Status Report Energy transition in North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) and Baden-Württemberg (BW)Published by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbHRegistered officesBonn and Eschborn, GermanyAddress GIZ Office East Asia Tayuan Diplomatic Office Building 2, 5th floor 14 Liangmahe Nanlu, Chaoyang District 100600 Beijing, PR ChinaEmail: climatechangechina@giz.de For more information on the project and IKI in China please refer to climatecooperation.cnProject DescriptionThis report is an output of “Supporting China’s climate targets through ambitious green and low carbon energy transition” project. It is a bilateral initiative under the Sino-German Dialogue and Cooperation Mechanism on Climate Change and Green Transition by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWE) and the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC). It is implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH together with the China Electricity Council (CEC), and the Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy (WI). This project is implemented on behalf of the international Climate Initiative (IKI) of the Federal Government of Germany. Within the Federal Government, the IKI is anchored in the BMUKN. Selected individual projects are also the responsibility of the Federal Foreign Office (AA).Project DirectorMarkus WypiorAuthorsChun Xia-Bauer, Larissa Doré, Sibel Raquel Ersoy, Dagmar Kiyar, Joschko Kröger, Christine Krüger, Lena Tholen, Stefan Thomas (WI)ReviewersMarkus Wypior, Wang Hao (GIZ)Table of Contents1 Introduction ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................12 Setting the Scene ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................12.1 Energy transition in NRW and BW ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................12.2 Overall policy framework and governance structure ..................................................................................................................................................................23 Energy Consumption and Supply in NRW and BW ...........................................................................................................................................................43.1 Energy consumption, particularly electricity consumption by sector ..............................................................................................................................43.2 Electricity generation mix ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................53.3 Coal phase-out ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................53.4 Renewable energy expansion ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................64 Renewable Energy-Based Electrification ....................................................................................................................................................................................74.1 Status, progress and future trends ........................................................................................................................................................................................................74.2 Key challenges for electrification ............................................................................................................................................................................................................95 System Flexibility ...............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................105.1 Dispatchable generation capacity ........................................................................................................................................................................................................105.2 Energy storage .......................................
