Universität Leipzig: Research

Research projects

Most of the research at our professorship takes place within the framework of research projects funded by the EU, federal ministries (BMBF, BMWi, BMU, BMVBS), state ministries, municipalities and energy industry players.

Dynamic photo of wind turbine blades turning against a blue sky.

WindNODE

What role do market design and regulation play in the energy transition? Will flexibility become a success factor?

Globe with old, grey, dirty side and new, renewable, healthy side.

SPARCS

SPARCS supports european cities in transforming into "Sustainable energy Positive & zero cARbon CommunitieS".

Foto der Anlagen für die Chlor-Alkali-Elektrolyse in der Fabrikhalle unseres Partners.

H2-FLEX

Demonstration and maximisation of the flexibility potential of a chlor-alkali electrolysis.

Luftaufnahme von einer Stadt bei gutem Wetter.

SUSIC

Modelling the adoption processes of sustainable products that drive decentralised infrastructure change.

Wasserstoffspeicher mit Windanlage in der Abenddämmerung

HYPOS-Storage study

Meta- and storage study on the role of large-scale storage in future energy systems with high shares of renewables.

Models

Our energy industry models aim to identify risks, evaluate innovative business models and analyse policy impacts. They are initially developed within the framework of projects and can then be further developed and applied.

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IRPopt

IRPopt allows the evaluation of municipal business models from different stakeholder perspectives.

Graph der den Verlauf der Stromnachfrage innerhalb Deutschlands einem Jahr darstellt. Tages-, wochen-, und jahreszeitabhängige Fluktuationen sind deutlich zu erkennen.

MICOES

Impact assessment and price projections for the EU day-ahead electricity market and the German balancing power market.

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IRPact

Currently, an agent-based simulation software is being developed that maps energy-related household investments.

Publications

Eine große Zahl von wissenschaftlich aussehenden Dokumenten ist unordentlich auf dem Boden übereinander gelegt, sodass die Bildfläche mit Dokumenten ausgefüllt ist.

Publications

New findings emerge from the work on research projects, which are written up and published in the form of scientific articles and other formats in order to make them available to the scientific community.