The core of the book is the presentation of a systematic, continuous and logical chain into the coupled total energy system (GES) of the future, which will lead to the fully sustainable use of renewable energies. Thus, unified models are proposed that are applicable to the subsystems/sectors throughout and allow the optimization of the entire GES. Appropriate algorithms and approaches are illustrated with numerous examples. This is embedded in the context of efforts to fully integrate energy generated from renewable sources into the GES. The overarching role of IT systems for secure operations has been emphasized in the book. The relevance of the correct mapping of technologies to use cases is elaborated and necessary steps derived from this are considered technically and organizationally (standardization). Special attention is paid to the didactic presentation of the material in order to present this new, difficult and complex problem "as simple as possible, but not simpler" [according to Einstein].
Now that the energy turnaround has established itself at the beginning of this century as a buzzword but also as a trademark of the German way of generating energy from renewable sources, sector coupling can be understood as an extension of this idea to the entire economy. As far as the generation of electrical energy is concerned, the feasibility of a 100% renewable electrical energy system is now beyond doubt. It is therefore time to think about how the other sectors, apart from electricity, will function if 100% of energy is supplied as renewable electricity. Is that even possible? What other primary energy sources are needed, for example, to maintain the highly developed mobility of people or the industrial landscape?
The content
Climate Targets and Sustainable Energy Systems - Modelling the Energy Hub - Structure of Energy Consumption in Sectors - Storage Technologies and Systems - Sector Modelling - Flexibility Options and Digitalisation of the GES - International Perspective
The target group
- Students and lecturers from the fields of energy technology, energy systems engineering, electrical engineering and energy economics
- Practitioners interested in a refresher course and career changers in the energy sector
The authors
As active contemporary witnesses, the authors have accompanied the energy transition in Germany and Europe for more than 20 years. In development, applied research and industrial application, they have investigated a wide range of topics in this field within the framework of numerous joint projects.
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Przemyslaw Komarnicki is head of the Department of Energy Systems and Infrastructures (ESI) at the Fraunhofer Institute IFF in Magdeburg and professor of electrical power systems engineering at Magdeburg-Stendal University.
Dipl.-Ing. Michael Kranhold is director of Customor Management and Grid Sattlement Department at the transmission system operator 50Hertz Transmission GmbH in Berlin. He is a member of ETG and CIGRE.
Univ. Prof. Dr. Zbigniew A. Styczynski was head of the Chair of Electrical Grids and Alternative Sources of Electrical Energy at Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg until April 2015.
This book is a translation of an original German edition. The translation was done with the help of artificial intelligence (machine translation by the service DeepL.com). A subsequent human revision was done primarily in terms of content, so that the book will read stylistically differently from a conventional translation.
