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

In future energy systems, flexibility will be increasingly necessary to compensate for variations in weather-dependent feed-in of alternative energy sources. The aim of this project is to assess the different flexibility options techno-economically and in competition with each other, while taking into account the energy-economic framework and social impacts. Concerning this it will be analysedwhat technologies in which times mutually compete, how competitive are the technologies, such as the energy sector regulatory framework incites the different technologies and how they are accepted in the population. Among the technologies that can provide flexibility, are transmission systems, various storage options (centralized and decentralized), flexibility options in conventional and alternative power plants and the demand-side management. Within the framework of the Graduiertenkolleg an interdisciplinary approach is pursued. This includes the technical review of individual options, the study of social-economic acceptance and the necessary transformations of the energy economic regulatory framework for the efficient integration of flexibility options in the market environment.
 

Doctoral Candidate: Christoph Zöphel

First (Main-) Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Dominik Möst

Second Supervisor:Prof. Dr. Thilo Bocklisch