Malte Küper

Researcher for Energy and Climate Policy

Tel: +49 221 4981-673 Mail: kueper@iwkoeln.de Malte Küper

Joined the German Economic Institute in 2020
Born 1992 in Hamm (Westfalen)
Studies of power engineering at the TH Cologne and the University of Victoria (Canada)
Research focus on environment, energy, infrastructure in the project SCI4climate.NRW.

Research unit

IW Publications

Hüther, Michael / Küper, Malte / Schaefer, Thilo, 2023, Zukunft Erdgas. Wie viel brauchen wir noch und was kommt dann?, IW-Policy Paper, Nr. 5, Köln
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Kohlisch, Enno / Koppel, Oliver / Küper, Malte / Puls, Thomas, 2023, Forschungsschwerpunkte der Kfz-Industrie am Standort Deutschland. Eine Auswertung auf Basis der IW-Patentdatenbank, in: IW-Trends, 50. Jg., Nr. 1/2023, S. 23-69
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Küper, Malte / Potthoff, Jennifer, 2022, Wie Haushalte Gas sparen können, IW-Report, Nr. 45, Köln
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Küper, Malte / Koppel, Oliver / Kohlisch, Enno, 2021, Grüne Innovationen der Grundstoffindustrie in NRW, IW-Report, Nr. 40, Köln
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Kohlisch, Enno / Koppel, Oliver / Küper, Malte / Puls, Thomas, 2021, Innovationswandel in der deutschen Kfz-Industrie. Eine Analyse mit der IW-Patentdatenbank, in: IW-Trends, 48. Jg., Nr. 3, S. 68-88
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External Publications

Lena Tholen / Anna Leipprand / Dagmar Kiyar / Sarah Maier / Malte Küper / Thomas Adisorn / Andreas Fischer, 2021, The Green Hydrogen Puzzle. Towards a German Policy Framework for Industry, in: Sustainability, No. 13 (22):12626

More from Malte Küper

IW-Policy Paper No. 5 30. May 2023

The future of natural gas: how much more do we need and what comes next?

Michael Hüther / Malte Küper / Thilo Schaefer

Natural gas has become increasingly important for Germany in the last three decades, be it for heating buildings, providing process heat in industry or generating electricity. At the same time, the dependence on imports of natural gas has risen to almost 100 percent in recent decades, with most of the imports coming from Russia.

IW-Trends No. 1 14. March 2023

The Focus of Research in Germany’s Automotive Industry

Enno Kohlisch / Oliver Koppel / Malte Küper / Thomas Puls

The automotive industry in Germany is currently facing several challenges. Car production had already fallen significantly before the Covid19 pandemic and in 2020 and 2021 suffered two slumps of historic proportions.

IW-Report No. 45 3. September 2022

How households can save gas: What options are there aside from price?

Malte Küper / Jennifer Potthoff

In view of the current gas emergency, all consumers are urged to reduce their gas consumption. High prices are seen as the most effective incentive to save gas.

Andreas Fischer / Malte Küper IW News 18. March 2022

Russian gas: Can Europe cope with an import stop?

Putin's war in Ukraine has been going on for over a week now. In order to hit Russia hard financially, an import stop for gas is also discussed. This would not only put a strain on Russia, but also on the European gas supply.

IW-Report No. 40 27. October 2021

Green innovations in the basic materials industry in NRW

Malte Küper / Oliver Koppel / Enno Kohlisch

Transforming the economy towards climate-neutrality poses major challenges for the energy-intensive primary industry in North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW). At the same time, the development of environmentally friendly basic materials and production processes presents a great potential for transforming NRW into an attractive industrial location for the future.

IW-Trends No. 3 14. September 2021

Change in Innovation in the German Motor Vehicle Industry

Enno Kohlisch / Oliver Koppel / Malte Küper / Thomas Puls

Social and political change necessitates corresponding innovations in motor vehicle technology. This paper analyses the nature of current technological progress in Germany’s motor vehicle industry.