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Mobility
Series Electromobility: Climate assessment of electric vehicles
Series Electromobility: Climate assessment of electric vehicles
Electromobility is a central research area of the FfE and is part of numerous research projects. In the following series of articles, different topics are presented. One focus is on scenarios for electric vehicles and charging stations in Germany....
Mobility
Series Electromobility: Use Cases for bidirectional charging
Series Electromobility: Use Cases for bidirectional charging
Electromobility is a central research area of the FFE and is part of numerous research projects. In the following series of articles, different topics are presented. One focus is on scenarios for electric vehicles and charging stations in Germany....
Production and Market
Siemens Global Energy Demand - Modeling global power consumption
Siemens Global Energy Demand - Modeling global power consumption
Within the scope of the project "Global Energy Demand" for the client Siemens, a worldwide and regionally resolved map of the electricity demand was to be achieved based on statistical and geo-data. Analysis was conducted separately for private...
Mobility
Series Electromobility: Smart Charging
Series Electromobility: Smart Charging
Electromobility is a central research area of the FFE and is part of numerous research projects. In the following series of articles, different topics are presented. One focus is on scenarios for electric vehicles and charging stations in Germany....
Mobility
Series Electromobility: Private and public charging
Series Electromobility: Private and public charging
Electromobility is a central research area of the FFE and is part of numerous research projects. In the following series of articles, different topics are presented. One focus is on scenarios for electric vehicles and charging stations in Germany....
Digitalization
InDEED - Design, implementation and evaluation of an energy industry data platform based on block chain for the use cases "labeling" and "asset logging"
InDEED - Design, implementation and evaluation of an energy industry data platform based...
The InDEED research project aims to implement the concept of a distributed data platform on a block chain basis for applications in the energy industry both in practice and in theoretical scientific evaluation. The focus is on analyses of...
Mobilität
Series Electromobility: Plugtypes
Series Electromobility: Plugtypes
Electromobility is a central research area of the FFE and is part of numerous research projects. In the following series of articles, different topics are presented. One focus is on scenarios for electric vehicles and charging stations in Germany....
Mobility
Series electromobility: Charging Points
Series electromobility: Charging Points
Electromobility is a central research area of the FFE and is part of numerous research projects. In the following series of articles, different topics are presented. One focus is on scenarios for electric vehicles and charging stations in Germany....
Mobilität
Development of electromobility
Development of electromobility
Electromobility is a central research area of the FFE and is part of numerous research projects. In the following series of articles, different topics are presented. One focus is on scenarios for electric vehicles and charging stations in Germany....
Publications
Use Case Methodology – A Guide for Successful Demonstration
Use Case Methodology – A Guide for Successful Demonstration
To support the use case development, the FfE publishes a practical application guide.
The C/sells project is heading with major steps towards its completion. Many partners have virtually completed the design of their activities and are currently...
Digitalization
The Altdorfer Flexmarkt (ALF)
The Altdorfer Flexmarkt (ALF)
The Altdorfer Flexmarkt (ALF) is a concept for using the flexibility available in the distribution network. DSOs can use ALF as an operational planning tool to react flexibly in response to forecasted network congestion, reducing their dependence...
Publications
Metastudy published on the Life Cycle Assessment of Electricity-Based Synthetic Fuels
Metastudy published on the Life Cycle Assessment of Electricity-Based Synthetic Fuels
The transport sector is lagging behind the targets set for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. Effective measures to reduce emissions are therefore urgently needed. In this context, the focus of political and public debate - in addition to...
Mobility
Bidirectional Charging Management (BCM) – intelligent interaction of electric vehicles, charging infrastructure and energy system
Bidirectional Charging Management (BCM) – intelligent interaction of electric vehicles,...
The research project "Bidirectional Charging Management" aims to develop and test a holistic, user-oriented offer for the integration of bidirectional electric vehicles into the energy system. The intelligent interaction between electric...
Resources and Climate Protection
Final report on the project "Carbon footprint for the CAPHENIA process" published
Final report on the project "Carbon footprint for the CAPHENIA process" published
In the project "Carbon footprint for the CAPHENIA process" an ecological evaluation of the CAPHENIA process was conducted and compared to a power-to-liquid process route. The process developed by CAPHENIA can be used to recycle the CO2 emissions...
Resources and Climate Protection
Hourly CO₂ Emission Factors and Marginal Costs of Energy Carriers in Future Multi-Energy Systems
Hourly CO₂ Emission Factors and Marginal Costs of Energy Carriers in Future Multi-Energy...
Hourly emission factors and marginal costs of energy carriers are determined to enable a simplified assessment of decarbonization measures in energy systems. Since the sectors and energy carriers are increasingly coupled in the context of the...
