Dr. Malgorzata Borchers
Head of Research Group
- malgorzata.borchers@ufz.de
- Phone: +49 341 6025 2821
Department of System Analysis and Sustainability Assessment
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ
Permoserstr. 15
04318 Leipzig I Germany
| ORCID: | https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6392-1216 |
| ResearchGate: | https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Malgorzata-Borchers |
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2026 (1)
- Sadr, M., Esmaeili Aliabadi, D., Wollnik, R., Borchers, M., Thrän, D. (2026):
Evaluating bio-based CDR pathways through an integrated energy-land optimization framework for Germany
34th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition, The Hague, The Netherlands, 19-22 May 2026
EUBCE Proceedings
ETA-Florence Renewable Energies, Florence, p. 207 - 209
10.5071/34thEUBCE2026-2BO.6.5
2025 (4)
- Thrän, D., Adetona, A., Borchers, M., Cyffka, K.-F., Daniel-Gromke, J., Oehmichen, K. (2025):
Potential contribution of biogas to net zero energy systems - A comparative study of Canada and Germany
Biomass Bioenerg. 193 , art. 107561
10.1016/j.biombioe.2024.107561 - Yao, W., Morganti, T.M., Wu, J., Borchers, M., Anschütz, A., Bednarz, L.-K., Bhaumik, K.A., Böttcher, M., Burkhard, K., Cabus, T., Chua, A.S., Diercks, I., Esposito, M., Fink, M., Fouqueray, M., Gasanzade, F., Geilert, S., Hauck, J., Havermann, F., Hellige, I., Hoog, S., Jürchott, M., Kalapurakkal, H.T., Kemper, J., Kremin, I., Lange, I., Marquez Lencina-Avila, J., Liadova, M., Liu, F., Mathesius, S., Mehendale, N., Nagwekar, T., Philippi, M., Neves da Luz, G.L., Ramasamy, M., Stahl, F., Tank, L., Vorrath, M.-E., Westmark, L., Wey, H.-W., Wollnik, R., Wölfelschneider, M., Bach, W., Bischof, K., Boersma, M., Daewel, U., Fernández-Méndez, M., Geuer, J., Keller, D.P., Kopf, A., Merk, C., Moosdorf, N., Oppelt, N., Oschlies, A., Pongratz, J., Proelss, A., Rehder, G.J., Rüpke, L., Szarka, N., Thrän, D., Wallmann, K., Mengis, N. (2025):
Exploring site-specific carbon dioxide removal options with storage or sequestration in the marine environment - The 10 Mt CO2 yr-1 removal challenge for Germany
Earth Future 13 (4), e2024EF004902
10.1029/2024EF004902 - Lück, S., Callaghan, M., Borchers, M., Cowie, A., Fuss, S., Geden, O., Gidden, M., Hartmann, J., Kammann, C., Keller, D.P., Kraxner, F., Lamb, W., Mac Dowell, N., Müller-Hansen, F., Nemet, G., Probst, B., Renforth, P., Repke, T., Rickels, W., Schulte, I., Smith, P., Smith, S.M., Thrän, D., van der Spek, M., Minx, J.C. (2025):
Scientific literature on carbon dioxide removal revealed as much larger through AI-enhanced systematic mapping
Nat. Commun. 16 , art. 6632
10.1038/s41467-025-61485-8 - Thrän, D., Borchers, M., Lenz, V., Jordan, M., Markus, T., Matzner, N., Oehmichen, K., Otto, D., Radtke, K.S., Reshef, N., Sadr, M., Siedschlag, D., Wollnik, R. (2025):
The role of BECCS in Germany: a key to sustainable and permanent CO2 removal?
