The Center for Energy Markets (CEM) at Technical University Munich is dedicated at advancing research on the global energy transition. Energy markets are at the heart of one of the biggest societal challenges of our time - creating a sustainable, reliable and affordable energy provision. CEM brings together economics, finance and engineering approaches to offer applied research contributions to topical real-world energy sector questions.
SWM is one of the biggest power supply companies running a virtual power plant and marketing its output on different energy markets, including the day-ahead market. In order to market the virtual power plant efficiently, SWM needs a precise forecast of the output the virtual power plant needs to…
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Prices on electricity markets are determined by a (largely) inelastic demand and a supply
side consisting of production capacities from different technologies. Consequently, using
standard assumptions, the price on electricity markets should equal the marginal production
cost of the most…
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The Ifo Center for Energy, Climate and Exhaustible Resources has an immediate vacancy for a Student Research Assistant to assist with a research project in the field of energy economics/energy policy.
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The Climate-KIC Journey is Europe’s largest summer school for climate innovation and entrepreneurship. It offers a unique combination of climate knowledge and hands-on business experience.
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To ensure security of supply the German government is planning to implement a capacity mechanism (Kapazitätsreserve) for the electricity market. This reserve comprises plants that may not partake in regular energy markets but are kept on standby to be dispatched in the event of a shortage of supply…
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Amid increasing market shares of intermittent generation from wind and solar assets in the Germanpower market, intraday markets have seen rising trade volumes in recent years. Marketparticipants increasingly rely on intraday markets to balance their generation and consumptionprofiles. For instance,…
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Investments in costly assets such as large production plants can expose market actors to substantial risks. Will the investment pay off? Are there market changes that might undermine the amortization plan - especially for break even points far into the future? And what is the role of regulatory…
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The question on how to integrate energy storage in existing energy system is a central question in the transition to a new, more sustainable energy system. The aim of the Master Thesis is to build a stylized cost minimization model as a linear optimization model to assess the optimal amount of…
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The exam review in "Challenges in Energy Markets I and II" will take place on September 29, 08:30 am - 10:00 am, in room 3539, building 0505, central campus.
Please register with Adriana Kiszka (adriana.kiszka@tum.de) in advance.
Please bring your student ID card, otherwise you are not allowed…
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