Energy & Climate

Dr. Felix Christian Matthes

Research Coordinator for Energy & Climate Policy / Senior Researcher

Special Expertise

Decarbonisation strategies for Germany and Europe
Projections of emissions and energy demand (Germany and EU)
Evaluation of energy and environmental policy instruments and policy mix
Greenhouse gas emissions trading (EU and international) and carbon pricing approaches
Coal phase-out strategies in Germany
Technology-specific issues of the power system, e.g. with regard to hydrogen, nuclear power, industrial processes, and carbon capture and storage (CCS)
Electricity market regulation and electricity market design
International climate policy

Professional Training and Career

Since 2009: Research Coordinator for Energy and Climate Policy at Oeko-Institut
2007/2008: Visiting scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change), Cambridge, MA (USA)
1997-2008: Coordinator of the Energy & Climate Division at Oeko-Institut and 2002-2004: Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Oeko-Institut.
1993: Study visit in the USA as Fellow of the German Marshall Fund of the United States.
Since 1990: Forschungs- und Beratungstätigkeit am Öko-Institut und verantwortlich für die Gründung des Berliner Büros.
1999: Doctorate in political science (summa cum laude) at Freie Universität Berlin.
1985: Graduate studies in electrical engineering at the Leipzig University of Technology

External Roles

Since 2022: Member of the Expert Commission on Monitoring the Energy Transition
Since 2016: Member of the German-Japanese Energy Transition Council (GJETC)
2022: Member of the Expert Commission on Gas and Heat
2020-2022: Expert member of the Bremen Parliament’s Enquete Commission on Climate Protection
2019-2023: Member of the Steering Committee of the Climate Protection Science Platform
2018-2019: Member of the German Federal Government’s Commission for Growth, Structural Change and Employment (”Coal Commission”)
2011: Member of the Advisory Group on the Energy Roadmap 2050, on behalf of the European Commission’s Directorate General
2000-2003: Scientific Member of the Study Commission (Enquete Commission) “Sustainable Energy in the Framework of Globalization and Liberalization” of the 14th German Federal Parliament
Member of the German Association for Energy Economics Research and Policy (GEE), affiliate to the International Association for Energy Economics (IAEE)
Member of the German Political Science Association (DVPW)
Member of Advisory Board of the Federal Association of Wind Energy Offshore (BWO)
Member of the Scientific Advisory & Project Board of 50Hertz Transmission GmbH

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