Annika Holthoff

Annika Holthoff, process engineer, has been conducting research in the field of energy system modeling and control at the Application Center for the Integration of Local Energy Systems at Fraunhofer IWES since 2023. She develops models to investigate the economic efficiency and grid support of renewable energies, in particular hydrogen technologies.

OPTILESSi – A toolchain for optimal local energy system sizing and operation

Since the beginning of the energy transition in the electrical power system in Germany, development has shifted toward decentralization. Contrary to the legacy power system with big central power plants, power systems with a high share of renewables have a decentralized topology with distributed power generation.