Environ. Res. Commun. 7 (9), art. 091010
10.1088/2515-7620/ae02ee
2024 (7)
- Brellochs, J., Goy, J., Scherdel, C., Brödnerl, R., Lorenz, T., Weiß, K.-A., Kullmann, F., Wern, B., Tavakkol, S., Borchers, M., Otto, D., Berg, H. (2024):
Circular Economy als Basis für resiliente und erneuerbare Rohstoffkreisläufe
Forschung für ein resilientes Energiesystem in Zeiten globaler Krisen. Beiträge zur FVEE-Jahrestagung 2023, Berlin, 10-11 October 2023
FVEE-Themen 2023
ForschungsVerbund Erneuerbare Energien (FVEE), Berlin, 83 - 87 - Borchers, M., Förster, J., Thrän, D., Beck, S., Thoni, T., Korte, K., Gawel, E., Markus, T., Schaller, R., Rhoden, I., Chi, Y., Dahmen, N., Dittmeyer, R., Dolch, T., Dold, C., Herbst, M., Heß, D., Kalhori, A., Koop-Jakobsen, K., Li, Z., Oschlies, A., Reusch, T.B.H., Sachs, T., Schmidt-Hattenberger, C., Stevenson, A., Wu, J., Yeates, C., Mengis, N. (2024):
A comprehensive assessment of carbon dioxide removal options for Germany
Earth Future 12 (5), e2023EF003986
10.1029/2023ef003986 - Thrän, D., Wollnik, R., Borchers, M., Sadr, M., Matzner, N., Otto, D., Förster, J., Siedschlag, D. (2024):
Multilevel assessment of bio-based CDR options - Towards a sustainable implementation of integrated BECCS concepts in Germany
32nd European Biomass Conference and Exhibition, 24-27 June, Marseille, France
EUBCE Proceedings
ETA-Florence Renewable Energies, Florence, p. 8 - 11
10.5071/32ndEUBCE2024-BP.1.3 - Wollnik, R., Borchers, M., Thrän, D. (2024):
Designing tomorrow - expenses and temporal dynamics of bio-based carbon dioxide removal
32nd European Biomass Conference and Exhibition, 24-27 June, Marseille, France
EUBCE Proceedings
ETA-Florence Renewable Energies, Florence, p. 327 - 331
10.5071/32ndEUBCE2024-2BV.7.8 - Wollnik, R., Borchers, M., Seibert, R., Abel, S., Herrmann, P., Elsasser, P., Hildebrandt, J., Meisel, K., Hofmann, P., Radtke, K., Selig, M., Kazmin, S., Szarka, N., Thrän, D. (2024):
Dynamics of bio-based carbon dioxide removal in Germany
Sci. Rep. 14 , art. 20395
10.1038/s41598-024-71017-x - Köhnke, F., Steuri, B., Baetcke, L., Borchers, M., Brinkmann, T., Dittmeyer, R., Dornheim, M., El Zohbi, J., Förster, J., Gawel, E., Görl, K., Herbst, M., Heß, D., Kalhori, A., Korte, K., Li, Z., Markus, T., Mengis, N., Monnerie, N., Oschlies, A., Prats-Salvado, E., Reusch, T.B.H., Rhoden, I., Sachs, T., Schaller, R., Schill, E., Simon, S., Stevenson, A., Thoni, T., Thrän, D., Xiao, M., Jacob, D. (2024):
A storyline approach: integrating comprehensive, interdisciplinary research results to create narratives – in the context of the net-zero target in Germany
Front. Environ. Sci. 12 , art. 1433491
10.3389/fenvs.2024.1433491 - Thrän, D., Borchers, M., Jordan, M., Lenz, V., Markus, T., Matzner, N., Oehmichen, K., Otto, D., Radtke, K.S., Reshef, N., Sadr, M., Siedschlag, D., Wollnik, R. (2024):
BECCS – ein nachhaltiger Beitrag zur dauerhaften CO2-Entnahme in Deutschland? Diskussionspapier
UFZ Report 2/2024
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Leipzig, 22 S.
