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Energy

The world-wide CO2 emissions have to be massively reduced and the dependency on fossil fuels has to be decreased. Solving climate problems is one of the central responsibilities of the society and economy of our time. Three approaches are pursued: application of renewable energy sources, conservation of energy and increasing energy efficiency.

However, how can the energy supply be restructured by new information technologies so that the fluctuating renewable energy sources, which are generally not demand-oriented, are able to support a reliable power supply? How can a large number of highly efficient combined heat and power plants (CHP) be integrated into energy management? How can the constantly increasing energy consumption of IT itself be reduced?

A second challenge faces us from our political guidelines: The formerly required energy monopolies for uninterrupted service are questioned today and are increasingly split apart by legislation. This entails new business processes and stakeholders (e.g. using electronic meters). The information and communications technologies (ICT) help to find answers for these challenges of the future and to suitably implement them.

OFFIS as designer

For many years OFFIS has been researching and developing ICT-based concepts and prototypical systems for the energy industry and energy efficiency. Thus, for example decisive contributions were made to the IT integration of decentralized generator units into an energy management, for the energy efficiency in the IT from the computer chip to the computer center and for the management of large IT system landscapes in the energy supply which conform with the standards. In the forefront of all technological work is the contribution to the social and financial challenges of the energy questions of tomorrow. With these interdisciplinary questions we use our network of partners from other disciplines as well as our long-standing cooperation with manufacturers and users.

Concrete applications

We have classified our concrete applications of the division Energy's ICT-Research and -Development in the following R&D-Groups:

  • Data Integration and Processing
  • Distributed Artificial Intelligence
  • Energy-efficient Smart Cities
  • Power Systems Intelligence
  • Trustworthy System Operation
  • Standardized Systems Engineering and Assessment
  • Smart Grid Testing
  • Distributed Artificial Intelligence
  • Data Integration and Processing
  • Energy-efficient Smart Cities
  • Research and Innovation Transfer
  • Trustworthy System Operation
  • Standardized Systems Engineering and Assessment
  • Smart Grid Testing

Chairman Executive Board

Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Sebastian Lehnhoff
Prof. Dr. rer. nat.
Sebastian Lehnhoff
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Astrid Nieße
Prof. Dr.-Ing.
Astrid Nieße

Executive Board

Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Jorge Marx Gómez
Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil.
Jorge Marx Gómez
Dr.-Ing. Eric Veith
Dr.-Ing.
Eric Veith

