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Digitalization
C/sells - The energy system of the future in the "solar arch" in southern Germany
C/sells - The energy system of the future in the "solar arch" in southern Germany
The digitalization and increasingly interconnected infrastructure of the energy system has become one of the major drivers, alongside the continuing expansion of renewable energy generation, of the changes currently affecting all aspects of the...
Resources and Climate Protection
Dynamis – Dynamic and Intersectoral Evaluation of Measures for a Cost-Efficient Decarbonisation of the Energy System
Dynamis – Dynamic and Intersectoral Evaluation of Measures for a Cost-Efficient...
Motivation"Dynamis – ability to induce change"
In the course of the German energy transition, the energy supply is being redesigned pursuing the goal of phasing out nuclear energy and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Passing the Paris Climate...
Heat supply
Fourth generation district heating – Feasibility study for a district heating network 4.0 in Rosenheim, Germany
Fourth generation district heating – Feasibility study for a district heating network...
Feasibility studies for the implementation of innovative heating network systems are funded within the framework of the funding call "Fourth generation district heating" of the Federal Ministry of Economics and Export Control (BAFA). After the...
Topics and Methods
Value of flexibility in the context of European electricity market coupling with extreme technological, regulatory and social developments
Value of flexibility in the context of European electricity market coupling with extreme...
The project eXtremOS started on the 1st of January 2018
In eXtremOS (XOS) the FfE investigates the effect of extreme technological, regulatory and social developments on the value of flexibility in the European electricity market. The FFE is...
Digitalization
Blockchain - Chances for the transformation of our energy system
Blockchain - Chances for the transformation of our energy system
The project "Blockchain – Chances for the transformation of our energy system" at the Research Centre for Energy Economics is analyzing and developing possible applications of Blockchain technology together with seven project partners from the...
Storage and Grids
Merit Order Grid Expansion 2030 (MONA 2030)
Merit Order Grid Expansion 2030 (MONA 2030)
Motivation and purpose
The power grid’s requirements of extensive reconstruction and expansion are technical challenges whose implementation must strike a balance between economic and socio-political conditions. In the course of the tender...