Prof. Dr.Frauke Wiese

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Frauke Wiese has been Junior Professor for the Transformation of Energy Systems at Europa-Universität Flensburg since 2020, where she leads the interdisciplinary junior research group “Energy Sufficiency.” Previously, she was a postdoctoral researcher at Technical University of Denmark, focusing on open and collaborative energy system modeling and teaching in this field. She completed her PhD in 2015, funded by the Reiner Lemoine Stiftung, with a focus on open-source energy system modeling. She is a co-initiator of the Open Energy Modelling Initiative. Her current research centers on modeling approaches, sufficiency, and the reduction of final energy demand in the energy transition.

• Kleine-Marshall, B.I./ Smit, M.J./ Toro Vivanco, D.I./ Thomassot, E./ Müller, N./ di Stefano, A.M./ Pope, E./ Waight, T.E./ Jeon, H./ Whitehouse, M.J./ Padilla, K./ Wiese, F./ et al. (2025): "Carbon isotope and abundance systematics reveal an insignificant crustal sink of mantle-derived CO2 in on-land rift zone geothermal systems". Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 26, e2025GC012219. https://doi.org/10.1029/2025GC012219
• Wiese, F./ Taillard, N./ Balembois, E./ et al. (2024): "The key role of sufficiency for low demand-based carbon neutrality and energy security across Europe". Nature Communications, 15, 9043. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-53393-0
• Wiese, F./ Zell-Ziegler, C./ Burghardt, C./ Kloos, Y./ Schäfer, M. (2024): "Reducing demand: a quantitative analysis of energy service demand indicators in sufficiency-oriented scenarios". Environmental Research Communications, 6, 121003. https://doi.org/10.1088/2515-7620/ad966e
• Wiedenhofer, D./ Streeck, J./ Wiese, F./ et al. (2024): "Industry Transformations for High Service Provisioning with Lower Energy and Material Demand: A Review of Models and Scenarios". Annual Review of Environment and Resources, 49, 249-279. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-environ-110822-044428
• Thema, J./ Reul, J./ Arnz, M./ et al. (2024): "Drivers of car driving: lessons on infrastructure, peer-group, habits and socio-demographics from a survey on car ownership and usage in Germany". European Transport Research Review, 16, 72. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12544-024-00699-1
• Arnz, M./ Göke, L./ Thema, J./ Wiese, F./ Wulff, N./ Kendziorski, M./ Karlo, H./ Blechinger, P./ von Hirschhausen, C. (2024): Avoid, Shift or Improve passenger transport? Impacts on the energy system. Energy Strategy Reviews, 52, 101302. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.esr.2024.101302
• Klemm, C./ Vennemann, P./ Wiese, F. (2024): "Potential-risk and no-regret options for urban energy system design — A sensitivity analysis". Sustainable Cities and Society 105189. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2024.105189
• Sugiyama, M./ Wilson, C./ Wiedenhofer, D./ Boza-Kiss, B./ Cao, T./ Chatterjee, J.S./ Chatterjee, S./ Hara, T./ Hayashi, A./ Ju, Y./ Krey, V./ León, M.F.G./ Martinez, L./ Masanet, E./ Mastrucci, A./ Min, J./ Niamir, L./ Pelz, S./ Roy, J./ Saheb, Y./ Schaeffer, R./ Urge-Vorsatz, D./ Ruijven, B. van/ Shimoda, Y./ Verdolini, E./ Wiese, F./ Yamaguchi, Y./ Zell-Ziegler, C./ Zimm, C. (2024): "High with low: Harnessing the power of demand-side solutions for high wellbeing with low energy and material demand". Joule 8, 1–6. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joule.2023.12.014
