Projects

The projects of the Boysen-TU Dresden-Research Training Group deal with topics in engineering-, social- and human science.  Under the title “Paths to ecologically friendly, safe and competitive energy systems – Technical feasibility and societal impacts” research is multidisziplinary. Due to the close networking and symbiosis, which is related to the interdisziplinarity, the specific research questions are considered and discussed in a wider perspective. At the same time, there is a demand in a profound research in the specific field of expertise. Six doctoral candidates are supported by the Friedrich und Elisabeth Boysen-Stiftung, which projects are related to engineering science (Project 1 to Project 6). The other six doctoral candidates are promoted by means of the Dresden Institutional Strategy: "The Synergetic University" (Zukunftskonzept ZUK) (Project 7 to Project 12).

Project 1: Making biogas a CO2-sink using carbon mineralization

Project 2: Energetically significant evaluation and environmental optimization of long-term energy-storage-systems 

Project 3: Technically implementable concepts for hybrid power grids 

Project 4: Energy-efficient and networked routing in urban areas 

Project 5: Technologies and potential of seasonal heat storage systems 

Project 6: Interdependency between national capacity market and European energy strategies 

Project 7: Green economy – Challenges to health protection at work and in public health 

Project 8: Flexibility options in the energy system – Techno-economic assessment and social acceptance 

Project 9: Economic-ecological optimization of selected technologies within the energy supply system 

Project 10: Key issues of the market integration of renewable energies exemplified by the German tendering system for open space photovoltaic plants

Project 11: Institutionalization and long-term governance of energy transition

Project 12: Media Performance in Reporting the Presence and Future of Energy Systems – an Assessment of Journalistic Quality