10.57699/edk7-mc18
2023 (4)
- Wollnik, R., Borchers, M., Seibert, R., Abel, S., Herrmann, P., Elsasser, P., Hildebrandt, J., Mühlich, M., Eisenschmidt, P., Meisel, K., Henning, P., Radtke, K.S., Selig, M., Kazmin, S., Thrän, D., Szarka, N. (2023):
Factsheets for bio-based carbon dioxide removal options in Germany
Open Agrar
10.48480/x293-8050 - Wollnik, R., Borchers, M., Seibert, R., Abel, S., Herrmann, P., Elsasser, P., Hildebrandt, J., Mühlich, M., Eisenschmidt, P., Meisel, K., Henning, P., Radtke, K.S., Selig, M., Kazmin, S., Thrän, D., Szarka, N. (2023):
Steckbriefe für biobasierte Kohlenstoffdioxid-Entnahmeoptionen in Deutschland
Open Agrar
10.48480/tga8-t109 - Köhnke, F., Steuri, B., El Zohbi, J., Görl, K., Borchers, M., Förster, J., Thrän, D., Mengis, N., Oschlies, A., Jacob, D. (2023):
On the path to net-zero: Establishing a multi-level system to support the complex endeavor of reaching national carbon neutrality
Front. Clim. 5 , art. 1056023
10.3389/fclim.2023.1056023 - Abetz, V., Baetcke, L., Ball, C., Bauer, F., Beck, S., Berkel, M., Blome, T., Borchers, M., Brinkmann, T., Bruhn, D., Chi, Y., Dahmen, N., Dittmeyer, R., Dolch, T., Dold, C., Dornheim, M., El Zhobi, J., Fogel, S., Förster, J., Fuchs, S., Gardian, H., Gawel, E., Görl, K., Groth, M., Hamedimastanabad, H., Hampel, U., Harpprecht, C., Herbst, M., Heß, D., Jacob, D., Kalhori, A., Kiendler-Scharr, A., Klassen, T., Köhnke, F., Koop-Jakobsen, K., Korte, K., Kuckshinrichs, W., Li, Z., Markus, T., Mayer, M., Mengis, N., Monnerie, N., O Corcora, T., Oschlies, A., Pardo Parez, L.C., Prats Salvado, E., Pregger, T., Preuschmann, S., Rau, B., Rechid, D., Reusch, T., Rhoden, I., Riehm, J., Roeb, M., Rolletter, M., Sachs, T., Sattler, C., Sauer, J., Schaller, R., Schätzler, K., Schill, E., Schmidt-Hattenberger, C., Schultz, M., Simon, S., Steiner, U., Steuri, B., Stevenson, A., Sun, J., Thoni, T., Thrän, D., Unger, S., Vögele, S., Waczowicz, S., Weihermüller, L., Xiao, M., Yeates, C., Zwickel, P. (2023):
Netto-Null-2050 Wegweiser - Strategische Handlungsempfehlungen und mögliche Wege für ein CO2-neutrales Deutschland bis 2050, Forschung von 2019 bis 2021 - Version 1.0
Helmholtz-Klima-Initiative (HI-CAM), Berlin, 208 S.
2022 (3)
- Mengis, N., Kalhori, A., Simon, S., Harpprecht, C., Baetcke, L., Prats, E., Schmidt-Hattenberger, C., Stevenson, A., Dold, C., El Zohbi, J., Borchers, M., Thrän, D., Korte, K., Gawel, E., Dolch, T., Heß, D., Yeates, C., Thoni, T., Markus, T., Schill, E., Xiao, M., Köhnke, F., Oschlies, A., Förster, J., Görl, K., Dornheim, M., Brinkmann, T., Beck, S., Bruhn, D., Li, Z., Steuri, B., Herbst, M., Sachs, T., Monnerie, N., Pregger, T., Jacob, D., Dittmeyer, R. (2022):
Net-zero CO2 Germany - A retrospect from the year 2050
Earth Future 10 (2), e2021EF002324
10.1029/2021EF002324 - Förster, J., Beck, S., Borchers, M., Gawel, E., Korte, K., Markus, T., Mengis, N., Oschlies, A., Schaller, R., Stevenson, A., Thoni, T., Thrän, D. (2022):
Framework for assessing the feasibility of carbon dioxide removal options within the national context of Germany
Front. Clim. 4 , art. 758628
10.3389/fclim.2022.758628 - Borchers, M., Thrän, D., Chi, Y., Dahmen, N., Dittmeyer, R., Dolch, T., Dold, C., Förster, J., Herbst, M., Heß, D., Kalhori, A., Koop-Jakobsen, K., Li, Z., Mengis, N., Reusch, T.B., Rhoden, I., Sachs, T., Schmidt-Hattenberger, C., Stevenson, A., Thoni, T., Wu, J., Yeates, C. (2022):
Scoping carbon dioxide removal options for Germany–What is their potential contribution to Net-Zero CO2?
