Falko Ueckerdt
falkoueckerdt.bsky.social
Falko Ueckerdt
@falkoueckerdt.bsky.social
Energy researcher at the Potsdam Institute (PIK_climate).

Working in energy system transformation, renewable electricity, electrification, hydrogen, and e-fuels.

https://www.pik-potsdam.de/members/Ueckerdt
Thank you @pik-potsdam.bsky.social! I owe you.

📢 We’ve just opened calls for the 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐏𝐡𝐃 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 in our new research group, 𝐄𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐅𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬 – please apply or share!
👉https://career.it-u.at/en/Job/73282

A 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐝𝐨𝐜𝐬 will follow in January.
November 6, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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It's absolutely astonishing: In just about 13 years, Norway has skyrocketed from virtually no sales of zero-emission battery electric vehicles to nearly 100% of all new passenger car purchases.
September 23, 2025 at 5:47 AM
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⚡ New paper in @natcomms.nature.com on decarbonizing the hard-to-electrify sectors!

Which abatement option is most cost-efficient for the steel, cement, chemical, or long-distance transport sectors? In this paper, we explore the mitigation landscape of each sector.

🔗 Article: rdcu.be/ejLI0
Exploring techno-economic landscapes of abatement options for hard-to-electrify sectors
Nature Communications - Abatement options for hard-to-electrify sectors (e.g., steel, aviation) face uncertainty in future costs and feasibility. This techno-economic analysis shows that despite...
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April 29, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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🚨 Now CCN-official 🚨 Trump issues stop-work-order to NASA chief scientist #KateCalvin, who is also co-chair of the IPCC's working group in charge of the next assessment on climate change mitigation. This is brutal, on so many levels. edition.cnn.com/2025/02/21/c...
Trump bars federal scientists from working on pivotal global climate report | CNN
The Trump administration told US government scientists working on a vital global climate report to stop their work – the president’s latest move to withdraw the US from global climate action and resea...
edition.cnn.com
February 22, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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🚀🚀🚀𝐄𝐱𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐎𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲!

Our partner @pik-potsdam.bsky.social is offering a new research position to model circularity and industry transformation scenarios - with a focus on the #chemical sector (mostly plastics).

More info:🔗https://tinyurl.com/24udxdkv

#transience #industry4netzero
February 12, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Job: Circularity & industry transformation

Do you want to learn about material flow analyses and modeling of transformation scenarios?

@pik-potsdam.bsky.social is a renowned institute with scientific and real-world impact - and a beautiful location near Berlin

All info here: tinyurl.com/24udxdkv
February 10, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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🚨 New Research!

Can heat pumps be cheaper than gas boilers? Our study shows how.

🔹 Cost parity at SCOP 3.3 in UK
🔹 Shifting ⚡levies to taxation lowers costs
🔹 Moving levies to gas even more
🔹 Time-of-use tariffs unlock savings

Full paper: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

🧵 THREAD ⬇️
January 31, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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ICYMI (esp. new followers): Two weeks ago @falkoueckerdt.bsky.social and I published an Article (+Policy Brief) on the past setbacks and future challenges of green hydrogen in @natureenergy.bsky.social.

Questions? Get in touch!

🔗Paper: doi.org/10.1038/s415...
🔗Policy Brief: doi.org/10.1038/s415...
January 29, 2025 at 10:56 AM
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A new study from @adrianodenweller.bsky.social and @falkoueckerdt.bsky.social quantifies the green hydrogen ambition and implementation gap, finding that meeting expectations will remain challenging and costly. https://bit.ly/40mppIh
The green hydrogen ambition and implementation gap - Nature Energy
Green hydrogen is critical for hard-to-electrify sectors, but faces economic headwinds. Odenweller and Ueckerdt quantify green hydrogen ambition and implementation gaps, showing that meeting expectations will remain challenging and costly.
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January 17, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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1/ New research @UniLUT shows the impact of transportation on the final cost of green e-methanol imported to #Europe from #Chile & #Morocco doi.org/10.1016/j.re.... Import costs are estimated for the case of shipping and pipelines in 2030-2050.
January 15, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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📅 Save the date: Der Expertenrat für Klimafragen veröffentlicht am Mittwoch, 5.2.2025, sein Zweijahresgutachten. Darin betrachtet er die Entwicklungen und Trends der vergangenen Jahre sowie die Wirksamkeit von klimapolitischen Maßnahmen und formuliert Anforderungen an die künftige Klimapolitik.
January 15, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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🚨New Paper and Policy Brief🚨

How has green hydrogen developed recently? How much hydrogen is needed for 1.5°C? And what are plausible future pathways?

In a new Nature Energy study, we look at these questions.

🔗Article: https://buff.ly/3WeOh3G
🔗Policy Brief: https://buff.ly/3C2F6wm

#EnergySky
January 14, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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Am 21. Januar um 12 Uhr haben wir mit @brigitteknopf.bsky.social von @klimasozial.bsky.social, Christoph Pistner vom @oekoinstitut.bsky.social und @falkoueckerdt.bsky.social vom @pik-potsdam.bsky.social
Wissenschaftler*innen zu Gast, um Fragen Klimafragen aus dem Wahlkampf zu klären.
January 13, 2025 at 6:59 AM
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🚨 New paper and webinar on green hydrogen! 🚨

How have green hydrogen projects performed in recent years? How has the role of hydrogen in 1.5°C scenarios changed? What are plausible future pathways given announced support policies?
January 11, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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📄 Heute erschienen: unser Report zur langfristigen Wettbewerbsfähigkeit energieintensiver Grundstoffe in DE und der Option des Imports grüner Vorprodukte.

