Dr. Veit Bürger

Special Expertise

• Development, assessment and evaluation of strategies as well as policy instruments for the sustainable transformation of the heating sector.
• Development of scenarios and visions for a climate-neutral heating and cooling sector
• Support mechanisms for increasing the use of renewable energies in the heating and cooling sector
• Transformation and regulation of heating and gas networks
• Municipal heat planning
• Climate action plans on the regional and local level

Key Projects

• Projects supporting the Federal Government in the development, assessment and evaluation of the Trends and Projection Reports, Climate Protection and Immediate Action programmes
• Projects supporting the EU Commission in further developing the regulatory and support framework for the heating and cooling sector (incl. district heating and cooling)
• Development and evaluation of selected policy approaches and instrument bundles for the heat transition
• Projects to support the Federal Government in the implementation of urban heat planning
• Projects to support the Federal Government in further developing the regulatory framework for heating and gas distribution networks
• Developing scenarios and transformation strategies for the heating sector
• Development and evaluation of policy instruments to promote the increased market penetration of renewable energies in the heating market, to further develop the Renewable Energies Heat Act (EEWärmeG) and participation in the preparation of the EEWärmeG Evaluation Report
• Development, assessment and evaluation of climate policy action programmes and specific policy instruments for regions (e.g. Baden-Württemberg, Hamburg, Bavaria) and selected municipalities (e.g. Munich, Freiburg)
• Analysis of the economic impact of different policy approaches on different social groups
• Assessment of an energy saving obligation (white certificates) in terms of its suitability in the increased use of demand-side energy saving measures in Germany
• Supporting selected EU Member States in the implementation of the EU Renewables Directive 2009/28/EC
• Advising the EU Commission on the development of recommendations on financial reserves for disposal related to nuclear power
• Research on electricity disclosure and green power quality standards

Professional Training

• PhD at the University of Freiburg
• Graduated in Energy Management at Hochschule Darmstadt
• Graduated in Physics at the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität, Heidelberg

Career

• Since 2023: Head of Energy & Climate Division
• Since 2002: Deputy Head and project leader at Öko-Institut e.V. (Energy & Climate Division)
• 1999-2001: Greenpeace e.V., Hamburg
  Energy and climate policy campaigner
• 1998: Fraunhofer-Institut für Solare Energiesysteme (Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems), Freiburg
• Since 2017 lecturer at the University of Freiburg in the field of energy policy

Language Skills

English