Energiemeteorologie

Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Detlev Heinemann is a senior scientist in the Energy and Semiconductor Research Laboratory (EHF) of the Institute of Physics. He received a Diplom degree in Meteorology at the University of Kiel and holds a PhD degree in Physics from the University of Oldenburg (title of thesis: "Control of Renewable Energy Systems Using Energy Weather Forecasts"). Since 1984 he is working with EHF which he also headed for a two year period due to a vacancy of the directors position. Now he is head of EHF's applied renewable energy research branch including the main fields energy meteorology and wind energy. He has managed numerous national and international research projects related to the analysis of renewable energy systems and especially to meteorological aspects within this field. He is currently the principal scientist of eight research projects of the European Commission addressed to these fields, two of which he also co-ordinates.

Address

Department of Energy and Semiconductor Research
Faculty V - Institute of Physics
Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg
D-26111 Oldenburg, Germany
Fon + 49.441.798-3543/3402
Fax + 49.441.798-3326
Mobile + 49.179.7028333
Email detlev.heinemann@uni-oldenburg.de

Personal Dates

Dr. Detlev Heinemann, Dipl. Met.
born December 3, 1956 in Oldenburg, Germany

Education

  • 1963-1966 Grundschule
  • 1966-1975 Hindenburgschule Oldenburg
  • 1975 Abitur

Studies

  • 1975-1976 Social Sciences, Universität Oldenburg
  • 1977-1983 Meteorology, Universität Kiel
  • 11/1983 Diplom in Meteorology, Thesis: Objective Application of the Ageostrophic Method (in german)
  • 1984-1989 PhD studies, Faculty of Physics, University of Oldenburg
  • 1/1990 PhD, Thesis: Control of Renewable Energy Systems Using Energy Weather Forecasts (in german)

Research

  • 1984 - 1989 Research assistant, Faculty of Physics, University of Oldenburg
  • 12/1989 - 12/1991 Managing Director, Research Association Renewable Energies (FVRE) of Lower Saxony
  • 1/1992 - 1/1994 Senior Researcher, Renewable Energy Group (PRE), Faculty of Physics, University of Oldenburg
  • 2/1994 - 9/1995 Head of the Renewable Energy Group (substituting Prof. J. Luther)
  • since 2/1994 Permanent position (Akademischer Rat)
  • since 10/1995 Senior Scientist, Department of Energy and Semiconductor Research (EHF), responsible for research activities in applied energy research and energy meteorology

Dr. Detlev Heinemann is specialized in the field of energy meteorology, that is the characterization and analysis of energy flows in the atmosphere which are essential for the performance of solar and wind energy systems. Especially the response of these systems to the fluctuating nature of the power input is of concern. In addition control techniques for renewable energy systems based on this knowledge and on additional forecast information are subject of his work.
He is involved in the 'Postgraduate Programme Renewable Energy', an international MSc-course held at the Faculty of Physics of the University of Oldenburg. In the scope of this course he has lead several projects related to solar and wind resource assessments especially in less-developed regions.
He has published numerous articles in international journals and contributions to conference proceedings concerning the analysis of solar energy systems and energy meteorology.

Research Projects

He is or has been responsible for the contribution of EHF to several research projects in the fields of renewable energy systems and energy meteorology:

  • Analytical Evaluation of the Performance of Selected Photovoltaic Demonstration Plants in the MuD Program (German Ministry of Research and Science, 1992-95)
  • Development of a Computer Program for the Design of Photovoltaic Facades (German Ministry of Research and Science, 1994-95)
  • Realistic PV Efficiency Map - European Wide Evaluation of PV Modules (EU, 1995-96)
  • Development of a Computer Program for the Optimization of Wind Farm Geometries (State Government of Lower Saxony, 1996-97)
  • Processing of METEOSAT Data for the Production of High Quality Daylight and Solar Radiation Data Available on a WWW Internet Server (EU-JOULE, 1996-99)
  • Short-Term Prediction of Regional Wind Power Production (EU, 1998-99)
  • Remote Yield Prediction for Grid Connected Photovoltaic Systems Using Satellite Data (EU, 1998-2001)
  • European Hydrogen Filling Station (EU, 1999-2000)
  • Efficient Development of Off-Shore Wind Farms (EU, 2000-2003)
  • Advanced Management and Surveillance of Windfarms (EU, 2000-2003)
  • Integration and Exploitation of Networked Solar Radiation Databases for Environment Monitoring" (EU, 2000-2002)
  • Energy-Specific Solar Radiation Data from Meteosat Second Generation (MSG): The Heliosat-3 Project (EU, 2001-2004)
  • Wind Energy Assessment and Wind Engineering (EU, 2002-2005)
  • Intelligent Performance Check of PV System Operation Based on Satellite Data (EU, 2002-2005)
  • A High Resolution Numerical Wind Energy Model For On- And Offshore Forecasting Using Ensemble Predictions (EU, 2002-2005)
  • Development of a Next Generation Wind Resource Forecasting System for the Large-Scale Integration of Onshore and Offshore Windfarms (EU, 2002-2005)