• Lage, J./ Thema, J./ Zell-Ziegler, C./ Best, B./ Cordroch, L./ Wiese, F. (2023) Citizens call for
  sufficiency and regulation — A comparison of European citizen assemblies and National
  Energy and Climate Plans. Energy Research & Social Science https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2023.103254
• Klemm, C./ Wiese, F./ Vennemann, P. (2023): Model-based run-time and memory reduction for a mixed-use multi-energy system model with high spatial resolution. Applied Energy, Vol. 334. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2022.120574
• Klemm, C./ Wiese, F. (2022): "Indicators for the optimization of sustainable urban energy systems based on energy system modeling". Energy, Sustainability and Society 12, 3. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13705-021-00323-3
• Wiese, F. / Thema, J./ Cordoch, L. (2022): " Strategies for climate neutrality. Lessons from a meta-analysis of German energy scenarios". Renewable and Sustainable Energy Transition, Volume 2, 100015. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rset.2021.100015
• Best, B./ Thema, J./ Zell-Ziegler, C./ Wiese, F./ Barth, J./ Breidenbach, S./ Nascimento, L./ Wilke, H. (2022): "Building a database for energy sufficiency policies [version 1; peer review: 1 approved]". F1000Research, 11:229. https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.108822.1
• Cordroch, L./ Hilpert, S./ Wiese, F. (2022): "Why renewables and energy efficiency are not enough - the relevance of sufficiency in the heating sector for limiting global warming to 1.5 °C.". Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Volume 175, 12131. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2021.121313
• Scheller, F./ Wiese, F./ Weinand, J./ Dominković, D./ McKennaef, R. (2021): "An expert survey to assess the current status and future challenges of energy system analysis". Smart Energy, Volume 4, 100057. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.segy.2021.100057
• Zell-Ziegler, C./ Thema, J./ Best, B./ Wiese, F./ Lage, J./ Schmidt, A./ Toulouse, E./ Stagl, S. (2021): "Enough? The role of sufficiency in European energy and climate plans". Energy Policy, Volume 157, 112483.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2021.112483
• Zell-Ziegler, C./ Thema, J./ Best, B./ Wiese, F. (2021): "Sufficiency in transport policy – an analysis of EU countries’ national energy and climate plans and long-term strategies". eceee Summer Study Proceedings, 6-109-21, 723-730, ISSN: 2001-7960 (online)/1653-7025 (print)
• Jensen, I./ Wiese, F./ Bramstoft, R./ Münster, M. (2021): "Potential role of renewable gas in the transition of electricity and district heating systems". Energy Strategy Reviews Volume 27, 100446. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.esr.2019.100446
• Wiese, F./ Schlecht, I./ Bunke, W.-D./ Gerbaulet, C./ Hirth, L./ Jahn, M./ Kunz, F./ Lorenz, C./ Mühlenpfordt, J./ Reimann, J./ Schill, W.-P. (2019): "Open Power System Data – Frictionless data for electricity system modelling". Applied Energy Volume 236, Pages 401-409. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2018.11.097
• ben Brahim, T./ Wiese, F./ Münster, M. (2019): Pathways to climate-neutral shipping: A Danish case study. Energy 188, 116009. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2019.116009
• Wiese, F./ Baldini, M. (2018): Conceptual model of the industry sector in an energy system model: A case study for Denmark. Journal of Cleaner Production 203, 427-443. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.08.229
