The Fraunhofer IEE in Kassel researches for the national and international transformation of energy systems. It develops technical and economic solutions in order to further reduce the costs of using renewable energies, to secure the supply despite volatile generation, to ensure grid stability at the high level and to promote the success of the energy transition business model.

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The department of Energy Management and Power System Operation (e²n) at the University of Kassel, as part of the KDEE and in close cooperation with Fraunhofer IEE, represents the technically and economically optimized design, control, and operation of the future decentralized energy supply system (smart grid) with a high proportion of renewable energies as an important challenge of the energy transition to ensure a secure, cost-efficient, and sustainable energy supply.

The Fraunhofer IEE in Kassel researches for the national and international transformation of energy systems. It develops technical and economic solutions in order to further reduce the costs of using renewable energies, to secure the supply despite volatile generation, to ensure grid stability at the high level and to promote the success of the energy transition business model.

Chair and Institute of Power Systems and Power Economics (IAEW) are part of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology of RWTH Aachen University. In a team of scientific assistants we address a wide range of projects in the industrial and public sector. The mathematical simulation, optimization and evaluation of technical and economic development and behavior of the electrical power system are the key components of our work. In particular we address questions of the electric power generation, transmission and distribution of electrical energy, profit maximization, quality of supply and environmental compatibility.

The institute is one of Germany’s leading institutes of higher education in the field of energy systems, energy efficiency and energy economy with the focus on electrical networks. It is the result of the merger of the Chair for Energy Systems and Energy Economics by Prof. Dr.-Ing. Christian Rehtanz as well as the work area for energy efficiency of Prof. Dr.-Ing. Johanna Myrzik. Research and studies of the institute solve questions for a technically viable and sustainable electricity system of the future.