Directors

Dr. Ing. Jürgen Meister
Dr. Ing.
Jürgen Meister

Persons

A

Sharaf Aldin Alsharif

E-Mail: sharaf.aldin.alsharif(at)offis.de, Phone: +49 441 9722-748, Room: Flx-E

Jad Asswad

E-Mail: jad.asswad(at)offis.de, Phone: +49 441 9722-186, Room: Flx-E

B

Nabila Bahrami

E-Mail: nabila.bahrami(at)offis.de

Kersten Blümel

E-Mail: kersten.bluemel(at)offis.de, Phone: +49 441 9722-410

Dr. rer. nat. Michael Brand

E-Mail: Michael.Brand(at)offis.de, Phone: +49 441 9722-144, Room: E84a

Jan-Henrik Bruhn

E-Mail: jan-henrik.bruhn(at)offis.de, Phone: +49 441 9722-404, Room: Flx-E

Patrick Bruns

E-Mail: patrick.bruns(at)offis.de, Phone: +49 441 9722-214, Room: Flx-E

D

Viktor Dmitriyev

E-Mail: viktor.dmitriyev(at)offis.de, Phone: +49 441 9722-181, Room: Flx-E

F

Stephan Ferenz

E-Mail: stephan.ferenz(at)offis.de, Phone: +49 441 9722-550

Emilie Frost

E-Mail: Emilie.Frost(at)offis.de, Phone: +49 441 9722-582, Room: Flx-E

G

Dr. rer. nat. Benjamin Giesers

E-Mail: benjamin.giesers(at)offis.de, Phone: +49 441 9722-747, Room: Flx-E

H

Aisha Hakimi

E-Mail: aisha.hakimi(at)offis.de

Lasse Hammer

E-Mail: lasse.hammer(at)offis.de, Phone: +49 441 9722-139, Room: Flx-E

Alexander Hill

E-Mail: Alexander.hill(at)offis.de, Phone: +49 441 9722-164, Room: Flx-E

Nils Huxoll

E-Mail: nils.huxoll(at)offis.de, Phone: +49 441 9722-534, Room: Flx-E

J

Aida Jafarbigloo

E-Mail: aida.jafarbigloo(at)offis.de, Phone: +49 441 9722-541

K

Pranay Kasturi

E-Mail: pranay.kasturi(at)offis.de, Phone: +49 441 9722-296

Dr. rer. pol. Julia Köhlke

E-Mail: Julia.Koehlke(at)offis.de, Phone: +49 441 9722-456, Room: Flx-E

Florian Kotthoff

E-Mail: florian.kotthoff(at)offis.de, Phone: +49 441 9722-275

Michael Krah

E-Mail: michael.krah(at)offis.de, Phone: +49 441 9722-363

Dr. Ing. Rene Kuchenbuch

E-Mail: rene.kuchenbuch(at)offis.de, Phone: +49 441 9722-218, Room: Flx-E

Lea Kuhlmann

E-Mail: lea.kuhlmann(at)offis.de, Phone: +49 441 9722-228

L

Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Sebastian Lehnhoff

E-Mail: sebastian.lehnhoff(at)offis.de, Phone: +49 441 9722-240, Room: O50

Ekaterina Lesnyak

E-Mail: ekaterina.lesnyak(at)offis.de, Phone: +49 441 9722-750, Room: Flx-E

Meng Lin

E-Mail: meng.lin(at)offis.de, Phone: +49 441 9722-250

Dominik Löffler

E-Mail: dominik.loeffler(at)offis.de, Phone: +49 441 9722-353

M

Simon Luca Manzek

E-Mail: simon.luca.manzek(at)offis.de, Phone: +49 441 9722-270

Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Jorge Marx Gómez

E-Mail: jorge.marx-gomez(at)offis.de, Phone: +49 441 798 - 4470, Room: A4-3-315

Dr. Ing. Jürgen Meister

E-Mail: juergen.meister(at)offis.de, Phone: +49 441 9722-170, Room: I6-E04

Benjamin Möller

E-Mail: benjamin.moeller(at)offis.de, Phone: +49 441 9722-746, Room: Flx-E

N

Dr.-Ing. Anand Narayan

E-Mail: anand.narayan(at)offis.de, Phone: +49 441 9722-246, Room: Flx-E

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Astrid Nieße

E-Mail: astrid.niesse(at)offis.de

O

Marcel Otte

E-Mail: marcel.otte(at)offis.de, Phone: +49 441 9722-749, Room: Flx-E

P

Dr.-Ing. Fernando Andres Penaherrera Vaca

E-Mail: fernandoandres.penaherreravaca(at)offis.de, Phone: +49 441 9722-720, Room: I6-O09

