Post by Stefan Lorenczik

🚀 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝘆: 𝗥𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗚𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆’𝘀 𝗘𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗴𝘆 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 – 𝗔 “𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗻 𝗕” Our latest report for the 𝗚𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘆 (𝗗𝗜𝗛𝗞) shows that the current path of the Energiewende comes with massive costs – up to €𝟱.𝟰 𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗯𝘆 𝟮𝟬𝟱𝟬 – and risks to competitiveness and industrial strength. With the support of our 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗘𝗧 𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗴𝘆 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺 𝗺𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗹, we explored an alternative: a 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁-𝗱𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗻, 𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻-𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 that uses a comprehensive 𝗰𝗮𝗽-𝗮𝗻𝗱-𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺 and embraces all low-carbon technologies. The results are clear: ✅ Up to €𝟵𝟭𝟬 𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 compared to the status quo ✅ 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗹𝗲𝘅𝗶𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 in uncertain times ✅ 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 of climate ambition with competitiveness and global effectiveness This “Plan B” is not about lowering ambition – it’s about 𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘂𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗲𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗹𝘆, while safeguarding prosperity and industrial strength. 📄 𝗙𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 (𝗶𝗻 𝗚𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻): https://lnkd.in/e-uWj3Jz 🔎 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗘𝗧 𝗺𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗹: https://lnkd.in/eNxayucD 🙏 A big thank you to my co-authors David Bothe, Johanna Reichenbach, Matthias Janssen, Gregor B., Julius Stoll, Laura Coordt, and Felicitas Kuttler for the great teamwork on this study. #Energiewende #ClimatePolicy #EnergyTransition #FrontierEconomics #Innovation