Sustainable Energy Systems
Systainable Energy Systems © RainerSturm / pixelio.de
Challenges of sustainable energy systems:
- Energy usage has diverse economical, social, ecological and other impacts
- Several conflicting goals must be achieved simultaneously
- Climate protection requires severe greenhouse gas emissions reductions
Tasks for Sustainable Systems Engineers:
- Evaluate energy systems holistically
- Take into account life-cycle aspects of technologies
- Carry out multiple criteria decision analyses
- Develop renewable energy technologies and optimize the whole product lifecycle
- Derive strategies for integrating fluctuating renewable electricity supply
Related research partners:
- Research: DLR, KIT, Öko-Institut
- Consulting: Fichtner, Gesellschaft für Wirtschaftliche Strukturforschung
- Utilities: Badenova, EnBW
Related scientific projects of INATECH:
- Sustainability assessment: Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy “InNOSys”: www.innosys-projekt.de
- Energy system design: Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy “C/sells”: www.csells.net
- Energy system analysis: Federal Ministry of Education and Research “ÖkoFlex”
Related lectures (MA-SSE)
- Control and Integration of Grids (Weidlich)
- Energy Economics and Energy Policy (Weidlich)
- Operations Research for Energy Systems (Weidlich)
- Photovoltaic Energy Conversion
- Wind Energy
- Energy Storage
- Material Lifecycles