Dr. Tobias Heffels

  • group: Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency

Activities

Research interests:

  • Energy System and Network Modeling
  • Renewable Energy and Storage Systems

Current projects:

  • Helmholtz-Energie-Allianz: Technologien für das zukünftige Energienetz
  • B2G - Innovative Erzeugung von gasförmigen Brennstoffen aus Biomasse

Teaching:

  • Seminar "Portfoliomanagement in der Erdgaswirtschaft" (Summer term 2012)
  • Seminar "Einbindung von Biogas in das Energiesystem" (Summer term 2011)
  • Supervision of Bachelor-, Master- und Diplomathesis

Publications

  • Heffels, T., McKenna, R., Fichtner, W., 2015, German electricity generation and storage system development under electricity grid restrictions, CORS/INFORMS International Conference, Montreal, Canada
  • Heffels, T., McKenna, R., Fichtner, W., 2014, Long-term modelling of power-to-gas capacity developments and operation in the German power system, 14th IAEE European Energy Conference Proceedings, Rome, Italy
  • Heffels, T., McKenna, R., Fichtner, W., 2014, Long-term effects of power-to-gas storage technology on power plant dispatch optimisation in Germany, 20th Conference of the International Federation of Operational Research Societies (IFORS), Barcelona, Spain
  • Heffels, T., McKenna, R., Fichtner, W., 2014, An ecological and economic assessment of absorption-enhanced-reforming (AER) biomass gasification, Energy Conversion and Management, Volume 77(2014), Pages 535-544, DOI 10.1016/j.enconman.2013.09.007
  • Heffels, T., McKenna, R., Fichtner, W., Döbele, T., Seidenspinner, N., Schlagermann, P., 2014, Brennstoffe aus Biomasse - neue Verfahrenskonzepte weisen große Potenziale auf, Teilprojekt VIII: Systemanalyse, energie | wasser-praxis, 01/2014 (65), ISSN 1436-6134
  • Balussou, D., Heffels, T., McKenna, R., Möst, D., Fichtner, W., 2013, An Evaluation of Optimal Biogas Plant Configurations in Germany, Waste and Biomass Valorization, Volume 5, Pages 743-758, Springer, DOI 10.1007/s12649-013-9284-1
  • McKenna, R., Heffels, T., Seidenspinner, N., 2013, Teilprojekt VIII: Systemanalyse, Abschlussworkshop BMBF-Vorhaben Innovative Erzeugung von Brennstoffen aus Biomasse, Bonn
  • McKenna, R., Heffels, T., Merkel, E., Fehrenbach, D., Killinger, S., Fichtner, W., 2013, Selected approaches to integration management for renewable energies, uwf UmweltWirtschaftsForum, Volume 21, Pages 199-207, Springer, DOI 10.1007/s00550-013-0297-9
  • Babrowski, S., Heffels, T., Jochem, P., Fichtner, W., 2013, Reducing computing time of energy system models by a myopic approach - A case study based on the PERSEUS-NET model, Energy Systems, Volume 5, Pages 65-83, Springer, DOI 10.1007/s12667-013-0085-1
  • Heffels, T., McKenna, R., Fichtner, W., 2012, Direct marketing of electricity from biogas and biomethane: an economic analysis of several business models in Germany, Journal of Management Control: Volume 23, Issue 1 (2012), Pages 53-70, DOI 10.1007/s00187-012-0153-z
  • Heffels, T., McKenna, R., Fichtner, W., 2012, A model-based analysis of the effects of integrating the aviation industry into the EU ETS, 12th IAEE European Energy Conference Proceedings, Venice, Italy
  • Balussou, D., Heffels, T., McKenna, R., Fichtner, W., 2011, Modellbasierte Analyse der Biogasnutzung im deutschen Energiesystem, Proceedings FNR/KTBL-Biogaskongress, 20.-21. September 2011, Göttingen
  • Heffels, T., McKenna, R., Fichtner, W., 2011, Biomethaneinspeisung in Deutschland: zur Rolle der Vergasung bei der Erreichung nationaler Ziele, BWK, Bd. 63, Nr.10