Prof. Dr.-Ing. Uwe Holzhammer
Director ForTraNN Sustainability Research and Transfer
Subject Area:
Energy Systems Technology
Research
and transfer areas
- System analyses and sustainable development
- Regional impact of the energy transition
- Coupling of the electricity, heat and mobility sectors (e.g. heat pump, electromobility and power to cool)
- System efficiency: efficiency and flexibility in industry
- Role of electrical and thermal flexibility in the energy supply system
- Flexibilisation of electricity and heat generation using CHP technology, especially biogas, biomethane and other renewable gases as energy sources
- Marketing renewable electricity (spot market, balancing power markets, heat market and new markets for grid congestion management)
- Smart market: intelligent energy markets taking grid aspects into account
- Security of supply and resilience through holistic planning and operational approaches
Management of research and transfer projects at the THI
- Optisys - Optimal share and system contribution of bioenergy in coupled electricity and CHP systems in Germany, FKZ: 03KB129B
- BlueMilk - Cascaded and flexible use of thermal energy in dairy processing plants (focus: Power to Cool, flexible CHP use, CIP cleaning systems), FKZ: 281A103616
- SmartBio - Biogas plants as players in the smart market - raising additional revenue potential, FKZ: 22405116
- EnReg - Regionalising the Energy Turnaround, sub-project in the Sustainable Development Cluster in the Man on the Move (MIB) project, FKZ: 03IHS109A
- EnMob - Energiewende und Mobilität, sub-project in the Sustainable Development Cluster in the People on the Move (MIB) project, FKZ: 03IHS109A
- EOM Plus - Analysis of the short and medium-term effects of market-based congestion instruments as a regional and temporary supplement to the existing energy-only market design, FKZ: 03EI1012A
- Man on the Move (MIB): Scientific management of the THI Sustainable Development Cluster of the joint project of the Innovation Alliance THI and KU Eichstädt-Ingolstadt funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) as part of the "Innovative University" funding initiative, FKZ: 03IHS109A
Research Assistants
- Tanja Mast, M.Sc., phone: 0841 – 9348-6498, InES, tanja.mast@thi.de
- Benedikt Hümmer, M.Sc., phone: 0841-9348-6683. InES, benedikt.huemmer@thi.de
- Julia Pfeiffer, M.A., phone: 0841-9348-6525, ForTraNN, Julia.Pfeiffer@thi.de
- Robin Tutunaru, M.Sc., phone: 0841 – 9348-5016, InES, robin.tutunaru@thi.de
- Martin Stöckl, M.Sc., phone: 0841 – 9348-6512, InES, martin.stoeckl@thi.de
- Volker Selleneit, M.Eng., phone: 0841 – 9348-6511, InES, volker.selleneit@thi.de
- Manuel Schweizer, M.Sc., phone: 0841 – 9348-6011, InES, manuel.schweizer@thi.de
- Anke Gäbisch, M.A., phone: 0841 – 9348-6420, ForTraNN, anke.gaebisch@thi.de
- Dr. Petra Meilinger, (Clustermanagerin Nachhaltige Entwicklung), ForTraNN,
phone: 0841 – 9348- 6012, petra.meilinger@thi.de - Dr. Stefan Schweiger, (Forschungsmanager), ForTraNN, phone: 0841 - 9348-6526, stefan.schweiger@thi.de
Vita
- Since May 2022 Director of ForTraNN – Research and Transfer Centre for Sustainability, Neuburg
- Since winter semester 2016/17 at THI: Research Professor of Energy Systems Engineering, lectures: Energy Systems Engineering, Energy Distribution, Sector Coupling, CHP, Energy Markets, Renewable Energies, Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering
- Fraunhofer IEE (formerly IWES), Kassel | 2010-2016
- Head of the thematic group and expert for demand-oriented energy supply
- Ecologic Institut gGmbH, Berlin | 2007-2010
- Senior Fellow for Bioenergy in the Energy Supply System, Evaluation and Further Development of the Legal Framework for the BMU
- International project development company for renewable energies, Regensburg | 2006-2007 Project developer for plants for electricity, gas and heat generation using bioenergy
- Engineering office for biogas plant technology, Brandenburg | 2004-2005
- Cand. Ing. for heat utilisation concepts, technical optimisation (process engineering)
- University of Rostock / Rostock | 2012-2015
- Doctorate, topic: Biogas in a future energy supply structure with high proportions of fluctuating renewable energies, part-time
- University of Applied Sciences (HTW) / Berlin | 2001-2005
- Studied environmental technology, specialising in renewable energies
- Technical College, Techniker Schule Butzbach (TSB) / Butzbach | 1998-2001
- State-certified industrial engineer, state-certified environmental protection engineer, specialising in renewable energies, ecological energy use, energy consulting
- Chamber of Industry and Commerce (IHK) / Straubing | 1992-1996
- Office information electronics technician
Team
Research assistant Institute of new Energy Systems (InES)
Benedikt Hümmer, M.Sc.
Phone: +49 841 9348-6683
E-Mail: Benedikt.Huemmer@thi.de
Benedikt Hümmer, M.Sc.
Phone: +49 841 9348-6683
E-Mail: Benedikt.Huemmer@thi.de
Research assistant Institute of new Energy Systems (InES)
Tanja Mast, M.Sc.
Phone: +49 841 9348-6498
Room: N101
Fax: +49 841 9348-996498
E-Mail: Tanja.Mast@thi.de
Tanja Mast, M.Sc.
Phone: +49 841 9348-6498
Room: N101
Fax: +49 841 9348-996498
E-Mail: Tanja.Mast@thi.de
Researcher Project Mensch in Bewegung: Sustainable lifestyles and business concepts, sustainable mobility
Julia Pfeiffer
Phone: +49 841 9348-6525
E-Mail: Julia.Pfeiffer@thi.de
Julia Pfeiffer
Phone: +49 841 9348-6525
E-Mail: Julia.Pfeiffer@thi.de
Research assistant Institute of new Energy Systems (InES)
Volker Selleneit, M.Eng.
Phone: +49 841 9348-6511
Room: N209
E-Mail: Volker.Selleneit@thi.de
Volker Selleneit, M.Eng.
Phone: +49 841 9348-6511
Room: N209
E-Mail: Volker.Selleneit@thi.de
Research assistant Institute of new Energy Systems (InES)
Martin Stöckl, M.Sc.
Phone: +49 841 9348-6512
Room: N209
E-Mail: Martin.Stoeckl@thi.de
Martin Stöckl, M.Sc.
Phone: +49 841 9348-6512
Room: N209
E-Mail: Martin.Stoeckl@thi.de
Research assistant Institute of new Energy Systems (INES)
Robin Tutunaru, M.Sc.
Phone: +49 841 9348-5016
E-Mail: Robin.Tutunaru@thi.de
Robin Tutunaru, M.Sc.
Phone: +49 841 9348-5016
E-Mail: Robin.Tutunaru@thi.de
Publications
2025
GRESSHAKE, Lukas, Stephan BOSCH, Robin TUTUNARU und Uwe HOLZHAMMER, 2025. What do you mean by ‘(un-)suitable’? Analysing the diversity of social acceptance towards the deployment of renewable energies in different landscapes. Journal of Land Use Science, 20(1), 117-150. ISSN 1747-4248. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/1747423X.2025.2499280