• Wiese, F./ Hilpert, S./ Kaldemeyer, C./ Pleßmann, G. (2018): A qualitative evaluation approach for energy system modelling frameworks. Energy, Sustainability and Society 8:13. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13705-018-0154-3
• Wiese, F./ Bramstoft, R./ Koduvere, H./ Pizarro Alonso, A./ Balyk, O./ Kirkerud,J.G./ Grytli Tveten, A./ Folsland Bolkesjø, T./ Münster, M./ Ravn, H. (2018): Balmorel open source energy system model. Energy Strategy Reviews 20, 26-34. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.esr.2018.01.003
• Pfenninger, S./ Hirth, L./ Schlecht, I./ Schmid, E./ Wiese, F./ Brown, T./ Davis, Ch./ Gidden, M./ Heinrichs, H./ Heuberger, C./ Hilpert, S./ Krien, U./ Matke, C./ Nebel,A./ Morrison, R./ Müller, B./ Pleßmann, G./ Reeg, M./ Richstein, J.C./ Shivakumar,A./ Staffell, I./ Tröndle, T./ Wingenbach, C. (2018): Opening the black box of energymodelling: Strategies and lessons learned. Energy Strategy Reviews 19, 63-71. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.esr.2017.12.002
• Müller, B./ Weibezahn, J./ Wiese, F. (2018): Energy Modelling - A Quest for a More Open and Transparent Approach. European Energy Journal 27(8:2), 18-24. https://research.cbs.dk/en/publications/energy-modelling-a-quest-for-a-more-open-and-transparent-approach
• Hilpert, S./ Kaldemeyer, C./ Wiese, F./ Plessmann, G. (2017): "A Qualitative Evaluation Approach for Energy System Modelling Software—Case Study Results for the Open Energy Modelling Framework (Oemof)". Preprints, 2017080069. doi:10.20944/preprints201708.0069.v1
• Hilpert, S./ Günther, S./ Kaldemeyer, C./ Krien, U./ Plessmann, G./ Wiese, F./ Wingenbach, C. (2017): "Addressing Energy System Modelling Challenges: The Contribution of the Open Energy Modelling Framework (oemof)". Preprints, 2017020055. doi:10.20944/PREPRINTS201702.0055.V1
• Wiese, F./ Baldini, M. (2017): Pathways to Carbon Neutral Industrial Sectors: Integrated Modelling Approach with High Level of Detail for End-use Processes. 12th sdewesConference, Dubrovnik, Croatia. https://orbit.dtu.dk/en/publications/pathways-to-carbon-neutral-industrial-sectors-integrated-modellin
• Wiese, F. (2016): "Open Data and Open Source as a precondition to meet challenges in modelling sustainable energy systems". Abstract from Sustain-ATV Conference 2016, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark. https://orbit.dtu.dk/en/publications/open-data-and-open-source-as-a-precondition-to-meet-challenges-in
• Wiese, F. (2016): Resilience Thinking as an Interdisciplinary Guiding Principle for Energy System Transitions. Resources 5(4), 30. https://doi.org/10.3390/resources5040030
• Degel, M./ Christ, M./ Becker, L./ Grünert, J./ Wingenbach, C./ Söthe, M./ Bunke, W.-D./ Mester, K./ Wiese, F. (2016): VerNetzen. Sozial-ökologische und technisch-ökonomische Modellierung von Entwicklungspfaden der Energiewende. Abschlussbericht, Flensburg.
• Weisse, R./ Bisling, P./ Gaslikova, L./ Geyer, B./ Groll, N./ Hortamani, M./ Matthias, V./ Maneke, M./ Meinke, I./ Meyer, E./ Schwichtenberg, F./ Stempinski, F./ Wiese, F./ Wöckner-Kluwe, K. (2015): Climate services for marine applications in Europe. Earth Perspectives, 2:3. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40322-015-0029-0
• Wiese, F./ Bökenkamp, G./ Wingenbach, C./ Hohmeyer, O. (2014): An open source energy system simulation model as an instrument for public participation in the development of strategies for a sustainable future. WIREs Energy Environ 3, 490-504. https://doi.org/10.1002/wene.109
