Dr. Matthias Kühnbach

Dr. Matthias Kühnbach did his Master's degree in Industrial Engineering at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology and Bergamo University. From 2017 to 2022, he worked for Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research.
In his dissertation he assessed demand-side flexibility in decentralized electricity systems using simulation and optimization models.

Since 2022, Matthias works for Fraunhofer ISE and leads the group Smart Grids Integration.
His main areas of research include the techno-economic evaluation of decentralized energy systems such as energy communities and districts. 
Complementary to this, Matthias investigates use cases for small-scale flexibility resources: What added value can an active and coordinated use of flexibility resources create from a prosumer, grid and energy system perspective?  What is the effect of regulatory (mis-)incentives on the diffusion and behavior of flexibility resources?