Strong changes in wind speed within time periods of less than half an hour - these are so-called wind ramps. If they occur unexpectedly, they pose problems for electricity traders and grid operators. To improve the prediction of wind ramps, ForWind scientists want to use laser beams to measure the…

Since September 2020 the new book of our PPRE Lecturer (Bioenergy) and OFFIS member Dr.-Ing. Alexandra Pehlken is available at Elsevier. The Material Basis of Energy Transitions explores the socio-technical intersection between critical raw material provision and the energy system.

What innovations are needed to make wind one of the world's primary sources of low-cost electricity generation?

The DLR Institutes of Transport Research, Vehicle Concepts and Networked Energy Systems undertook a joint effort to evaluate the risks and potentials for the electrification of 3-wheelers in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The paper was accepted for the 2020 Ecological Vehicles and Renewable Energies…

Dr.Ing. Alexandra Pehlken is heading the Sustainability research group at OFFIS. Sustainability and IT - does that fit together? Digitisation can and will play a major role in the sustainability research of the future.

Linked open data (LOD) and use of the Global Earth Observation System of Systems GEOSS in energy systems analysis is a project run the DLR-Institute of Networked Energy Systems (head: Dr. Detlev Heinemann) together with other German Research institutions.