Energy system analysis and environment: research areas
Overview of the research group
The overriding objective of the research group “Energy system analysis and environment” is the techno-economic analysis of energy systems and material flows to provide answers to strategically and/or environmentally relevant problems. As well as focussing on energy systems and material flows of nations and regions, those relating to individual firms are also considered. Strategically relevant problems relate to, inter alia, capacity expansion and deployment planning, supply chain optimisation and technology assessment. Environmentally (as well as strategically) relevant problems include the development of emission-mitigation strategies and the evaluation of political instruments.
To assist with the appraisal of different planning activities the PERSEUS (Program Package for Emission Reduction Strategies in Energy Use and Supply) program package has been developed, which consists of several modules that can be classified according to their methodological and application-specific criteria. Depending on the strategic questions posed, individually optimised energy and material flow models are assembled from modules which are suitable to the challenges of the problem (e.g. relating to the system boundaries or the detailed depiction of technologies).
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Current and shortly completed projects
- Flottenversuch Elektromobilität - Integration erneuerbarer Energien in das Stromnetz
- Vision 2050: Nachhaltige Energieversorgung und Energienutzung in der Schweiz
- PowerACE - Auswirkungen des CO2-Zertifikatehandels und des verstärkten Einsatzes erneuerbarer Energieträger auf den liberalisierten Strommarkt
- EVA-TREN: Improved Decision-Aid Methods and Tools to Support EVAluation of Investment for TRansport and ENergy Networks in Europe
- ASEM-Green Independent Power Producers Network
- Demand Side Management und handelbare Energieeffizienzzertifikate (weiße Zertifikate)
- Instrumente zur Förderung der Nutzung regenerativer Energieträger im liberalisierten Strommarkt
- Regional Energy Policy and Planning in ASEAN for Sustainable Development (REPP-ASD)
- SESAM: Selbstorganisation und Spontaneität in liberalisierten und harmonisierten Märkten - Analyse von Koordinations- und Optimiermöglichkeiten sowie neuer Geschäftsmodelle auf dezentral organisierten Energiemärkten
- Entwicklung und Implementierung eines europäischen CO2-Zertifikatehandelsmodells
- Large-scale integration of renewable energies into the European energy system
- Analyse der zukünftigen Rolle der schweizerischen Wasserkraft auf dem europäischem Elektrizitätsmarkt
- Probase - Procedures for accounting and baseline principles for projects under JI and CDM
- Packing and Promoting of Community Climate Change Socio-Economic, Energy and Technology Research Follow-up Project (ProPaCC)
- Forum für Energiemodelle und Energiewirtschaftliche Systemanalysen (FEES)
- Kernenergieausstieg: Effekte und Wirkungen eines sofortigen oder schrittweisen Verzichts auf Strom aus Kernkraftwerken in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland - im Rahmen vom FEES
- Entwicklung eines Investitionsmodells zur umweltorientierten Kraftwerksausbauplanung
- Implementation eines Modells zur Kraftwerksausbauplanung bei der RWE Energie AG