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Development - Optimisation - Testing
The energy system of the future needs to be structured flexibly. This can be implemented for instance through greater incorporation of energy storage systems and through sector integration, i.e. using energy from the electricity sector to provide thermal energy or mobility. New measures aimed at system stabilisation are also required in order to ensure that future energy systems with a very high proportion of renewable energies are sufficiently robust.
Against this background the Energy Systems Technology Department at the Institute of Networked Energy Systems concentrates on the interaction between system-relevant technologies within decentralised networked structures. At the low-voltage and medium-voltage level in particular we strive to achieve new architectures for the energy systems of the future. We recognise the need here for new technological approaches in terms of grid technologies, e.g. the integration of DC grids and new grid operation equipment, in order to ensure more efficient operations and save grid expansion costs.
At the same time we examine the extent to which energy systems can be structured more flexibly by synchronising fluctuations in production levels more effectively with consumption. Research activities include inegrating the electricity sector with the thermal energy and traffic sectors as well as with industrial processes.
Research projects in Energy Systems Technology
Contact
Dr Karsten von Maydell
Head of Division
German Aerospace Center (DLR)
Institute of Networked Energy Systems
Energy Systems Technology