Energy & Climate

Franziska Flachsbarth

Senior Researcher

Franziska Flachsbarth is a research associate at the Freiburg branch of the Institute for Applied Ecology. She studied Industrial Engineering focusing on energy grids and energy market modelling at the Brandenburg Technical University of Cottbus. Her key activity at the Institute for Applied Ecology is the modeling of the future power system regarding grid restrictions.

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Robust Development of the Energy System for Energy Security: Open Source Methodologies for the Robust Development of the Energy System for Energy Sovereignty and Resilience

03/01/2024

The importance of energy sovereignty and the resilience of the energy system has recently come to the fore in the energy policy debate. Russia’s ongoing war of aggression against Ukraine is leading to tectonic shifts and upheavals on a geopolitical level and thus also on an energy policy le
Green transition of the heating sector

Dashboard for the heat transition – System analysis and visualisation of regional effects

10/01/2023

The aim of the project is the participatory development of a web-based dashboard for the heat transition. The dashboard presents the effects of various transformation paths for the heat transition in a user-friendly way. The research project hereby supports the dissemination of technical, regu
Germany

Whole System Approach: Adjustment of incentive regulation to improve whole system optimisation

12/01/2022

The central objective is to investigate a targeted adaptation of incentive regulation for better overall system coordination of the energy sectors. The starting point of the analysis are concrete use cases that can be assigned to the three levels of the WSA and thus to the central interface
Germany

joint-project: EmPowerPlan - regional planning of the energy transition - participation and justice on site and the big picture in mind; single-project: Power - big pictures and participation

08/01/2022

The overall “EmPowerPlan” project is about testing and adapting tools and collaborative processes to accelerate the expansion of the energy infrastructure. To this end, it is necessary to support regional planning – in a manner as participatory as possible - so that areas are released f
Renewable energies

ISGAN Working Group 7

06/01/2022

This project supports the IEA International Smart Grids Action Network (ISGAN). Annex 7, in particular, shall aim at supporting policymakers in the field of Smart Grids by focusing on the direction, efficacy and efficiency of the energy system transition. In order to complement other IS
Renewable energies

100% climate-neutral energy supply - the contribution of Baden-Württemberg and its twelve regions

12/23/2021

The study pursues the goal of concretising various Germany-wide climate-neutral target scenarios for Baden-Württemberg and its twelve regions. For this purpose, three scenarios were selected that differ in relevant input variables and assumptions. The focus is on the areas of "electricity supp

The role of decentralised flexibility options for managing transmission grid congestions in Germany

February 2024

Decentralised flexibility options connected to the distribution grid can be used for congestion management in the transmission grid. Their potential contribution for the transmission grid in Germany is investigated in a scenario analysis for the years 2030, 2040 and 2050.

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A Grid Model Comparison Experiment: Insights from the discussion of differences in model formulation in the harmonization process

September 2022

Presentation by Franziska Flachsbarth, International Conference on Operations Research - OR 2022, 6. - 9.9.2022

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Impact of model parametrization and formulation on the explorative power of electricity network congestion management models - Insights from a grid model comparison experiment

May 2022

Integrating increasing shares of weather-dependent renewable energies into energy systems while maintaining high levels of security of supply constitutes a challenge for system operators. The system integration of large shares of variable renewable energy generation requires an effective operation o

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Addressing the Effect of Social Acceptance on the Distribution of Wind Energy Plants and the Transmission Grid in Germany

August 2021

Social acceptance is increasingly becoming a limiting factor in implementing the energy transition in Germany. From today’s perspective, the expansion of wind energy and future transmission grids is only somewhat a technical or economic challenge rather than a social one. Since political decisions

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Model-based evaluation of decentralised electricity markets at different phases of the German energy transition

May 2021

This paper investigates small-scale decentralised markets in the German electricity system. In our case decentralised markets are defined as regions in which regional electricity demand is met primarily by regional generators. The research question is twofold. Firstly, how does the size of decentral

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Customer stratification and different concepts of decentralization

February 2019

Published in: "Consumer, Prosumer, Prosumager 1st Edition - How Service Innovations will Disrupt the Utility Business Model", Editor: Fereidoon Sioshansi, Paperback ISBN: 9780128168356 , eBook ISBN: 9780128168363 , Imprint: Academic Press, Published Date: 21st February 2019, Page Count: 550

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CCQI scores for IFM projects point to substantial integrity risks

Blog 03/25/2024

The Carbon Credit Quality Initiative (CCQI) has released new scores for the integrity risks of carbon credits from improved forest management (IFM) projects. We find that unrealistic baselines and underestimated leakage are likely to lead to significant overestimation of emission reductions or removals under all assessed methodologies. The likelihood of additionality depends strongly on the forest management practices that are implemented. The sustainable development benefits are more limited compared to most other project types.
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Alternative reactor concepts do not solve the repository problem

Press releases 03/21/2024

A new scientific study commissioned by the Federal Office for the Safety of Nuclear Waste Management (BASE) indicates that the market launch of alternative reactor concepts (also known as "Generation IV") is currently not on the horizon. "Despite some intensive advertising by manufacturers, we currently see no development that would make the construction of alternative reactor types on a large scale likely in the coming years. On the contrary: "From a safety perspective, we should expect the potential advantages of these reactor concepts to be outweighed by the disadvantages and the questions that remain unresolved," says BASE President Christian Kühn, and emphasises that "The concepts solve neither the need to find a repository for radioactive waste nor the pressing issues of climate protection."

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Recent projects

Robust Development of the Energy System for Energy Security: Open Source Methodologies for the Robust Development of the Energy System for Energy Sovereignty and Resilience

Dashboard for the heat transition – System analysis and visualisation of regional effects

Whole System Approach: Adjustment of incentive regulation to improve whole system optimisation

joint-project: EmPowerPlan - regional planning of the energy transition - participation and justice on site and the big picture in mind; single-project: Power - big pictures and participation

ISGAN Working Group 7

100% climate-neutral energy supply - the contribution of Baden-Württemberg and its twelve regions

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Recent projects

Robust Development of the Energy System for Energy Security: Open Source Methodologies for the Robust Development of the Energy System for Energy Sovereignty and Resilience

Dashboard for the heat transition – System analysis and visualisation of regional effects

Whole System Approach: Adjustment of incentive regulation to improve whole system optimisation

joint-project: EmPowerPlan - regional planning of the energy transition - participation and justice on site and the big picture in mind; single-project: Power - big pictures and participation

ISGAN Working Group 7

100% climate-neutral energy supply - the contribution of Baden-Württemberg and its twelve regions

Recent publications

The role of decentralised flexibility options for managing transmission grid congestions in Germany

A Grid Model Comparison Experiment: Insights from the discussion of differences in model formulation in the harmonization process

Impact of model parametrization and formulation on the explorative power of electricity network congestion management models - Insights from a grid model comparison experiment

Addressing the Effect of Social Acceptance on the Distribution of Wind Energy Plants and the Transmission Grid in Germany

Model-based evaluation of decentralised electricity markets at different phases of the German energy transition

Customer stratification and different concepts of decentralization

Read more

CCQI scores for IFM projects point to substantial integrity risks

Alternative reactor concepts do not solve the repository problem