Ambitionierte europäische und nationale Zielvorgaben in der Energiepolitik führen in den letzten Jahren zu einem Umbruch der Energiewirtschaft, der vor allem durch den Ausbau von erneuerbaren Energien geprägt ist. Die Charakteristika dieser Energieträger bedingen, dass ihre Erschließung...

Detailed information about the potentials and costs of renewable energies is an important input factor for energy system models, as well as commercial and political decision-making processes. With its increasing locally installed capacity and hub height, wind energy plays an important role when...

Different field trials and corresponding acceptance studies with new technologies have been carried out between 2010 and 2013 at the Chair of Energy Economics at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). Those involved Elec-tric Vehicle (EV) users, Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) and Compressed...

Der BMBF Wettbewerb „Energieeffiziente Stadt“ gibt fünf Städten in Deutschland die Gelegenheit, ihre jeweiligen Konzepte zur Steigerung der städtischen Energieeffizienz umzusetzen. Zur Beherrschung der Komplexität werden dabei verschiedene Methoden und Modelle eingesetzt. Dieser Beitrag...

The trend towards decentralized energy systems with an emphasis on renewable energy sources (RES) causes increased fluctuations and non-negligible weather-related uncertainties on the future supply side. Stochastic modeling techniques enable an adequate consideration of uncertainties in the...

The motivation of this thesis is to develop a multi-energy residential service demand (MESD) model. The approach is based on earlier modelling concepts. Electricity is simulated by the help of a first-order Markov-chain approach simulating pseudorandom solar irradiation data as well as occupancy...

An increasingly decentralized energy supply structure alongside economic incentives for increasing the level of self-generation and –consumption are encouraging (higher levels of) energy autonomy. Previous work in this area has focused on the technical and economic aspects of energy autonomy...

One of the major challenges for a global success of electric vehicles is to meet customer's expectations to a user–friendly charging infrastructure. The technology of fast charging of electric vehicles offers electric vehicle users the opportunity to travel in excess of the car’s range....

Energy systems based on renewable energy sources require increasing demand side flexibility. Also, changes in the underlying cost structure, i. e., decreasing variable costs and increasing infrastructure investments, and varying customer needs should be reflected in the setup of future markets,...

Der Kraft-Wärme-Kopplung wird auf Grund ihrer Energieeffizienz, breiten Anwendungsmöglichkeit in den Nachfragesektoren sowie Erzeugungsflexibilität eine Schlüsselrolle in der Umsetzung der Energiewende zugeschrieben. Die Energiepolitik der Bundesregierung in Deutschland sieht daher eine...