Anurag Mohapatra of Center for Combined Smart Energy Systems (CoSES) in Technical University of Munich (TUM)

Around 50% of the new renewables in Germany are expected to be connected at the distribution grid. The German electrical authority estimates distribution grid upgrades might cost 250bn (conservatively) until 2045. Small grids in southern Germany already experiencing extreme transformer loadings in summer vs winter. On top, less than 3% of German households have smart meters installed, nearly none have online availability of data.

Within this context, we shall explore two questions – 1. Can we control the individual prosumers in the grid with near zero grid knowledge and little online data? 2. What does testing and benchmarking look like for grid-friendly HEMS?

Biography:

Anurag Mohapatra is the Group Leader at the Center for Combined Smart Energy Systems (CoSES) in Technical University of Munich (TUM).  He specializes in operation and control of sector-coupled active distribution grids with an emphasis on power hardware-in-the-loop experiment design. He finished his PhD (magna cum laude) at TUM in 2024 where his doctoral thesis was the design and commissioning of the electrical and control systems of the CoSES laboratory. Before that, he received a MS in Power Engineering from TUM and B.Tech in Electrical Engineering from National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, India. He has also worked as a control systems engineer in Australia for three years. Beyond his teaching and supervision duties, he works for the EduGrid initiative - which is bringing open-source and high-quality renewable energy education to schools in developing countries.

Address:Bayern, Germany