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Konstantin Löffler is a post-doctoral researcher at the Workgroup for Infrastructure Policy at TU Berlin, and a guest researcher at EUF, working in the field of energy system modeling and energy economics. Before that, he wrote his Dissertation titled "Quantifying effects of the global low-carbon transition - model-based analyses of upcoming challenges and opportunities" at TU Berlin, which he successfully defended in June of 2021. As one of the original developers of the open-source energy system model GENeSYS-MOD, he was and is part of numerous projects (including openENTRANCE and open MODEX) and teaches in the areas of energy system modeling and operations research.

He did both his Bachelor and his Master in Industrial and Network Economics at TU Berlin, with a focus on energy and environmental economics, as well as operations research. Dr. Löffler just finished a 6-month research stay at SINTEF Energy Research in Trondheim, Norway.

• Van Ouwerkerk, J. / Hainsch, K. / Candas, S. / Muschner, C. / Buchholz, S. / Günther, S. / Huyskens, H. / Berendes, S. / Löffler, K. / Bussar, C. / Tardasti, F. / von Köckritz, L. / Bramstoft, R. (2022): Comparing open source power system models - A case study focusing on fundamental modeling parameters for the German energy transition. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 161(15).
• Candas, S. / Muschner, C. / Buchholz, S. / Bramstoft, R. / van Ouwerkerk, J. / Hainsch, K. / Löffler, K. / Günther, S. / Berendes, S. / Nguyen, S. / Justin, A. (2022): Code exposed: Review of five open-source frameworks for modeling renewable energy systems. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 161(7642).
• Löffler, K. (2021): "Social discounting, social costs of carbon, and their use in energy system models", Research Letters, Vol. 16, 104005, doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac228a
• Hainsch, K. / Löffler, K. / Burandt, T. / Auer, H. / Crespo del Granado, P. / Pisciella, P. / Zwickl-Bernhard, S.  (2021): Energy Transition Scenarios: What policies, societal attitudes, and technology developments will realize the EU Green Deal? Energy 239:122067.
• Löffler, K. / Burandt, T. / Hainsch, K. / Oei, P. / Seehaus, F. / Wejda, F. (2021): Chances and barriers for Germany’s low carbon transition - Quantifying uncertainties in key influential factors. Energy 239(48):121901.
• Hainsch, K. / Burandt, T. / Löffler, K. / Kemfert, C. / Oei, P. / Hirschhausen, C.  (2020): Emission Pathways Towards a Low-Carbon Energy System for Europe: A Model-Based Analysis of Decarbonization Scenarios. The Energy Journal 42 (5).
• Auer, H. et al. (2020): Development and modelling of different decarbonization scenarios of the European energy system until 2050 as a contribution to achieving the ambitious 1.5 °C climate target—establishment of open source/data modelling in the European H2020 project openENTRANCE. Elektrotech. Inftech. 137, 346–358.
• Hainsch, K. / Brauers. H. / Burandt, T. / Göke, L. / von Hirschhausen, C. / Kemfert, C. / Kendziorski, M. / Löffler, K. / Oei, P.-Y. / Präger, F. / Wealer, B. (2020): Make the European Green Deal Real – Combining Climate Neutrality and Economic Recovery. Politikberatung kompakt 153, Berlin.
• Oei, P. / Burandt, T. / Hainsch, K. / Löffler, K. / Kemfert, C. (2020): Lessons from modeling 100% renewable scenarios using GENeSYS-MOD. Economics of Energy & Environmental Policy 9 (1). DOI: 10.5547/2160-5890.9.1.poei
• Löffler, K. / Burandt, T. / Hainsch, K. / Oei, P.-Y. (2019): Modeling the low-carbon transition of the European energy system - A quantitative assessment of the stranded assets problem. Energy Strategy Reviews 26, 100422.
• Oei, P.-Y. / Hainsch, K. / Löffler, K. / von Hirschhausen, C. / Holz, F. / Kemfert, C. (2019): Neues Klima für Europa: Klimaschutzziele für 2030 sollten angehoben werden. DIW Wochenbericht 41 (2019), Berlin.
• Oei, P.-Y. / Hainsch, K. / Löffler, K. / von Hirschhausen, C. / Holz, F. / Kemfert, C. (2019): A new climate for Europe: 2030 climate targets must be more ambitious. DIW Weekly Report 40+41 (2019), Berlin.
