Institute for Automation and Applied Informatics

N. N.

  • Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
    Institute for Automation and Applied Informatics (IAI)

    Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1
    76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen

    Fax: +49 721 608 22602
    Building-No.: 445 / 449 / 668

Dr. Tom Brown headed the “Energy System Modelling” group at the IAI until March 2021 (until he was appointed to the TU Berlin). The group researches the most cost-effective pathways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the energy system. We do this by building computer models of the energy system for simulation and optimisation. Since the models quickly become very complicated, we develop new algorithms and methodologies to reduce the complexity, and thereby achieve robust solutions for the future energy system.

Publications


2022
Topology-based approximations for contingency constraints in power transmission networks
Shokri Gazafroudi, A.; Neumann, F.; Brown, T.
2022. International journal of electrical power & energy systems, 137, Art.-Nr.: 107702. doi:10.1016/j.ijepes.2021.107702
2021
Mitigating heat demand peaks in buildings in a highly renewable European energy system
Zeyen, E.; Hagenmeyer, V.; Brown, T.
2021. Applied energy, 231, Art.Nr. 120784
Decreasing market value of variable renewables can be avoided by policy action
Brown, T.; Reichenberg, L.
2021. Energy economics, 100, Article: 105354. doi:10.1016/j.eneco.2021.105354
atlite: A Lightweight Python Package for Calculating Renewable Power Potentials and Time Series
Hofmann, F.; Hampp, J.; Neumann, F.; Brown, T.; Hörsch, J.
2021. The journal of open source software, 6 (62), Art.-Nr.: 3294. doi:10.21105/joss.03294
The strong effect of network resolution on electricity system models with high shares of wind and solar
Frysztacki, M. M.; Hörsch, J.; Hagenmeyer, V.; Brown, T.
2021. Applied energy, 291, Article: 116726. doi:10.1016/j.apenergy.2021.116726
Unravelling the opposing effects of network clustering on electricity system models with high shares of renewables
Frysztacki, M.; Hörsch, J.; Hagenmeyer, V.; Brown, T.
2021, April. European Geosciences Union General Assembly (EGU 2021), Online, April 19–30, 2021
The near-optimal feasible space of a renewable power system model
Neumann, F.; Brown, T.
2021. Electric power systems research, 190, Art.Nr. 106690. doi:10.1016/j.epsr.2020.106690
2020
Early decarbonisation of the European energy system pays off
Victoria, M.; Zhu, K.; Brown, T.; Andresen, G. B.; Greiner, M.
2020. Nature Communications, 11 (1), Art.-Nr. 6223. doi:10.1038/s41467-020-20015-4
Modelling Curtailment in Germany: How spatial resolution impacts line congestion
Frysztacki, M.; Brown, T.
2020. 17th International Conference on the European Energy Market (EEM), Stockholm, S, September 16-18, 2020, Article no: 1241, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). doi:10.1109/EEM49802.2020.9221886
Clustering Dataset
Frysztacki, M.; Hörsch, J.; Hagenmeyer, V.; Brown, T. W.
2020. doi:10.5281/zenodo.3965781
PyPSA-Eur: An Open Optimisation Model of the European Transmission System (v0.2.0, Code)
Hörsch, J.; Neumann, F.; Hofmann, F.; Schlachtberger, D.; Brown, T.
2020. doi:10.5281/zenodo.3885701
PyPSA-Eur: An Open Optimisation Model of the European Transmission System (v0.2.0, Dataset)
Hörsch, J.; Neumann, F.; Hofmann, F.; Schlachtberger, D.; Brown, T.
2020. Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT). doi:10.5281/zenodo.3886532
Transmission Expansion Planning Using Cycle Flows
Neumann, F.; Brown, T.
2020. Proceedings of the Eleventh ACM International Conference on Future Energy Systems, Melbourne, Australia from 22nd to 26th of June 2020, 253–263, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). doi:10.1145/3396851.3397688
The strong effect of resource granularity and network bottlenecks on highly renewable electricity system models
Frysztacki, M.; Brown, T. W.
2020, April 3. Workshop Aggregation Methods for Renewable Infeed Profiles in Energy System Models (2020), Duisburg, Germany, April 2–3, 2020
Python for Power System Analysis (PyPSA) Version 0.17.0
Brown, T.; Hörsch, J.; Schlachtberger, D.; Neumann, F.; Hofmann, F.
2020. doi:10.5281/zenodo.3724336
Getting startet with PyPSA-Eur: An Open Optimisation Model for the European Power System
Zeyen, E.; Frysztacki, M.; Hofmann, F.; Hörsch, J.; Neumann, F.; Brown, T.
2020, January 16. 10th Open Energy Modelling Workshop - Berlin 2020 (2020), Berlin, Germany, January 15–17, 2020
Python for Power System Analysis (PyPSA) Version 0.16.0
Brown, T.; Hörsch, J.; Schlachtberger, D.
2020, January 10. doi:10.5281/zenodo.3604277
PyPSA-Eur-Sec Version 0.1.0
Brown, T.; Victoria, M.; Zeyen, E.
2020. Zenodo. doi:10.5281/zenodo.3938042
