The paper presenting the open-source tool TEASER has been published in the Journal of Building Performance Simulation on Taylor & Francis Online.

The “RWTH Science Night” has been taking place every year now since 2003 in the Kármán Auditorium, on the second Friday in November, and always welcomes numerous guests. The idea behind the Science Night is to present science in an unusual way and at an unusual time.

The project ENSURE (funded by the BMBF within the framework of the Kopernikus initiative) was launched with a kick-off meeting involving all project partners. The institutes ACS, FCN and PGS of the E.ON Energy Research Center (E.ON ERC) are also involved.

Dipl.-Ing. Andreas Bader from Stadtkraft, Düsseldorf gave a lecture about the topic “Forecasting method for intraday power prices leading to market closure” on Thursday, October 13, 2016 at 04:00 pm in room 00.24. After the presentation there was time for snacks and drinks in the foyer.

We are very happy for Patrick Elison, who was awarded the Friedrich-Wilhelm prize of the RWTH Aachen University for his cooperation between the Schlumberger GmbH and his master thesis. His master thesis was about the topic: “Influence of uncertainty in thermal conductivity on thermal basin modelling” and was advised by our institute GGE. Patrick Elison graduated from IDEA-League master degree course “Applied Geophysics” (2013-2015).

On the 6^th of October the E.ON Energy Research Center celebrated its 9^th Annual Meeting. This time the meeting took place at the ENERGETICON and it was focused on the topic of “10 Years of Research on Urban Energy Systems”. As in the years before many representatives of industry and research were present.

E.ON plans to continue a successful cooperation with RWTH Aachen University and has thus extended the cooperation agreement by another five years. E.ON executive board member Karsten Wildberger and RWTH Rector Ernst Schmachtenberg signed a corresponding agreement today.

Six executives of RWTH Aachen University were awarded for their family friendly personnel management.

The Institute for Energy Efficient Buildings and Indoor Climate, E.ON Energy Research Center, RWTH Aachen University released “AixLib”, a Modelica model-library that contains more than 400 items which focus on building performance simulations.

Second edition of "Einführung in die Geophysik" (GGE) is published

To present science in an unusual way and at an unusual time – this is the idea behind the “5 to 12” Science Night.

Mark J. Embrechts gave a lecture about the topic "A Brief History of Big Data Analytics" on the 11^th November  2015 in room 00.24 at 4:00 p.m. After the presentation there was time for snacks and drinks in the foyer.

On October 28, 2015, Reinhard Madlener, Director of the institute for Future Energy Consumer Needs and Behavior (FCN) gave a lecture about the topic: "Spatial Economic and Multi-Criteria Analysis of the Optimal Siting of Wind Power Plants". The seminar took place at Baker Hall, Carnegie Mellon University and was presented under the auspices of CEDM and the department of Engineering and Public Policy.

Prof. De Doncker and Prof. Monti were invited to the International Symposium "Towards A Transatlantic Emobility Market - Vehicles and Grids of the Future", which was organized in Ispra, Italy by the Joint Research Center of the European Commission.

E.ON Energy Research Center, RWTH Universität und OPAL-RT hosted a real time seminar in Aachen on Monday, 28^th of Septemer 2015. This seminar dealt with the real-time simulation of power grids and power electronic systems.

Hans-Joachim Preuss, Member of the Managing Board of German GIZ (Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit) has presented the activities of GIZ. Focus was on energy and climate related activities. GIZ is the government owned entity in charge of international co-operation. GIZ has an annual budget of 2 milliard EUR, employing some 16.400. GIZ is one of the most important contractors for German industries, consultants etc.

After three years of research and development, the COOPERATE program (Control and optimization for positive energy neighbourhood) is now complete with successful experiments concluded at two test sites: one each in France and Ireland.

The official start of construction of the modular large battery storage M5BAT took place in Aachen. Such storages can be important landmarks for the development of renewable energies, as they contribute significantly to system stability. In addition, they open up a wide range of application fields. The planned power of five megawatts, as well as the high modularity - with different battery technologies linked together - make the "M5BAT" (Modular multi - megawatt multi - technology medium voltage battery storage) storage system called unique in the world.

Induction of the Center for Wind Power Drives, CWD. The NRW Construction and Real Estate Agency, BLB, in Aachen handed RWTH the key to the research building. The centerpiece of the new building on Campus Melaten is the four megawatt test bench for wind energy plants.

