Melanie Degel
Research Director
Dipl.-Wirtschaftsingenieurin Energy and Environmental Management
Research field
Energy, climate and infrastructureThe person
Melanie Degel war von 2008 bis Anfang 2025 als wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin am IZT tätig und ab 2019 zudem Leiterin des Forschungsfeldes „Energie, Klima & Infrastruktur“. Zuvor führte sie 2014/2015 kommissarisch das Forschungscluster „Nachhaltigkeit und Transformation“.
Sie forscht zu den Themen Energie, Klima und Infrastrukturen. Ihre Schwerpunkte sind gesellschaftliche und technisch-ökonomische Transformationsthemen von erneuerbaren Energiesystemen und Energieinfrastrukturen. Sie beschäftigt sich zudem mit energiepolitischen Fragen zum Klimaschutz sowie mit Nachhaltigkeitsbetrachtungen.
Melanie Degel engagierte sich von 2011 bis 2025 als Vorsitzende des Betriebsrates.
She started her career at an energy technology company in the contracting sector.
She holds a degree in industrial engineering and studied "Energy and Environmental Management" at the University of Flensburg and spent a semester abroad in Nuuk/Greenland.
Expertise
- Energy and energy forecasts, emissions and emissions scenarios
- Modelling and modelling
- Service development
- Acceptance research
- Scenario technique (explorative/quantitative/normative)
Selected projects and publications
Projects
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2024 - 2025
Evaluation of the Competence Centre for the Municipal Heat Transition
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2024 - 2025
Evaluation of the dialogue network for sustainable agriculture
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2023 - 2024
Scientific support of a concept, pilot and guideline in the context of energy sharing
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2023
Evaluation of the project "Support for market surveillance, part 2" as part of the National Action Plan on Energy Efficiency (NAPE)
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2022 - 2025
EmPowerPlan - Participation and justice on the ground
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2021 - 2023
Impact assessment and dissemination potentials of social innovations for sustainable consumption - FoSInKo
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2021
Use of digital technologies in energy communities
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2020 - 2021
Effect of state funding measures on the implementation of radon remediation measures in the residential sector - an analysis of potential
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2019
Concept for the implementation of a qualified repair network in Berlin
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2018 - 2019
Research map on coupled, climate-resilient, sustainable infrastructures in Europe
Publications
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2025
Guide to the implementation of energy sharing communities in Germany
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2024
Making the impact of repair cafés, food sharing and the like visible
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2024
Energy sharing in Germany - from concept to realisation in the energy industry
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2022
Energy Communities: Accelerators of the decentralised energy transition
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2022
Energy communities: Accelerators of the decentralised energy transition
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2022
Sustainability assessment of socio-technical innovation and biomass use pathways
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2020
Evaluation of the BfS messages and texts from the area of electricity grid expansion
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2019
The future in view: Technology trends in the nexus of resource efficiency and climate protection
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2019
Concept for the implementation of a qualified repair network in Berlin
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2018
Feasibility study on the establishment of a repair quality community in Berlin