• Snæbjörnsdóttir, S.Ó./ Wiese, F./ Fridriksson, T./ Ármansson, H./ Einarsson, G.M./ Gislason, S.R. (2014): CO2-storage potential of basaltic rocks in Iceland and the oceanicridges. Energy Procedia 63, 4585-4600. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2014.11.491
• Hohmeyer, O./ Bohm, S./ Bökenkamp, G./ Wiese, F. (2011): Atomausstieg 2015 und regionale Versorgungssicherheit. Kurzgutachten. Zentrum für Nachhaltige Energiesysteme. Diskussionsbeiträge 1, April 2011. https://www.duh.de/uploads/tx_duhdownloads/Kurzgutachten_Atomausstieg_2015_Uni_Flensburg.pdf
• Wiese, F. (2008)., Auswirkungen der Offshore-Windenergie auf den Betrieb von Kohlekraftwerken in Brunsbüttel. Diplomarbeit. Universität Flensburg. http://www.coastdat.de/imperia/md/content/coastdat/wiese_2008_diplomarbeit.pdf
• Wiese, F./ Fridriksson, T./ Ármannsson, H. (2008): CO2 fixation by calcite in high temperature geothermal systems in Iceland. Prepared for Rannís, Hitaveita Sudurnesja hf., Orkuveita Reykjavíkur, Landsvirkjun and Orkustofnun. ÍSOR-2008/003. February 2008. ISBN 978-9979-780-71-7. https://orbit.dtu.dk/en/publications/co2-fixation-by-calcite-in-high-temperature-geothermal-systems-in 

• Zell-Ziegler, C./ Thema, J./ Andert, M./ Lage, J./ Kling, A./ Wiese, F. (2026): "Suffizienz als unverzichtbare Strategie für nachhaltigen Konsum und nachhaltige Produktion". In: Hackspiel-Mikosch, E./ Liedtke, C./ Wilkening, T./ et al. (eds.): SDG 12: Nachhaltiger Konsum und nachhaltige Produktion (S. 1–18). Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-70118-8_27-1
• Niamir, L./ Edelenbosch, O./ Boza-Kiss, B./ Magalar Martins de Souza, L./ Some, S./ Wiese, F./ Verdolini, E./ Arnz, M./ Butt, M. H./ Cao, T./ Chatterjee, S./ Chen, H.-H./ JU, Y./ Kumar, P./ Mastrucci, A./ Mayer, A./ McCollum, D./ Onishi, N./ Roy, J./ et al. (2025): "Mapping Demand-side Data (Version 250820) [Data set]". Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16911130
• Petersen, D. J./ Böcker, M./ Lage, J./ Söhrnsen, M./ Wiese, F./ Oei, P.-Y./ Schmelzer, M./ Gräbner-Radkowitsch, C. (2025): "Erneuerbare Landschaften: Impulse für eine energiewendebezogene Transformation in Schleswig-Holstein". In: Zukunftsthemen und Potenziale für ein klimaneutrales Schleswig-Holstein, Forschungsberichte zum Energiesystem X.0, Nr. 2/2025. (link to publication)
• EnSu (2025): "Krisenfest, sozial und umweltgerecht. Impulse zur Entwicklung einer Suffizienzstrategie für Deutschland". BMBF-Nachwuchsforschungsgruppe EnSu – Die Rolle von Energiesuffizienz in Energiewende und Gesellschaft: Flensburg, Wuppertal, Berlin. https://doi.org/10.48506/opus-8766
• Lombardi, F./ Süsser, D./ Wiese, F./ Lilliestam, J./ Pfenningern, S. (2025): "Open models are not enough. Advancing energy system modelling towards practical usefulness". Bookchapter in: Modeling the Energy Transition. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-69031-0_9
• Ludig, S./ Repenning, J./ Wiese, F./ et al. (2024): "Projektionsberichterstattung zur Erreichung der Klimaschutzziele 2030 in Schleswig-Holstein". Projektbericht des Öko-Institut und der Europa-Universität Flensburg im Auftrag des MEKUN SH. (link to publication)
• Ragwitz, M./ Weidlich, A./ et al. (2023): "Szenarien für ein klimaneutrales Deutschland. Technologieumbau, Verbrauchsreduktion und Kohlenstoffmanagement". (Schriftenreihe Energiesysteme der Zukunft). https://doi.org/10.48669/esys_2023-3