From the 22nd until 25th of June 2015 the 6th International Symposium On Power Electronics For Distributed Generation Systems (PEDG) took place in Aachen, Germany.

The Japanese scientiest Shin-ichi Tanabe visited the E.ON ERC. Scope of his visit was to improve the international cooperation with regards to thermal comfort and building energy technology.

Dipl.-Ing. Ralf Berker from BERKER IMPULS gave a presentation about "The Economy of Using high-alloy Material in Power Station Construction" on Mai 19th 2015 in room 00.24 at 4:30 p.m. After the presentation there was time for snacks and drinks in the foyer.

Dorothea Ernst from CEO Celviva gave a presentation about "VISION 2050: what does that mean for today?" on May 12th 2015 at 4:30 p.m. in room 00.24. After the presentation there was a disussion round and a "get-together".

On the 26th of March the 8th Annual Meeting of the E.ON Energy Research Center took place. This year’s focus lied on: "Future Urban Energy Systems". As in the last years many representatives from industry and research were present.

On March, 9^th to 11^th the International Renewable Energy Conference IRES organized by Eurosolar took place in Düsseldorf and for the first time it was held at the same time and same place together with the Energy Storage Conference and the trade fair exhibition with more than 100 exhibitors at Messe Düsseldorf.

Harry Saunders, Managing Director of Decision Processes Incorporated gave a presentation about „Energy Efficiency, Consumption, and Behavior: Are Rebound Effects Played Up or Down?“on March 5th 2015 at 4:0 p.m. in room 303, Wüllnerstraße 9.

After the presentation there was a discussion and a “get-together”.

Dr. Antonio Morandi from University of Bologna gave a presentation about „Superconducting DC transmission and distributions: concepts and applications“on February 2nd 2015 at 4:30 p.m. in room 00.24. After the presentation there was a discussion round and a “get-together”.

In context of the colloquium-series on power electronics and electrical facitlities Dr. -Ing. Jürgen Reinert from SMA Solar Technology AG gave a presentation about "Photovoltaik: Status und Ausblick" on January 28th 2015 in room 00.24.

After the presentation there was time for snacks and drinks in the foyer.

In the context of the E.ON Energy Research Center Colloquium Series Bert Stuji from Innovation Energy Delta Institute gave a presentation about "Energy Innovation - a reflection on trends, scenarios and strategies" on December 2, 2014. During the following get-together all the participants had the opportunity to discuss this topic.

In the context of the E.ON Energy Research Center Colloquium Series Prof. Martin Saar from the ETH Zürich gave a presentation about "Extracting geothermal energy while soring CO₂" on November 25th, 2014.  

During the following get-together all the participants had the opportunity to discuss this topic.

The RWTH "Wissenschaftsnacht" took place at November 14^th.

Within the framework of the excellence initiative, the RWTH Aachen has introduced the "RWTH Fellow" Program. The RWTH Fellowship is awarded to assistant, associate and full professors with outstanding research achievements.

Professors Wolfgang Bleck, Rik W. De Doncker, Josef Hegger, Beate Herpertz-Dahlmann, Fritz Klocke, Wolfgang Schröder, Christian Trautwein, and Bettina Wiese have all been named RWTH Fellows. With this title, RWTH honors excellent, outstanding professors at RWTH Aachen with outstanding research achievements that have significantly contributed to the University's success. The title also carries an award of 50,000 Euros, which can be used for research.

Three scientist from E.ON Energy Research Center participated in the Annex 60 Meeting at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory from 15^th - 17^th September 2014.

Dr. Norbert Klitzsch received an award for the best teaching at GeoTag 2014.

Rizqy Averous and Marco Stieneker visited the Power Electronics & Machines for Wind and Water Applications PEMWA 2014 Symposium in Milwaukee, WI, USA and presented their papers "Performance Characteristics of a Doubly-FedGenerator on a Test-Rig with Full-ScaleConverter-Based Grid Emulator" and "Optimum Design of Medium-Voltage DC Collector Grids Depending on the Offshore-Wind-Park Power".

The Final Report "Adaptive Control" can be accessed online via the Technischen Informationsbibliothek (Technical Information Library) of Hannover University.

With about  90 visitors, the fifth Symposium "Buildings - Energy - Technology" at the E.ON Energy Research Center was well attended.