ZEW’s Energy Expert Prof. Dr. Andreas Löschel Presents First Expert Report on the Monitoring Process "Energie der Zukunft" in Berlin

On December 19, the commission of experts for the monitoring process "Energie der Zukunft" (Energy of the Future) presented the federal ministers Peter Altmaier and Dr. Philipp Rösler its first statement on the monitoring report of the German federal government. Prof. Löschel, the commission’s chairman and head of the ZEW Research Department "Environmental and Resource Economics", took this opportunity to present the monitoring system and selected results of the report in a lecture at the representation of the State of Baden-Württemberg in Berlin.

The goal of the first statement on the government’s monitoring report is to deliver a scientific classification and assessment of the report. Furthermore, the statement analyses selected relevant developments, aims, and measures to achieve a turnaround in German energy policy. "A comprehensive assessment of the turnaround in energy policy, however, is not the task of our report. This will be a part of the development report in 2014", Löschel pointed out. The first statement on the monitoring report should be regarded as an opening summary and will serve as a foundation for the further observation of the energy policy turnaround, according to Löschel.

Download the Statement on the Monitoring Report (in German language)