🔗 ariadneprojekt.de/publikation/...

Zusammenfassung der Kernergebnisse im 🧵 … 1/7
December 11, 2024 at 4:33 PM
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I keep hearing people say that we could scale green hydrogen so that it could replace fossil gas used for heating buildings.

My take: this is highly unrealistic.

Let's look at the numbers in more detail in this 🧵
December 3, 2024 at 1:30 PM
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Thanks for sharing our article @janrosenow.bsky.social! Sadly, two years after its publication, most green hydrogen projects have been delayed or abandoned. @falkoueckerdt.bsky.social and I will soon publish a follow-up article to explore recent setbacks and future challenges of green hydrogen.
I keep hearing people say that we could scale green hydrogen so that it could replace fossil gas used for heating buildings.

My take: this is highly unrealistic.

Let's look at the numbers in more detail in this 🧵
December 3, 2024 at 4:41 PM
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Our new commentary in Joule (authors.elsevier.com/a/1k9mf925JE...) describes the rationale behind the major design choices underlying Germany’s recently concluded 4-billion € tender of Carbon Contracts for Difference (CCfD) for emissions reductions in energy-intensive industry: 1/6 🔌💡 #climatesky
November 27, 2024 at 8:36 PM
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🎙️ Morgen, 22.6. um 17:00 Uhr machen @aroth.bsky.social und ich auf der Langen Nacht der Wissenschaften #LNDW24 unseren ersten Live-Podcast zum Stand der #Energiewende!

Live auch auf YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJmr...

Alle bisherigen Folgen von fossilfrei: www.diw.de/de/diw_01.c....
Fossilfrei – Live von der Langen Nacht der Wissenschaften
Wolf-Peter Schill und Alexander Roth diesmal live aus der Chausseestraße in Mitte. Alle Informationen über den Podcast 'fossilfrei' findet Ihr auf der DIW-Website: https://www.diw.de/fossilfrei
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June 21, 2024 at 3:27 PM
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#Sondergutachten des Expertenrats @expertenratklima.bsky.social zur Prüfung der Projektionsdaten: Das Ergebnis ist die Festellung einer erstmaligen Zielverfehlung für 2021-2030 nach neuem #Klimaschutzgesetz.
Hier ein kurzer Mitschnitt der Pressekonferenz: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pVX...
Pressekonferenz zum Sondergutachten zur Prüfung der Treibhausgas-Projektionsdaten 2024 am 03.06.24
Pressekonferenz zum Sondergutachten zur Prüfung der Treibhausgas-Projektionsdaten 2024.
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June 4, 2024 at 3:45 AM
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#JobOpportunity @pik-potsdam.bsky.social: We are looking for a postdoc or research analyst working with us on energy systems modeling of decarbonization pathways for the transport system 0cn.de/PIKtransport....
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May 14, 2024 at 12:15 PM
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Job opportunity: Project Officer Hydrogen (f/m/d) wanted, Berlin-based, full or part-time.

You have expertise in the fields of #energy, #hydrogen & #PtX and want to contribute to complex research projects in collaboration with Agora colleagues?

Deadline is May 22. More details ➡️ bit.ly/3UyMLrj
Open positions
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May 10, 2024 at 1:58 PM
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Eindrücke von #FFF-Veranstaltung 👇
"Unite behind the science", die vor #Klimakrise & Angriff auf Demokratie warnt - sinnbildlich aber allein mit der Zivilgesellschaft im Regen stehen gelassen wird...
#KeepTheGreenDealAlive 🔥@luisaneubauer.bsky.social @ckemfert.bsky.social @matthiasquent.bsky.social
April 24, 2024 at 4:09 PM
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Great to see the International Energy Agency (IEA) embrace #opensource energy modelling tool PyPSA

used for hourly modelling in their new report on future flexibility needs at different scales (hourly, seasonal, inter-annual)

#openmod #freethemodels

www.iea.org/reports/mana...
Managing the Seasonal Variability of Electricity Demand and Supply – Analysis - IEA
Managing the Seasonal Variability of Electricity Demand and Supply - Analysis and key findings. A report by the International Energy Agency.
www.iea.org
April 24, 2024 at 2:35 PM
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📄💡 New paper published in Nature Energy estimating the “renewables pull” for green value chains of basic materials (steel & chemicals)!

Read online (open access): nature.com/articles/s41560-024-01492-z
Impact of global heterogeneity of renewable energy supply on heavy industrial production and green value chains - Nature Energy
A new study of low-carbon value chains of basic materials (steel and chemicals) demonstrates how regional differences in renewable energy prices may lead to a global relocation of energy-intensive pro...
nature.com
April 24, 2024 at 9:34 AM