In December 2016, the joint statement of the Expert Commission on the "Energy of the Future" Monitoring Process was published. Ecologic Institute provides scientific support to the work of the Expert Commission with a focus on the key topics that Dr. Hans-Joachim Ziesing and the Expert Commission selected for their joint statement. The joint statement is available for download.

The joint statement provides a scientific assessment and evaluation of the Monitoring Report of the German government. It comes to the conclusion that even after the implication of the 10-Point Energy Agenda, there is still need for action to reach the national targets of the energy transition (Energiewende) for 2020.

The independent Expert Commission, composed of Prof. Dr. Andreas Löschel, Prof. Dr. Georg Erdmann, Prof. Dr. Frithjof Staiß and Dr. Hans-Joachim Ziesing, provides scientific support and deliveres a joint statement on the goverment's monitoring process "Energy of the Future". The government implemented the monitoring process to keep track of targets of the German "Energiewende".

The whole report in German, as well as the reports of the previous years are available through the homepage of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy.