EBERHARD WAFFENSCHMIDT

Chairman, Solarenergie-Förderverein Deutschland

Energy Sharing in Citizens Communities

Abstract

A fossil free society will not only change the generation of energy to 100% renewable energy, but also the use of energy. Therefore, every person will be involved in the change individually. Energy sharing in citizens communities will thus become an important aspect in a fossil free society.

The presentation will give examples for the realisation of such projects. It will discuss which effort is necessary to manage such energy sharing communities using the example of a community battery store in a climate protecting settlement. The effort is much dependent on what people consider as “fair” for the sharing of energy. The role of administration and legislation to trigger citizen’s activities will be discussed as well.

Biography

Eberhard Waffenschmidt (Prof. Dr. Ing.) received the degree in electronic engineering and the Ph.D. degree with RWTH Technical University, Aachen, Germany. From 1995 to 2011, he was employed at Philips Research, Aachen, Germany, finally as senior scientist. Since 2011, he is Professor of Electrical Power Grids at TH Köln – University of Applied Sciences, Cologne, Germany. There, he participates the Cologne-Institute for Renewable Energy (CIRE). He is IEEE-member since 2005, meanwhile Senior Member. He is currently Chairman of the Solarenergie-Förderverein Deutschland e.V. (SFV, Society to Promote Solar Energy Germany), Aachen, Germany. His current research interests include identifying and removing obstacles on the way to a 100% use of renewable energy.