Carlos Andres Epia Realpe

Research assistant
Focus fields:
Power Electronics & Battery Storage Grid Integration
Contact me for:
Cooperations with companies Cooperations for scientists
Contact:
Phone
015259317676
Languages:
German English Spanish

Short description

Carlos Epia is an electrical engineer (Universidad Nacional de Colombia, 2014) with a Master's degree in Energy and Environmental Management (Europa-Universität Flensburg, 2021). He has several years of industrial experience as a project engineer at Siemens Colombia (2015-2019), where he specialized in control and protection technology for high-voltage switchgear. He currently works as a research assistant in the open source project reGo^n. There he researches the effects of sector coupling (gas, heat and e-mobility) on the electricity grid and analyzes how new flexibility options can support the integration of fluctuating renewable energies.

Research data

Academic degree
Scientific Assistant
Department
Engineering, Economics
Research topic

Economic Evaluation of Battery Storage under Uncertainty

Research institute
Flensburg University of Applied Sciences
Location of the research institute
Flensburg
Department/Faculty
Faculty 2: Energy and Life Science
Institution
Center for Sustainable Energy Systems

Career

Education
M.Eng. Energy and Environmental Management, European University of Flensburg, 2021
Electrical Engineer (B.Sc.), Universidad Nacional de Colombia, 2014
Experience
Project engineer for switchgear construction (2015 - 2019)
Project engineer for energy systems (2019 - 2020)
Research assistant (2021 - today)

Publications and projects

Selected publications
C. Büttner, K. Esterl, I. Cußmann, C. Epia, J. Amme, A. Nadal: Influence of Flexibility Options on the German Transmission Grid - a Sector-Coupled Mid-Term Scenario, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Transition, 2024 (Link to publication)
K. Esterl, C. Epia, U. Müller,: Avoiding false inter-zonal meshing in the clustering of a large-scale German power grid, Energy Strategy Reviews, 2024 (Link to publication)
Selected sponsored projects
Potential atlas for hydrogen production in Germany: PoWerD; 7th Energy Research Program of the Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate Protection; Project partners: Fraunhofer ISE, Rhineland-Palatinate Technical University Kaiserslautern-Landau, Flensburg University of Applied Sciences, Green Planet Energy eG, PLANET, German Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Association, greenventory; Funding amount: 2.4 million; 2022 - 2024 (Link to project)
Open planning tool across grid levels and sectors to determine the optimal use and expansion of flexibility options in Germany: eGon; 7th Energy Research Program of the Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate Protection; Project partners: Flensburg University of Applied Sciences, Europa-Universität Flensburg, Reiner Lemoine Institute, DLR Institute of Networked Energy Systems, Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg, Fraunhofer IEE; Funding amount: 2.3 million; 2019 - 2023 (Link to project)
reGon - Analysis of local and regional energy networks in the context of the integrated European energy system; Funded by: BMWE; Project partners: Flensburg University of Applied Sciences, Europa-Universität Flensburg, Reiner Lemoine Institute, DLR Institute of Networked Energy Systems, Ulm University of Applied Sciences; 2025-2027 (Link to project)
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