• Wiese, F. (2015): "renpass - Renewable Energy Pathways Simulation System - Open Source as an approach to meet challenges in energy modeling". Dissertation. Europa-Universität Flensburg, Shaker-Verlag, Berlin. https://www.reiner-lemoine-stiftung.de/pdf/dissertationen/Dissertation-Frauke_Wiese.pdf, https://www.worldcat.org/title/renpass-renewable-energy-pathways-simulation-system-open-source-as-an-approach-to-meet-challenges-in-energy-modeling/oclc/910738315

Doctoral theses see here

Master's and Bachelor's theses

• An analysis of the notion of sufficiency and its potential in the EU's demand-side policies on critical raw material in the evolving geopolitical era, Po Yi Lam, Masterthesis, HNE Eberswalde, 2025
• The Impact of Sufficiency Strategies on Land Use in High-Renewable Energy Systems, Jonas Johannes Jeckstadt, Masterthesis, TU Berlin, 2025
• Modeling for transformation - How can System Dynamics contribute towards promoting sufficiency?, Lucas Hansen, Masterthesis, EUF, 2024
• Modelling of climate neutral energy systems based on sufficiency measures for Germany, Alexander Kling, Masterthesis, TH Köln, 2024
• Avoid, shift, improve – Coupling of a transport model with a car stock model to compare the effects of three main policy strategies in German passenger transport, Kikan Nelle, Masterthesis, Universität Oldenburg, 2024
• Methodische Bewertung von Flächenentsiegelungspotentialen im Zusammenhang einer Netto-Null-Neuversiegelungszielsetzung auf kommunaler Ebene, Marie-Louise Wengler, Masterthesis, EUF, 2024
• The Strategy of Enough. A Scenario Analysis of Decarbonization Pathways and Socio-Ecological Implications for German Carbon Neutrality, Kaya Fiorella Margareta Dünen, Masterthesis, EUF, 2023
• Entwicklung und Anwendung von Suffizienzindikatoren - Quantifizierung von Suffizienz in europäischen Städten  in den Sektoren Personenverkehr und Wohnen, Bendix Vogel, Masterthesis, EUF, 2022
• Klimapolitikmaßnahmen zur Dekarbonisierung des Verkehrs in Flensburg: Eine modellbasierte Analyse, Johanna Sendker, Masterthesis, EUF, 2022
• Optimierung und Evaluierung von Netzzuschnitten hinsichtlich ihres Potenzials für eine lokale temporäre Autarkie, Marit Naeve, Masterthesis, EUF, 2022
• Carbon Contract for Difference in der Grundstoffindustrie - Eine modellgestützte Analyse von Ausgestaltungsparametern am Beispiel der Stahlproduktion, Kim Vivien Osladil, Masterthesis, EUF, 2022
• Low Demand Scenarios for a Low-Carbon European Energy System, Paul Reggentin, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, 2022
• Die Rolle von Suffizienz in der Wärmewende – Modellbasierte Potentialabschätzung und Maßnahmen, Luisa Cordroch, Masterthesis 2020, EUF
• Improving the energy system model ENTIGRIS: Wind, solar, storage potential and application of typical days for a higher applicability, Sven Längle, Masterthesis 2016, Fraunhofer ISE / EUF
• Pathways to low carbon maritime transportation in Denmark, Alfie Wisdom, Masterthesis 2017, DTU
• Future Marine Fuels - Danish Case Study for Climate Compatible Pathways, Till ben Brahim, Masterthesis, 2018, EUF/DTU/Energinet
• Virtuelle Kraftwerke in der Schweiz - Eine Analyse und Bewertung der Chancen auf dem Schweizer Strom- und Regelenergiemarkt, Ilka Cußmann, Masterthesis 2015
• Verstärkte Nutzung Windenergie in Süddeutschland und resultierender Übertragungsbedarf, Marian Bons, Masterthesis 2014
• Integration von dispatchfähigen Verbrauchern in renpass, Falk Schröter, Bachelorthesis 2013