Against the background of the ambitious German targets for renewable energy and energy efficiency, this paper investigates the economic potential for thermal load management with virtual power plants consisting of micro-cogeneration plants, heat pumps and thermal storage within the residential...

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...

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...

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...

Cogeneration of heat and electricity constitutes an important pillar in energy and climate policy. The optimal dimensioning and operation of residential micro-combined heat and power (mCHP) systems is an important area of ongoing research, especially because these systems are prohibitively...

Purpose: The connection between urbanization and energy consumption in the context of cross-country and cross-sector analyses is poorly understood, especially in the Association of South East Asian (ASEAN). This paper aims to present the first extensive multi-level analysis of the relationship...

Geothermal plants have been increasingly constructed in recent years to exploit the high geothermal energy potential in Germany in district heating networks at the municipal level. In order to use this potential economically, municipal planners need instruments for designing the district heating...

This paper presents a stochastic bottom-up model to assess electric vehicles' (EV) impact on load profiles at different parking locations as well as their load management potential assuming different charging strategies. The central innovation lies in the consideration of socio-economic,...