Front. Clim. 4 , art. 810343
10.3389/fclim.2022.810343
2020 (6)
- Billig, E., Budzinski, M., Borchers, M., Moesenfechtel, U., Thrän, D., Bringezu, S. (2020):
Potenziell Transformative Technologien
In: Bringezu, S., et al. (Hrsg.)
Pilotbericht zum Monitoring der deutschen Bioökonomie
Center for Environmental Systems Research (CESR), Universität Kassel, Kassel, S. 73 - 74
10.17170/kobra-202005131255 - Bringezu, S., Banse, M., Ahmann, L., Bezama, A., Billig, E., Bischof, R., Blanke, C., Brosowski, A., Brüning, S., Borchers, M., Budzinski, M., Cyffka, K.-F., Distelkamp, M., Egenolf, V., Flaute, M., Geng, N., Gieseking, L., Graß, R., Hennenberg, K., Hering, T., Iost, S., Jochem, D., Krause, T., Lutz, C., Machmüller, A., Mahro, B., Majer, S., Mantau, U., Meisel, K., Moesenfechtel, U., Noke, A., Raussen, T., Richter, F., Schaldach, R., Schweinle, J., Thrän, D., Uglik, M., Weimar, H., Wimmer, F., Wydra, S., Zeug, W. (2020):
Pilotbericht zum Monitoring der deutschen Bioökonomie
Center for Environmental Systems Research (CESR), Universität Kassel, Kassel, 115 S.
10.17170/kobra-202005131255 - Thoni, T., Beck, S., Borchers, M., Förster, J., Görl, K., Hahn, A., Mengis, N., Stevenson, A., Thrän, D. (2020):
Deployment of Negative Emissions Technologies at the national level: A need for holistic feasibility assessments
Front. Clim. 2 , art. 590305
10.3389/fclim.2020.590305 - Borchers, M., Cherubini, F., Cowie, A., Egnell, G., Hamelin, L., Harris, Z., Kollai, H., Lodato, C., Röder, M., Thrän, D. (2020):
Summary of the workshop
In: Thrän, D., Cowie, A.L., Berndes, G. (eds.)
Roles of bioenergy in energy system pathways towards a “well-below-2-degrees-Celsius (WB2)” world. Workshop report and synthesis of presented studies. A Strategic Inter-Task Study carried out with cooperation between IEA Bioenergy Tasks 40, 43, 44 and 45
IEA Bioenergy, San Casciano in Val di Pesa, p. 14 - 19 - Olsson, O., Bang, C., Borchers, M., Hahn, A., Karjunen, H., Thrän, D., Tynjälä, T. (2020):
Deployment of BECCS/U value chains. Technological pathways, policy options and business models
IEA Bioenergy Task 40 6/2020
IEA Bioenergy, San Casciano in Val di Pesa, 24 pp. - Thrän, D., Berndes, G., Borchers, M., Hahn, A., Millinger, M. (2020):
Role of bioenergy in global and national studies
In: Thrän, D., Cowie, A.L., Berndes, G. (eds.)
