Petra Zapp

Dr. Petra Zapp leads the Sustainable Life Cycles Department at Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH’s Institute of Climate and Energy Systems (ICE), specifically within the Jülicher Systemanalyse (ICE-2) division. Her work focuses on Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment (LCSA), energy systems evaluation, Power-to-X technologies, CCUS (carbon capture, utilization, and storage), and critical resource analysis. She is based in Building 03.2, Room 208, Jülich, Germany.

• Projects: Research Center Jülich’s ICE-2 department, Power-to-X roadmap development
• Research Areas: LCSA, blue ammonia climate impacts, hydrogen production sustainability, DACCS site selection criteria, and critical raw material supply chains
• Methodologies: Prospective lifecycle assessment, comparative technology analysis, interdisciplinary sustainability frameworks

Her recent work examines future green hydrogen production via PEM electrolysis using learning curves (2050 projections), environmental impacts of ship-based carbon capture, and social implications of fuel cell electric vehicle supply chains. She also investigates resource criticality for electrolysis and fuel cell stacks.

Dr. Zapp’s team contributes to European ALIGN-CCUS and Kopernikus P2X projects, analyzing technologies like dimethyl ether from CO2 and biorefinery processes for methyl ketone. Her research informs policy through lifecycle modeling and sustainability indicators.