Dr. Christoph Kost

Job Title: Head of Department Energy System Analysis
Company: Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE
Country: Germany

Dr. Christoph Kost leads the department 'Energy System Analysis' and the group Energy Systems and Energy Economics' at the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE. His current scientific work includes the topics of policy analysis and financing in the field of energy technologies, the derivation of technology costs and market introduction strategies for renewable energy technologies. He analyses energy technologies and their future use as well as system interactions and sector coupling by applying economic analyses, system modeling and risk analyses.
He studied 'Business Engineering' (Diplom-Wirtschaftsingenieurwesen) at the University of Karlsruhe (Germany) and Groningen (Netherlands) between 2003 and 2009. In 2015, he obtained his phd at the Technische Universität Dresden (Chair of Energy Economics, Prof. Dr. Möst).

June 18, 2024Report Launch - Regional Market Development of Solar PV in Germany

Sessions

Session

Leading European PV Markets I: Deep Dive Germany - Understanding the Continent's Most Ambitious Solar Market

Tuesday, June 18, 2024, 02:30 pm - 04:00 pm

ICM München Room 14 A

The German solar market has always played an outstanding role in the development of PV in Europe. The country has almost continually been the EU's largest market and operated nearly one third of the EU's solar power installations. But can the market grow fast enough and install more than 20 GW per year? This will be necessary to meet its ambitious target of 215 GW of solar capacity by 2030.This session will take a close look at: Status of solar power in Germany today Strategy for meeting the country's ambitious installation targets Analysis of different market segments - residential, C&I and utility-scale Regional PV market development of solar PV in Germany report launch

Further Content

Webinar Collection

Shining Light on LATAM Solar Markets: Insights from Brazil and Mexico

July 13th, 2023

During this webinar, our panellists will explore the factors that have contributed to Brazil and Mexico's success, including regulatory frameworks, investment opportunities, and technological advancements. Additionally, they will share their perspectives on the latest policy initiatives, market dynamics, emerging technologies, and potential growth areas.

Market Trend

The BMWK’s Photovoltaics Strategy: German Federal Government Presents Policies

June 26, 2023

BMWK presents strategy paper for the expansion of photovoltaics in May 2023

News

Just Get Involved

July 21, 2023

Meet some of our AWARD winners as well as some start-ups and their energy management systems

Berthold Breid, CEO of Renewables Academy AG (RENAC) in Berlin.

Energy Transition Skills Shortage – What Opportunities Does Education and Training Provide?

The smarter E Podcast Episode 142 | Language: German

July 20, 2023

We speak with Bertholt Breid about the shortage of skilled workers in the energy transition in Germany, about occupational, what opportunities there are in terms of training and continuing education and about the financing of those.

Press Release

Intersolar AWARD 2023: Innovative Solar Technologies Honored

June 13, 2023

The transformerless string inverter SUN2000-330KTL for photovoltaic installations, the ABC modules which are among the highest-performing solar panels in the world...