Roles of bioenergy in energy system pathways towards a “well-below-2-degrees-Celsius (WB2)” world. Workshop report and synthesis of presented studies. A Strategic Inter-Task Study carried out with cooperation between IEA Bioenergy Tasks 40, 43, 44 and 45
IEA Bioenergy, San Casciano in Val di Pesa, p. 19 - 28
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2023 (4)
- Abetz, V., Baetcke, L., Ball, C., Bauer, F., Beck, S., Berkel, M., Blome, T., Borchers, M., Brinkmann, T., Bruhn, D., Chi, Y., Dahmen, N., Dittmeyer, R., Dolch, T., Dold, C., Dornheim, M., El Zhobi, J., Fogel, S., Förster, J., Fuchs, S., Gardian, H., Gawel, E., Görl, K., Groth, M., Hamedimastanabad, H., Hampel, U., Harpprecht, C., Herbst, M., Heß, D., Jacob, D., Kalhori, A., Kiendler-Scharr, A., Klassen, T., Köhnke, F., Koop-Jakobsen, K., Korte, K., Kuckshinrichs, W., Li, Z., Markus, T., Mayer, M., Mengis, N., Monnerie, N., O Corcora, T., Oschlies, A., Pardo Parez, L.C., Prats Salvado, E., Pregger, T., Preuschmann, S., Rau, B., Rechid, D., Reusch, T., Rhoden, I., Riehm, J., Roeb, M., Rolletter, M., Sachs, T., Sattler, C., Sauer, J., Schaller, R., Schätzler, K., Schill, E., Schmidt-Hattenberger, C., Schultz, M., Simon, S., Steiner, U., Steuri, B., Stevenson, A., Sun, J., Thoni, T., Thrän, D., Unger, S., Vögele, S., Waczowicz, S., Weihermüller, L., Xiao, M., Yeates, C., Zwickel, P. (2023):
Netto-Null-2050 Wegweiser - Strategische Handlungsempfehlungen und mögliche Wege für ein CO2-neutrales Deutschland bis 2050, Forschung von 2019 bis 2021 - Version 1.0
Helmholtz-Klima-Initiative (HI-CAM), Berlin, 208 S. - Köhnke, F., Steuri, B., El Zohbi, J., Görl, K., Borchers, M., Förster, J., Thrän, D., Mengis, N., Oschlies, A., Jacob, D. (2023):
On the path to net-zero: Establishing a multi-level system to support the complex endeavor of reaching national carbon neutrality
Front. Clim. 5 , art. 1056023
10.3389/fclim.2023.1056023 - Wollnik, R., Borchers, M., Seibert, R., Abel, S., Herrmann, P., Elsasser, P., Hildebrandt, J., Mühlich, M., Eisenschmidt, P., Meisel, K., Henning, P., Radtke, K.S., Selig, M., Kazmin, S., Thrän, D., Szarka, N. (2023):
Steckbriefe für biobasierte Kohlenstoffdioxid-Entnahmeoptionen in Deutschland
Open Agrar
10.48480/tga8-t109 - Wollnik, R., Borchers, M., Seibert, R., Abel, S., Herrmann, P., Elsasser, P., Hildebrandt, J., Mühlich, M., Eisenschmidt, P., Meisel, K., Henning, P., Radtke, K.S., Selig, M., Kazmin, S., Thrän, D., Szarka, N. (2023):
Factsheets for bio-based carbon dioxide removal options in Germany
Open Agrar
10.48480/x293-8050
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2022 (3)
- Borchers, M., Thrän, D., Chi, Y., Dahmen, N., Dittmeyer, R., Dolch, T., Dold, C., Förster, J., Herbst, M., Heß, D., Kalhori, A., Koop-Jakobsen, K., Li, Z., Mengis, N., Reusch, T.B., Rhoden, I., Sachs, T., Schmidt-Hattenberger, C., Stevenson, A., Thoni, T., Wu, J., Yeates, C. (2022):
Scoping carbon dioxide removal options for Germany–What is their potential contribution to Net-Zero CO2?
Front. Clim. 4 , art. 810343
10.3389/fclim.2022.810343 - Förster, J., Beck, S., Borchers, M., Gawel, E., Korte, K., Markus, T., Mengis, N., Oschlies, A., Schaller, R., Stevenson, A., Thoni, T., Thrän, D. (2022):
Framework for assessing the feasibility of carbon dioxide removal options within the national context of Germany
Front. Clim. 4 , art. 758628
10.3389/fclim.2022.758628 - Mengis, N., Kalhori, A., Simon, S., Harpprecht, C., Baetcke, L., Prats, E., Schmidt-Hattenberger, C., Stevenson, A., Dold, C., El Zohbi, J., Borchers, M., Thrän, D., Korte, K., Gawel, E., Dolch, T., Heß, D., Yeates, C., Thoni, T., Markus, T., Schill, E., Xiao, M., Köhnke, F., Oschlies, A., Förster, J., Görl, K., Dornheim, M., Brinkmann, T., Beck, S., Bruhn, D., Li, Z., Steuri, B., Herbst, M., Sachs, T., Monnerie, N., Pregger, T., Jacob, D., Dittmeyer, R. (2022):
Net-zero CO2 Germany - A retrospect from the year 2050
Earth Future 10 (2), e2021EF002324
10.1029/2021EF002324