

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Recent projects

Greenhouse gas-neutral electricity generation by 2035: comparison of instruments for a phase-out of natural gas in Germany

Robust Development of the Energy System for Energy Security: Open Source Methodologies for the Robust Development of the Energy System for Energy Sovereignty and Resilience

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

Whole System Approach: Adjustment of incentive regulation to improve whole system optimisation

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

GHG Projections: Further development of the methodologies and implementation of the European Governance Regulation and the Federal Climate Change Act in the 2023 Projection Report ("Policy Scenarios XI")

Recent publications

TSO Coordination and Strategic Behaviour: A Game Theoretical and Simulation Model Study based on the German Electricity Grid

The role of decentralised flexibility options for managing transmission grid congestions in Germany

A Grid Model Comparison Experiment: Insights from the discussion of differences in model formulation in the harmonization process

Impact of model parametrization and formulation on the explorative power of electricity network congestion management models - Insights from a grid model comparison experiment

Addressing the Effect of Social Acceptance on the Distribution of Wind Energy Plants and the Transmission Grid in Germany

Model-based evaluation of decentralised electricity markets at different phases of the German energy transition

Read more

The EU Carbon Certification Removal Framework and its methodologies must be improved to deliver on their goals

The ICVCM approval of three REDD methodologies presents risks to the integrity of the initiative