Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research ISI
Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research ISI

Project

WinIt – Scientific Analyses of Industrial Transformation

This project encompasses a wide range of scientific analyses, with industrial transformation as the central topic. The analyses are carried out against the background of climate protection and energy system transformation in a dynamic policy environment in Germany, the EU and worldwide.

 

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The project ‘Scientific Analyses of Industrial Transformation – WinIt’ addresses scientific questions on the industrial transformation towards a climate-neutral and resilient economy. The project covers the entire spectrum of this topic. Questions regarding the industrial transformation in Germany and beyond are formulated with a view to the EU's energy and climate policy instruments and addressed using scientific methods throughout the project.

The background to the project is the very dynamic policy background of recent years, particularly since 2019, as well as increasing uncertainties regarding the future economic structure, value chains and global division of labour: while the necessity of transformation in industry towards a climate-neutral economy remains, a geopolitically situation increasingly determined by conflicts brings with it considerable uncertainties that also affect the energy system and the transformation of industry. Furthermore, the transformation of industry is also complex with regard to the technological options and pathways that could and should be used. Some of these technical pathways are complementary, while others are in competition with each other.

These multiple complexities require a broad and comprehensive and scientifically sound  analysis of the numerous issues of industrial transformation. The research project is intended to enable research that addresses these issues.

 

 

The project is a joint undertaking of the Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research ISI in the lead and the German Institute for Economic Research (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung e.V.), the Institute for Resource Efficiency and Energy Strategies - IREES GmbH and the Postdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (Potsdam-Institut für Klimafolgenforschung, PIK), Department of Transformation Paths.

The following topics will be covered:

  • Model-based analyses of industrial decarbonisation and industrial hydrogen demand, including the (further) development of a model as an analysis tool for other work in the project
  • Financing risks and risk protection for the industrial transformation
  • Green lead markets and the definition of green products
  • Interaction of different policy measures for the industrial transformation in Germany and the EU
  • Technologies and policy instruments for carbon management: CCS and CCU for the decarbonisation of industry
  • Flexibilisation of industrial energy demand in the context of decarbonisation

 

Results and publications will be presented here.

 

Duration

January 2025 - July 2026

Client

Partners

  • Institute for Resource Efficiency and Energy Strategies - IREES GmbH
  • German Institute for Economic Research (DIW), Berlin
  • Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research PIK