Kaja Petersen

E-Mail: kaja.petersen(at)offis.de, Phone: +49 441 9722-364

Christian Pieper

E-Mail: christian.pieper(at)offis.de, Phone: +49 441 9722-239, Room: Flx-E

R

Malin Radtke

E-Mail: malin.radtke(at)offis.de, Phone: +49 441 9722-125, Room: Flx-E

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Sebastian Rohjans

E-Mail: sebastian.rohjans(at)offis.de

Dr. Ing. Sven Rosinger

E-Mail: sven.rosinger(at)offis.de, Phone: +49 441 9722-242, Room: Flx-E

Christine Rosinger

E-Mail: christine.rosinger(at)offis.de, Phone: +49 441 9722-175, Room: Flx-E

Pauline Rühmann

E-Mail: pauline.ruehmann(at)offis.de, Phone: +49 441 9722-394

Benedikt Rump

E-Mail: benedikt.rump(at)offis.de, Phone: +49 441 9722-279

S

Jens Sager

E-Mail: jens.sager(at)offis.de, Phone: +49 441 9722-561, Room: Flx-E

Jürgen Sauer

E-Mail: juergen.sauer(at)uni-oldenburg.de, Phone: +49 441 9722-122, Room: O46

Rico Schrage

E-Mail: rico.schrage(at)offis.de, Phone: +49 441 9722-340

Eike Schulte

E-Mail: eike.schulte(at)offis.de, Phone: +49 441 9722-546, Room: Flx-E

Jan Sören Schwarz

E-Mail: schwarz(at)offis.de, Phone: +49 441 9722-734, Room: O47

Michael Sonnenschein

E-Mail: Michael.Sonnenschein(at)offis.de

Dr. rer. nat. Sanja Stark

E-Mail: sanja.stark(at)offis.de, Phone: +49 441 9722-436, Room: Flx-E

Alexandro Steinert

E-Mail: alexandro.steinert(at)offis.de, Phone: +49 441 9722-336

Malte Stomberg

E-Mail: malte.stomberg(at)offis.de, Phone: +49 441 9722-334

T

Marina Tcai

E-Mail: marina.tcai(at)offis.de

Cedrik Theesen

E-Mail: cedrik.theesen(at)offis.de, Phone: +49 441 9722-223

Dr. rer. nat. Martin Tröschel

E-Mail: martin.troeschel(at)offis.de, Phone: +49 441 9722-150, Room: Flx-E

U

Dr. Ing. Mathias Uslar

E-Mail: mathias.uslar(at)offis.de, Phone: +49 441 9722-128, Room: E84

V

Danila Valko

E-Mail: danila.valko(at)offis.de, Phone: +49 441 9722-274

Dr.-Ing. Eric Veith

E-Mail: eric.veith(at)offis.de, Phone: +49 441 9722-739, Room: E68

W

Amanda Wein

E-Mail: amanda.wein(at)offis.de, Phone: +49 441 9722-124

Arlena Wellßow

E-Mail: arlena.wellssow(at)offis.de, Phone: +49 441 9722-426, Room: Flx-E

Jelke Wibbeke

E-Mail: jelke.wibbeke(at)offis.de, Phone: +49 441 9722-492

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Projects

2026

RANGeR

Empowering Resilient Cross-Border Net-Zero Grid: A Multi-Agent Approach for Wide-Area System Integrity Protection

Duration: 2026 - 2028

PROVIDER

Proaktive Versorgungssicherheit durch dynamische Simulation mit selbstlernenden LLM-Agenten

Duration: 2026 - 2029

2025

ProRES

Proactive Resilience for Increased Energy System Flexibility and Stability

Duration: 2025 - 2028

Edge-RZ

Machbarkeitsstudie: Systemdienliche Edge-Rechenzentren als nachhaltige und resiliente Infrastruktur

Duration: 2025 - 2026

TRACEY

Trust Assessment in Complex Multidomain Energy Systems

Duration: 2025 - 2028

VITAL

Verteilte Infrastrukturen für Technologie-Gestützte Innovationen im Verteilnetz

Duration: 2025 - 2026

REMARK 2.0

Interaction of Time-Variable Grid Fees and Various Marketing Options

Duration: 2025 - 2028

ConnOSS

Connected Open Source Software

Duration: 2025 - 2028

EKoREK

Entwicklung eines Konzeptes zur Reduktion der Energiekosten bei energieintensiven KMU am Beispiel von Druckguss

Duration: 2025 - 2026

OIDD

Oldenburg Internet of Things (OIDD) Platform - Use Case Water

Duration: 2025 - 2026

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Publications

2026

Adapted Ontology Development Process: A Co-Simulation Scenario Ontology for Energy Systems

Schwarz, Jan Sören and Schmurr, Philipp and Seiwerth, Corinna and Pan, Zhiyu and Qussous, Ramiz; Open Conference Proceedings; 03 / 2026

URL DOI BIB
Advancing energy system research with the FAIR+S framework

Danila Valko and Jan Sören Schwarz and Ralf Isenmann and Jorge Marx Gómez; Proc. of the 3nd NFDI4Energy Conference: Defining Energy Research Data Management Together; March / 2026

DOI BIB
Agent-Based Flexibility Aggregation for a Distributed Redispatch

Radtke, Malin and Stark, Sanja and Holly, Stefanie; Energy Informatics; 2026

DOI BIB
Caught In Between: Scaling Barriers Of Hybrid Digital Platforms

Lea Kuhlmann, Jana Bauer, Philipp Staudt; ECIS 2026 Proceedings; 2026

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Designing Conversational Agents to Support Learning from Scientific Graphs

Tim Siedenburg, Lea Kuhlmann, Philipp Staudt; Proceedings of the 59th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (ISBN 978-0-9981331-9-5, ISSN 2572-6862 Online); January / 2026

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Enabling FAIR Energy Research Software

Ferenz, Stephan and Werth, Oliver and Nieße, Astrid; Open Conference Proceedings; March / 2026

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FAIR data principles in energy research: an empirical analysis on current practices, researcher attitudes, application barriers and practical implications

Franziska M. Hoffart and Nina Kerker and Oliver Werth; Energy Research & Social Science; 2026

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Intelligente Systeme zur Verbesserung der Qualität von IEC 62559 Use Cases und SGAM Architekturmodellen

Kuchenbuch, Rene Andreas; March / 2026

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mosaiks are made of tesserae: GUI design for a co-simulation framework

Schulte, Eike and Schwarz, Jan Sören and Stomberg, Malte and Alsharif, Sharaf and Valko, Danila and Kamsamsong, Jirapa; 2026 Open Source Modelling and Simulation of Energy Systems (OSMSES); 03 / 2026

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Multi-agent System Analysis Under Communication Influence: Practical Applications

Radtke, Malin and Frost, Emilie and Holly, Stefanie and Nieße, Astrid and Lehnhoff, Sebastian; Agents and Artificial Intelligence; 2026

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