• Burandt, T. / Xiong, B. / Löffler, K. / Oei, P.-Y. (2019): Decarbonizing China’s energy system – Modeling the transformation of the electricity, transportation, heat, and industrial sectors. Applied Energy 255.
• Sarmiento, L. / Burandt, T. / Löffler, K. / Oei, P.-Y. (2019): Analyzing Scenarios for the Integration of Renewable Energy Sources in the Mexican Energy System—An Application of the Global Energy System Model (GENeSYS-MOD). Energies 12(17), 3270.
• Bartholdsen, H.-K. / Eidens, A. / Löffler, K. / Seehaus, F. / Wejda, F. / Burandt, T. / Oei, P.-Y. / Kemfert, C. / von Hirschhausen, C. (2019): Pathways for Germany’s Low-Carbon Energy Transformation Towards 2050. Energies 12(15), 2988.
• Löffler, K. / Burandt, T. / Hainsch, K. / Kemfert, C. / Oei, P.-Y. / von Hirschhausen, C. (2018): Modeling the Low-Carbon Transformation in Europe: Developing Paths for the European Energy System Until 2050; in Energiewende "Made in Germany" Electricity Sector Reform in the European Context, edited by Christian von Hirschhausen, Clemens Gerbaulet, Claudia Kemfert, Casimir Lorenz, and Pao-Yu Oei. Berlin, Germany: Springer International Publishing AG.
• Lawrenz, L. / Xiong, B. / Lorenz, L. / Krumm, A. / Hosenfeld, H. / Burandt, T. / Löffler, K. / Oei, P. / von Hirschhausen, C. (2018): Exploring Energy Pathways for the Low-Carbon Transformation in India - A Model-Based Analysis. Energies 11(11), 3001.
• Burandt, T. /  Löffler, K.  / Hainsch, K. (2018): GENeSYS-MOD v2.0 - Enhancing the Global Energy System Model: Model Improvements, Framework Changes, and European Data Set. DIW Data Documentation 94.
• Hainsch, K. / Burandt, T. / Kemfert, C. / Löffler, K. / Oei, P. / von Hirschhausen, C. (2018): Emission Pathways Towards a Low-Carbon Energy System for Europe  - A Model-Based Analysis of Decarbonization Scenarios. DIW Discussion Paper 1745.
• Kemfert, C. / Burandt, T. / Hainsch, K. / Löffler, K. / Oei, P. / von Hirschhausen, C. (2017): Nuclear power unnecessary for climate protection – there are more cost-efficient alternatives. DIW Economic Bulletin 48, Berlin.
• Kemfert, C. / Burandt, T. / Hainsch, K. / Löffler, K. / Oei, P. / von Hirschhausen, C. (2017): Atomkraft für Klimaschutz unnötig – Kostengünstigere Alternativen sind verfügbar. DIW Wochenbericht 47, Berlin.
• Löffler, K. / Hainsch, K. / Burandt, T. / Oei, P. / Kemfert, C. / von Hirschhausen, C. (2017): Designing a Model for the Global Energy System - GENeSYS-MOD: An Application of the Open-Source Energy Modeling System (OSeMOSYS). Energies 2017, 10(10), 1468.
• Löffler, K. / Hainsch, K. / Burandt, T. / Oei, P. / Kemfert, C. / von Hirschhausen, C. (2017): Designing a Global Energy System Based on 100% Renewables for 2050 - GENeSYS-MOD: An Application of the Open-Source Energy Modelling System (OSeMOSYS). DIW Discussion paper 1678.
• Löffler, K. / Hainsch, K. / Burandt, T. / Oei, P. / von Hirschhausen, C. (2017): Decarbonizing the Indian Energy System until 2050 - An Application of the Open Source Energy Modeling System OSeMOSYS, IAEE Energy Forum, Singapore Issue 2017.
• Burandt, T. / Hainsch, K. / Löffler, K. / Oei, P. (2017): Designing a Global Energy System based on 100% Renewables for 2050, Konferenzpapier (Langfassung) für die 10. Internationalen Energiewirtschaftstagung (IEWT).
• Burandt, T. / Hainsch, K. / Löffler, K. / Böing, H. / Erbe, J. / Kafemann, I. / Kendziorski, M. / Kruckelmann, J. / Rechtlitz, J. / Scherwath, T. / von Hirschhausen, C. / Oei, P. / Holz, F. / Mendelevitch, R. (2016): Designing a Global Energy System based on 100% Renewables for 2050, Abschlussbericht des Moduls Operations Research - Student Research Project.