Working Group 1: Renewable Energy, Energy Infrastructure and Sector Coupling

Increasing renewable energy generation is the core task of the energy transition. To reach climate neutrality, almost all energy has to come from renewable sources. Türkiye and Germany both already have a high share of electricity from renewable sources and a high potential for further expansion. In Türkiye, the conditions for solar energy, wind, as well as geothermal-, and hydropower are especially favourable.

Furthermore, a successful energy transition in all sectors requires the interconnection of energy generation, industry, mobility and buildings. To make this possible, the energy system and its infrastructure have to change: Flexibility has to be increased, e.g. with storage systems or by using demand-side flexibility; charging stations for electric vehicles have to be integrated into the system; hydrogen will function as a link between the sectors.

The working group’s core topics are:

• Geothermal heating and cooling
• Biomass
• Wind power
• Solar thermal energy
• Grid flexibility options/energy storage systems
• Sector coupling: e-mobility and grid integration