The global land area required to meet the German consumption of agricultural products for
food and non-food use was quantified, and the related greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions …

The positive impacts of an increasing share of renewable energy on the mitigation of climate
change as well as on the decrease of the dependency of energy imports are indisputable …

The electricity systems of many countries are currently undergoing a process of
transformation. Market liberalization has induced major mergers and acquisitions in the …

Summary The Buildings Performance Institute Europe commissioned Fraunhofer ISI to
investigate the current status of existing options and use of discount rates in energy …

We present a comparison of solar thermal and solar electric cooling for a typical small office
building exposed to two different European climates (Freiburg and Madrid). The …

The assessment of regional bioenergy potentials from different types of natural land cover is
an integral part of simulation tools that aim to assess local renewable energy systems. This …

The events of March 2011 at the nuclear power complex in Fukushima, Japan, raised
questions about the safe operation of nuclear power plants, with early retirement of existing …

Soot toxification: The increasing chemical activity of the emitted soot particulate produced by
modern diesel engines is an unwanted side effect of modification of the motors. This makes …

The LOPEX (Long-term Oil Price and EXtraction) model generates long-term scenarios
about future world oil supply and corresponding price paths up to the year 2100. In order to …

The role of hydrogen in long run sustainable energy scenarios for the world and for the case
of Germany is analysed, based on key criteria for sustainable energy systems. The possible …