Senior Consultant
Integrated energy systems | Heat concepts | Large-scale heat storage
Dr Nikolai Strodel’s consulting focus at Hamburg Institut is on sustainable heat concepts with a focus on the integration of renewable energies and large-scale heating storage. The engineer deals with innovative heat generation technologies and expert opinions on strategic heat supply in various projects, which he often leads himself. The simulation models developed are adapted for specific applications and used to evaluate sustainable local and district heating systems with high renewable generation shares.
Before joining Hamburg Institut, Dr Nikolai Strodel worked for several years as a research assistant developing complex models for mapping thermal energy systems. The basic models were further developed in cooperation with engineering firms, energy suppliers and municipal utilities. During his two-year employment at the Chair of Financing and Finance in Lüneburg, he was able to deepen his business and economic expertise in the field of financing renewable energies.
His expertise and market knowledge, particularly on the subject of large heat storage systems, are also appreciated at overarching levels. Dr Nikolai Strodel is a member of the long-term heat storage working group organised by Solites and the AGFW. This group aims to exchange information and discuss construction methods and system integration of large heat storage systems. He is also a member of the international technology collaboration programme “Energy Storage – Task 45”, which deals with accelerating the use of large thermal energy storage systems as part of a multi-year collaboration.
His consulting expertise:
- Studies, advice and concepts for the heat transition
- Integrated energy systems
- Integration of renewable energies in the heating sector
- Large heat pumps and large heat storage units
- Economic efficiency of heat supply concepts
