Bent Richter

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology | KIT · Institute of Information Systems and Marketing

Background: Citizen Energy Communities, particularly local energy markets, have been discussed for several years as a concept that allows private households, prosumers, and small local generation facilities to be actively integrated into the existing energy system. According to the literature, it promotes investment incentives and introduces local...

In recent years, local energy markets have become an important concept in more decentralized energy systems. Implementations in pilot projects provide first insights into different hypotheses and approaches. From a technical perspective, the requirements for the IT infrastructure of a local energy market are diverse, and a holistic view of its arch...

Coordinated operation of Coupled Electric Power and District Heating Networks (CEPDHNs) brings advantages as e.g., the district heating networks can provide flexibility to the electric power network, and the entire system operation can be further decarbonized through heat pumps and electric boilers using electricity from renewable energy sources. S...

The rapid transformation of the electricity sector increases both the opportunities and the need for Data Analytics. In recent years, various new methods and fields of application have been emerging. As research is growing and becoming more diverse and specialized, it is essential to integrate and structure the fragmented body of scientific work. W...

Transmission grid congestion is one of the consequences of an increasing power generation from intermittent renewable capacities. These are often installed in the periphery and have rare generation peaks. It thus becomes more complicated to ensure a balanced grid operation at all times. It is necessary to develop holistic strategies for the managem...

The worldwide transition to renewable wind and solar electricity generation leads to more complex and decentralized energy systems. It is no longer sufficient to centrally optimize large controllable units. As electricity systems cannot be controlled from a top-down perspective anymore, the consumer behavior moves into focus and it is becoming an i...