Production and Market
eXtremOS - Country profiles of 17 European countries were developed
eXtremOS - Country profiles of 17 European countries were developed
Our country profiles offer a compact and holistic overview on the most relevant figures characterizing 16 European countries. Final energy consumption and emissions split into sectors and applications, potentials of wind and solar as well as...
Storage and Grids
GridSim – Power Grid and Energy System Model for Distribution Networks
GridSim – Power Grid and Energy System Model for Distribution Networks
"GridSim" is a simulation model for the detailed analysis of distribution grids based on load flow calculations, conceived by the FfE. The impact of various decentral generation and consumption systems on the distribution grid can be determined...
Mobility
Munich electrifies - Expansion of Munich's Charging Infrastructure
Munich electrifies - Expansion of Munich's Charging Infrastructure
Motivation
Maintaining the purity of the air we breathe is essential for the health and quality of life of all people. Due to the regular exceeding of air pollution limits in German cities and the action filed by the European Commission...
Resources and Climate Protection
Using Dynamic Energy and Material Flow Analysis for Assessing the Potential of Circular Approaches to Reduce Resource Criticality
Using Dynamic Energy and Material Flow Analysis for Assessing the Potential of Circular...
While reducing the demand for fossil fuels the energy transition requires new technologies, e.g. battery storage systems, many of which come with an increasing demand for critical materials such as cobalt and lithium. The criticality of a material...
Resources and Climate Protection
BEniVer - Accompanying Research on the Energy Turnaround in Transport
BEniVer - Accompanying Research on the Energy Turnaround in Transport
The accompanying research project BEniVer started on 01.06.2018. in cooperation with the German Aerospace Center (DLR), the Institut für ZukunftsEnergie- und Stoffstromsysteme (IZES gGmbh), the Institute of Economic Structures Research (GWS), the...
Publications
Modelling the transport sector in the context of a dynamic energy system
Modelling the transport sector in the context of a dynamic energy system
As part of the project Dynamis the Forschungsstelle für Energiewirtschaft develops a model of the German energy system which couples its energy supply optimisation models ISAaR and MInGa with four energy application submodels for the industry...
Publications
Modelling the private households sector and the impact on the energy system
Modelling the private households sector and the impact on the energy system
Presentation and Paper at the 41th IAEE International Conference in Groningen, Netherlands
Presented 12th of June 2018
Jochen Conrad, Simon Greif
The project Dynamis focuses on the development of methods that make it possible to evaluate the...
Publications
Charge optimization of privately and commercially used electric vehicles and its influence on operational emissions
Charge optimization of privately and commercially used electric vehicles and its...
Operational emissions of electric vehicles heavily depend on the charging times of the vehicles and the underlying electricity mix. With an increasing share of fluctuating renewable energies, this correlation is becoming increasingly apparent and...
Publications
Electrification and coal phase-out in Germany: A scenario analysis
Electrification and coal phase-out in Germany: A scenario analysis
The electrification of fossil fueled processes and applications is frequently quoted as an essential component for the deep decarbonization of the German energy system. A prerequisite for decarbonization through electrification is low-emission...
Publications
Emission Assessment of Electricity: Mix vs. Marginal Power Plant Method
Emission Assessment of Electricity: Mix vs. Marginal Power Plant Method
CO2 emissions associated with electricity can be quantified using either the electricity mix or the marginal power plant method. While the electricity mix method represents an attributional approach, the marginal power plant method reflects a...
Heat supply
Intelligent heating concept for Munich
Intelligent heating concept for Munich
Short description
The municipal energy supplier of munich (SWM) in cooperation with the research center for energy economics (FfE) develop an intelligent heating system using power-to-heat technologies in an innovative way. This research work is...
Production and Market
EU Displacement Mix - A Simplified Marginal Method to Determine Environmental Factors for Technologies Coupling Heat and Power in the European Union
EU Displacement Mix - A Simplified Marginal Method to Determine Environmental Factors...
In order to estimate the Primary Energy Factor and CO2 Equivalent Emission Factor of cogeneration units in previous FfE studies the "Replacement Mix" approach was introduced. It can be considered a simplified marginal approach, assessing the...
Publications
The only sector in which the share of renewable energies is making progress is the electricity sector
The only sector in which the share of renewable energies is making progress is the...
The trend towards a further increase in the share of renewable electricity generation in Germany is continuing. In the period from 2014 to 2017, the share of renewable energies in electricity demand increased from 27.4 % to 36.2 % with electricity...
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
Energy saving potentials by optimisation of existing domestic hot water systems
Energy saving potentials by optimisation of existing domestic hot water systems
In order to achieve the political goals of reducing CO2 emissions a decrease in energy consumption in the buildings sector is highly relevant. The sequence of measures is to:
1. reduce energy demand, 2. cover...