Project duration: 2023-2026

Project owner: Die Bundesregierung, Land Brandenburg, Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung

Project partner: Konsortialpartner sind unter anderem 50Hertz Transmission GmbH, Ingenieurgesellschaft für Energie- und Kraftwerkstechnik mbH (IEK) und Fraunhofer-Einrichtung für Energieinfrasktrukturen und Geothermie IEG.

Project description: Against the backdrop of the energy transition, one of the most dynamic energy research locations in Germany is currently being created in Cottbus. As a young, up-and-coming university, the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg (BTU), which traditionally focuses on energy research, plays a central role in this structural development process. As a bridge between science and industry, more than 70 scientists from the BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg are developing innovative solutions and technologies for a climate-neutral energy supply in Lusatia and worldwide in the new "Energy Innovation Centre" (EIZ) together with an interdisciplinary partner network.  

The focus is on technical as well as economic, political and social issues of the energy transition with special reference to structural development in Lusatia. The Energy Innovation Centre (EIZ) focuses on outstanding, internationally visible research, industry-oriented, product-oriented technology development and transfer, as well as education and training opportunities for business and science.

The EIZ consists of six networked laboratories (labs) with their own thematic focuses: Control Systems and Cyber Security, Energy Economics, Energy Storage and Conversion, High Power Grid Converter, Electric Power Systems and Scientific Computing. With 14 professorships from the BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg and over 40 other partners from industry and science, the EIZ is optimally positioned for interdisciplinary research.

In the EECON Lab, we support the transformation of the energy system with the help of energy economic analyses in three main research areas: Quantitative research in the areas of social acceptance of renewable energy (infrastructure), participation as well as flexibilisation of energy consumption; monitoring and evaluation of the transformation of the energy industry in Lusatia; energy system modelling and market design as well as improvement of forecasts in energy system demand.

Further information: https://www.b-tu.de/energie-innovationszentrum 

EECON Lab Project Lead

Prof. Dr. Felix Müsgens https://www.b-tu.de/fg-energiewirtschaft/team/lehrstuhlinhaber 

Prof. Dr. Stefan Zundel https://www.b-tu.de/fg-energie-umweltoekonomik/team/prof-dr-zundel 

Research Group Lead

Dr. Christin Hoffmann https://www.b-tu.de/energiewirtschaft/team/mitarbeiter/dr-christin-hoffmann