The Near-Optimal Feasible Space of a Renewable Power System Model
Neumann, F.; Brown, T.
2020. 21st Power Systems Computation Conference, Porto, P, June 29 - July 03, 2020 (PSCC 2020)
The role of photovoltaics in a sustainable European energy system under variable CO emissions targets, transmission capacities, and costs assumptions
Victoria, M.; Zhu, K.; Brown, T.; Andresen, G. B.; Greiner, M.
2020. Progress in photovoltaics, 28 (6), 483–492. doi:10.1002/pip.3198
2019
The role of storage technologies throughout the decarbonisation of the sector-coupled European energy system
Victoria, M.; Zhu, K.; Brown, T.; Andresen, G. B.; Greiner, M.
2019. Energy conversion and management, 201, Article no: 111977. doi:10.1016/j.enconman.2019.111977
Flexibility From Energy Systems Integration: Supporting Synergies Among Sectors
Orths, A.; Anderson, C. L.; Brown, T.; Mulhern, J.; Pudjianto, D.; Ernst, B.; OMalley, M.; McCalley, J.; Strbac, G.
2019. IEEE power & energy magazine, 17 (6), 67–78. doi:10.1109/MPE.2019.2931054
The role of hydro power, storage and transmission in the decarbonization of the Chinese power system
Liu, H.; Brown, T.; Andresen, G. B.; Schlachtberger, D. P.; Greiner, M.
2019. Applied energy, 239, 1308–1321. doi:10.1016/j.apenergy.2019.02.009
Python for Power System Analysis (PyPSA) Version 0.14.0
Brown, T.; Hörsch, J.; Schlachtberger, D.
2019. Zenodo. doi:10.5281/zenodo.2845242
Python for Power System Analysis (PyPSA) Version 0.15.0
Brown, T.; Hörsch, J.; Schlachtberger, D.; Neumann, F.; Neumann, D.
2019. Zenodo. doi:10.5281/zenodo.3532651
Heuristics for Transmission Expansion Planning in Low-Carbon Energy System Models
Neumann, F.; Brown, T.
2019. 16th International Conference on the European Energy Market (EEM 19), 18 - 20 September 2019, Ljubljana, Slovenia, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). doi:10.1109/EEM.2019.8916411
Principal flow paterns across renewable electricity networks
Schäfer, M.; Hofmann, F.; Kruse, J.; Brown, T.; Hörsch, J.; Schramm, S.; Greiner, M.
2019. DPG-Frühjahrstagung der Sektion Kondensierte Materie (SKM), Fachverband Physik sozio-ökonomischer Systeme (2019), Regensburg, Germany, March 31–April 5, 2019
Decarbonization of the European energy system with strong sector couplings
Zhu, K.; Victoria, M.; Brown, T.; Andresen, G. B.
2019. 83. Jahrestagung der DPG und DPG-Frühjahrstagung der Sektion Atome, Moleküle, Quantenoptik und Plasmen (SAMOP), Arbeitskreis Energie (2019), Rostock, Germany, March 10–15, 2019
Counter-intuitive behaviour of energy system models under CO₂ caps and prices
Weber, J.; Heinrichs, H. U.; Gillessen, B.; Schumann, D.; Hörsch, J.; Brown, T.; Witthaut, D.
2019. Energy, 170, 22–30. doi:10.1016/j.energy.2018.12.052
Impact of CO2 prices on the design of a highly decarbonised coupled electricity and heating system in Europe
Zhu, K.; Victoria, M.; Brown, T.; Andresen, G. B.; Greiner, M.
2019. Applied energy, 236, 622–634. doi:10.1016/j.apenergy.2018.12.016
2018
Response to ‘Burden of proof: A comprehensive review of the feasibility of 100% renewable-electricity systems’
Brown, T. W.; Bischof-Niemz, T.; Blok, K.; Breyer, C.; Lund, H.; Mathiesen, B. V.
2018. Renewable & sustainable energy reviews, 92, 834–847. doi:10.1016/j.rser.2018.04.113
The impact of sector-coupling on transmission reinforcement needs in a highly-renewable European energy scenario
Hörsch, J.; Hagenmeyer, V.; Brown, T.
2018. 17th Wind Integration Workshop : International Workshop on Large-Scale Integration of Wind Power into Power Systems as well as on Transmission Networks for Offshore Wind Plants (WIW 2018), Stockholm, Sweden, October 18, 2018
Flow-based analysis of storage usage in a low-carbon european electricity scenario
Tranberg, B.; Schafer, M.; Brown, T.; Horsch, J.; Greiner, M.
2018. 15th International Conference on the European Energy Market, EEM 2018; Lodz; Poland; 27 June 2018 through 29 June 2018, Art. Nr.: 8469951, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). doi:10.1109/EEM.2018.8469951
Principal flow patterns across renewable electricity networks
Hofmann, F.; Schäfer, M.; Brown, T.; Hörsch, J.; Schramm, S.; Greiner, M.
2018. epl, 124 (1), Article No.18005. doi:10.1209/0295-5075/124/18005
PyPSA-Eur: An open optimisation model of the European transmission system
Hörsch, J.; Hofmann, F.; Schlachtberger, D.; Brown, T.
2018. Energy strategy reviews, 22, 207–215. doi:10.1016/j.esr.2018.08.012
The impact of climate change on a cost-optimal highly renewable European electricity network
Schlott, M.; Kies, A.; Brown, T.; Schramm, S.; Greiner, M.
2018. Applied energy, 230, 1645–1659. doi:10.1016/j.apenergy.2018.09.084
Flow-based analysis of storage usage in a low-carbon European electricity scenario
Tranberg, B.; Schäfer, M.; Brown, T.; Hörsch, J.; Greiner, M.
2018