The next Energy Seminar of the University of Luxembourg will focus on "Flexibility for the Energy System of the Future" and will deal with integrating intermittent energy sources through advances in materials for renewable production and storage, as well as advances in information processing to enable new business models. 

After an introduction by Prof. Susanne Siebentritt from the Department of Physics and Materials Science, the Professor Ferdi Schüth, Director of the Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung will present the challenges for scientists and engineers while Prof. Nils Löhndorf from the Luxembourg Centre of Logistics and Supply Chain Management will present the challenges for investors and industry.

Agenda

17:00 – Introduction by Prof Susanne Siebentritt 

17:15 – A future renewable energy system – challenges for scientists and engineers

Speaker: Prof Ferdi Schüth, Director of Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung 

18:00 – The value of flexiblity for renewable energies – challenges for investors and industry

Speaker: Prof Nils Löhndorf, Luxembourg Centre of Logistics and Supply Chain Management, University of Luxembourg 

18:30 – Adjourn

We plan the seminar to be hybrid, live and webex. The links for the registration and the webex live stream will be communicated in January.