Prof. Dr. Mario Ragwitz

His current scientific work includes issues of innovation research, policy analysis and financing in the field of renewable energies, the derivation of R&D and market introduction strategies for renewable energy technologies and the modeling of energy systems with renewable energy sources. In particular, his tasks included the derivation of the EU renewable energy targets for 2020 and the development and evaluation of the EU renewable energy directives and the Renewable Energy Law in Germany. He is project coordinator of numerous international and national studies on renewable energies and climate protection.

In addition to the German Federal Government, he advises the European Commission, the German Bundestag, the EU Parliament, the World Bank, other national governments and companies.  

• Honorary Professor at the Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Faculty of Environment and Natural Resources
• Part-time Professor at the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies at the European University Institute in Florence

• DIA-CORE: Policy Dialogue on the assessment and convergence of RES policy in EU Member States (on behalf of the European Commission)
• Zukunftswerkstatt Erneuerbare Energien ( Think-Tank Renewable Energies) – key project of the BMU on the reform of the EEG (on behalf of the German Ministry of the Environment)
• Beyond 2020 - Design and impact of a harmonised policy for renewable electricity in Europe (on behalf of the European Commission)
• Analysis of the RES technology diffusion in EU-MENA until 2050 and compatibility of future European RES-E support schemes with the regulatory framework for electricity generation in MENA countries (on behalf of the Dii)
• Evaluation of instruments to improve the market integration of renewable electricity in Germany / Bewertung der Direktvermarktung Erneuerbarer Energien (on behalf of the German Ministry of the Environment)
• Re-Shaping: Shaping an effective and efficient European renewable energy market (on behalf of the European Commission)
• Development of an integrated strategy for the heating and cooling sector in Germany
• Combined Renewable Energy Master Plan (CREMP) for Egypt (on behalf of KfW)
• EMPLOY-RES: The impact of renewable energy policy on economic growth and employment in the European Union (on behalf of the European Commission)
• OPTRES: Assessment and optimisation of renewable energy support schemes in the European electricity market (on behalf of the European Commission)
• PowerACE: PowerACE: Effects of the CO2 emission trading and of the enhanced use of renewable energy sources on the liberalised electricity market (on behalf of the Volkswagen Foundation)
• FORRES 2020: Analysis of the renewable energy sources’ evolution up to 2020 (on behalf of the European Commission)
  
• GREMP: Global Markets and Policies for Renewable Energies (on behalf of the IEA) Globale Märkte und Politikmaßnahmen für erneuerbare Energien
  
• MENA Region - Regional Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) Scale-up Initiative (on behalf of the World Bank)
  

M. Ragwitz and H. Kantz

Method and apparatus for processing and predicting flow parameters of turbulent media

DE 100 33 183 A1, granted on 24.01.2002.

• Held, A.; Ragwitz, M.; Sensfuß, F.; Resch, G.; Olmos, L.; Ramos, A.; Rivier, M. (2018): How can the renewables targets be reached cost-effectively? Policy options for the development of renewables and the transmission grid. In: Energy Policy 116 (2018), pp. 112-126.
• Schleich, J.; Walz, R.; Ragwitz, M. (2017): Effects of policies on patenting in wind-power technologies. In: Energy Policy, 108, pp. 684–695. doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2017.06.043
  
• Winkler J.; Pudlik M.; Ragwitz M.; Pfluger B. (2016): The market value of renewable electricity – Which factors really matter? In: Appl. Energy 2016; 184, pp. 464-481.
  
• Duscha, V.; Fougeyrollas, A.; Nathani, C.; Pfaff, M.; Ragwitz, M.; Resch, G.; Schade, W.; Breitschopf, B.; Walz, R. (2016): Renewable energy deployment in Europe up to 2030 and the aim of a triple dividend. In: Energy Policy 95, August 2016, pp. 314-323.
  
• Boie, I.; Kost, C.; Bohn, S.; Agsten, M.; Bretschneider, P.; Snigovyi, O.; Pudlik, M.; Ragwitz, M.; Schlegl, T.; Westermann, D. (2016): Opportunities and challenges of high renewable energy deployment and electricity exchange for North Africa and Europe – Scenarios for power sector and transmission infrastructure in 2030 and 2050. In: Renewable Energy, Volume 87, Part 1, March 2016, pp. 130–144. Doi:10.1016/j.renene.2015.10.008
  
• Boie, I.; Ragwitz, M; Held, A. (2015): A composite indicator for short-term diffusion forecasts of renewable energy technologies - The case of Germany. In: Energy Environ 2016;27(1), pp. 28-54.
  
• Ragwitz, M.; Steinhilber, S. (2014): Effectiveness and efficiency of support schemes for electricity from renewable energy sources. In: WIREs Energy Environ. 2014, 3, pp. 213-229.
  
• Klessmann, C.; Rathmann, M.; de Jager, D.; Gazzo, A.; Resch, G.; Busch, S. et al. (2013): Policy options for reducing the costs of reaching the European renewables target. In: Renewable Energy 2013;57, pp. 390-403.
  
• Steinbach, J.; Ragwitz, M.; Bürger, V.; Becker, L.; Kranzl, L.; Hummel, M. et al. (2013): Analysis of harmonisation options for renewable heating support policies in the European Union. In: Energy Policy 2013;59, pp. 59-70.
  
• Resch, G.; Gephart, M.; Steinhilber, S.; Klessmann, C.; del Rio, P.; Ragwitz, M. (2013): Coordination or harmonisation? Feasible pathways for a European RES strategy beyond 2020. In: Energy and Environment, Vol. 24, No. 1 & 2.