Completed Projects

System analysis of transport solutions for green hydrogen (TransHyDE)

Funded by: Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
Project duration:  Mid 2021 – 31.03.2025
Cooperation: More than 20 project partners from science and research institutions & 8 associated partners from the energy industry.


TransHyDE is one of the three German flagship projects on hydrogen, which represent a central contribution of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) to the implementation of the National Hydrogen Strategy. Taken together, they represent the largest funding initiative of the Federal Ministry of Research on the subject of the energy transition to date. They make a decisive contribution to Germany's entry into the hydrogen economy.


TransHyDE website
Germany's flagship hydrogen projects


Intelligente Digitalisierung der Energieversorgung zur Optimierung des Netzbetriebs und zur Erhöhung der Akzeptanz (IDiNA)

Funded by: Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi)

Cooperation: Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg (OVGU), OFFIS e.V., PSI Software AG, SWW Wunsiedel GmbH, SWH Stadtwerke Haßfurt GmbH, Es-geht! Energiesysteme GmbH


Publicly available information for medium and high-voltage power supply units

Funded by: Partners from the industry

Project duration: 01.05.2024 - 30.09.2024

The project focuses on the collection of comprehensive data to create an accessible and user-friendly database on medium and high voltage grid projects. This includes detailed information on grid components such as overhead lines/underground cables in AC/DC voltage, transformers, grid amplifiers and converter stations, covering aspects of geographical region, dimensions, electrical parameters, manufacturers and costs, which include publicly available sources. The collected raw data is structured in a database with an intuitive interface that allows the user to search for the relevant components and their costs.

Kopernikus project Ariadne - Evidence-based assessment for shaping the German energy transition

Funded by: Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)

Website: https: //www.kopernikus-projekte.de/projekte/ariadne

In addition to the Chair of Energy Economics at BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg, a further 25 project partners are involved in the project.

Leading the Working Group “Electricity Market Design” in the Project “Energy Systems of the Future”

Funded by: Project Office “Energy Systems of the Future” supported by acatech – National Academy of Science and Engineering, the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina and the Union of the German Academies of Sciences and Humanities; financed by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research

Members of the Working Group (in alphabetic order): Dr. F.-D. Drake (innogy SE), Prof. Dr. O. Edenhofer (PIK), Dr. C. Growitsch (Fraunhofer IMWS / CEM), Prof. Dr. A. Moser (RWTH Aachen), Prof. Dr. W. Münch (EnBW), Prof. Dr. F. Müsgens (BTU), Prof. Dr. A. Ockenfels (Uni Köln), Dr. Dr. T. Paulun (EEX), Dr. K. U. Pritzsche (Linklaters), Prof. Dr. A. Wambach (ZEW), Prof. Dr. M. Weinhold (Siemens), Prof. Dr. H. Weyer (TU Clausthal)

Click here for further information: energiesysteme-zukunft.de/en/project/working-groups


Better price forecasts in the energy sector by combining fundamental and stochastic models (ProKoMo)

Funded by: Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy

Cooperation: Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute for Operations Research, Analytics and Statistics, Prof. Dr. Oliver Grothe

Link to project website:  pro-ko-mo.de


Mobilising Endogenous Potentials for Structural Change – Decarbonisation in a Lignite Mining Region (DecarbLau)

Financed by: Federal Ministry of Education and Research

Cooperation: Chair of General economics and Chair of Management of regional energy systems at BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg, Halle Institute for Economic Research, Innovationsregion Lausitz, Institute for Ecological Economy Research (IÖW), TU Dresden


Leading the Working Group “Electricity Market Design” in the Project “Energy Systems of the Future”

Funded by: Project Office “Energy Systems of the Future” supported by acatech – National Academy of Science and Engineering, the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina and the Union of the German Academies of Sciences and Humanities; financed by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research

Members of the Working Group (in alphabetic order): Dr. F.-D. Drake (innogy SE), Prof. Dr. O. Edenhofer (PIK), Dr. C. Growitsch (Fraunhofer IMWS / CEM), Prof. Dr. A. Moser (RWTH Aachen), Prof. Dr. W. Münch (EnBW), Prof. Dr. F. Müsgens (BTU), Prof. Dr. A. Ockenfels (Uni Köln), Dr. Dr. T. Paulun (EEX), Dr. K. U. Pritzsche (Linklaters), Prof. Dr. A. Wambach (ZEW), Prof. Dr. M. Weinhold (Siemens), Prof. Dr. H. Weyer (TU Clausthal)

Click here for further information: energiesysteme-zukunft.de/en/project/working-groups


Design of auctions for market premia for onshore wind generation: theoretical and experimental testing

Cooperation: CERGE-EI (Center for Economic Research and Graduate Education - Economics Institute). CERGE-EI is a joint workplace of Charles University and the Economics Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences


Innovation Forum „Power-to-Heat“

Funding by: Federal Ministry of Education and Research


Power-to-Heat: Use of Excess of Electricity for the Production of Heat as Option to Integrate Renewable Energy

Cooperation and Funding: Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety


Acceptance of heat supply concepts in Eberswalde

Financed by: Energieversorgungsunternehmen


Expertise for Designing Auctions for the Promotion of Renewable Energies

Cooperation and Funding: Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft (BDEW)

Cooperation: r2b energy consulting GmbH


Optimal Design of Auctions for Ground-mounted Photovoltaic Facilities

Cooperation and Funding: Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft (BDEW)

Cooperation: r2b energy consulting GmbH


Analysis of German Energy Policy from Brandenburg’s Perspective

Cooperation and Funding: Brandenburg Department of State


Analysis of German Energy Transition from Brandenburg’s Perspective

Cooperation and Funding: Brandenburg Department of State


Economic Analysis of Long-term Natural Gas Supply Contracts

Cooperation and Funding: Gas Distribution Company


Consultancy project: ‚A Greenhouse Gas Neutral Germany until 2050’

Cooperation and Funding: German Federal Environmental Agency

Cooperation:  r2b energy consulting GmbH (r2b)