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A research article by NFDI4Energy members examined the methodological challenges of determining the origin of Germany’s electricity imports within the interconnected European market. The authors compare different calculation methods and demonstrate that the determined volume and origin of imports vary significantly depending on the chosen approach. The study concludes that there is no single, definitive answer to where imports come from and recommends that analyses be transparent about the specific methods used.
Motivation and research requirements
The publication of the original research article did not allow detailed descriptions of the analytical measures or the inclusion of underlying data, which suggests publishing supplementary material on an external platform. Since the topic is frequently discussed not only by experts, but a wider audience, the material should be easily accessible, ideally with direct visualization features for selected result data.
NFDI4Energy solution
The complete results data, supplementary material, and additional datasets were published in the Leibniz Data Manager (LDM), which is part of the NFDI4Energy service portfolio. Furthermore, the dataset was later updated with the most recent available data. The data visualization feature included in the LDM has been used by the authors when explaining the results to data journalists or in discussions with colleagues from the German Government Environmental Agency.
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Mirko Schäfer
Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg
INATECH
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