Felix Matthes

Dr Felix Christian Matthes
Member of German National Hydrogen Council

Dr Felix Christian Matthes, who holds a degree in Electrical Engineering (Leipzig University of Technology) and a doctorate in Political Science (Free University of Berlin), is Research Coordinator for Energy & Climate Policy at the Öko-Institut – Institute for Applied Ecology in Berlin. His research and consulting work focuses primarily on climate neutrality strategies, energy market design, the design and evaluation of policy mix concepts, as well as technology-specific issues of system analysis in Germany, Europe and internationally. He is a member of the German National Hydrogen Council, where he heads the Working Group on Generation, Imports and Integrity Safeguards. In addition, he is currently intensively advising the German Federal government in projects on the design and implementation of support mechanism for the ramp-up of hydrogen use in the emissions-intensive industry and the energy sector.