University of West Bohemia

Faculty of Applied Sciences

Partner Overview

The University of West Bohemia (UWB) in Pilsen is foremost a technical university that is rooted in strong collaboration with local industry partners. The university comprises over 13,000 students, 900 academic staff members, and 9 faculties. The Faculty of Applied Sciences comprises the New Technologies for Information Technology European Centre for Excellence and within it the Lab for Advanced Power Systems (LAPS). The laboratory regularly partners with local electrical system companies in developing methods and system tools for network analysis and operation.

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Core competences

  • Renewable Energy Sources
    • Modelling and prediction of RES production
    • Safe integration of RES into power networks
  • Power Network Planning and Development
    • Probabilistic modelling of network elements
    • Stochastic power flow algorithms for power networks with high share of renewables
  • Ancillary Services
    • Set optimization tools for AnS purchase
    • DSS tools for ancillary services portfolio determination
  • Power Network Operation
    • State estimation tools for WAMS
    • DSM for distribution networks with high RES share
    • Dynamic line rating methods

Team members

  • Martin Strelec
  • Petr Janecek
  • Ingrid Hochmannova
  • Pavel Hering
  • Daniel Georgiev
  • Eduard Janecek


Faculty of Electrical Engineering

Partner Overview

The division of the Faculty into five departments corresponds with the five areas of the Faculty's research and development activities. The departments offer their research and development capacities, expertise, and technical equipment to partners from industry both in the Czech Republic and abroad. During its existence, the Faculty has solved a wide range of problems in electrical engineering and electronics, and successfully completed a large number of projects. The Faculty of Electrical Engineering of the University of West Bohemia (UWB) in Pilsen consists of five departments and includes more than 2000 students.

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Core competences

  • Power quality
    • Voltage quality assessment
    • Evaluation of VQ monitoring
    • Evaluation of power flows in distribution system
  • Distribution of electric energy
  • Modelling of power systems (steady states and transients)
    • Power system security analysis and contingency evaluation
    • State estimation tools for WAMS
  • Power Network Planning and Development
    • Improving continuity of supply
    • Integration of distribution automation into MV overhead networks
    • Analysis of closed-loop MV networks and interconnected feeders
    • Integration of RES into power networks

Team members

  • Miloslava Tesarova
  • Roman Vykuka

Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Regensburg

Partner Overiew

Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Regensburg (OTH Regensburg) offers its students an excellent basis for a successful career. The technical university of applied sciences has around 11,000 students. 50 practice-oriented bachelor and master degree programmes in engineering, business studies, design, architecture, health and social studies offer high quality teaching and research. Modern facilities, such as 120 state-of- the-art laboratories and an award-winning library located on an attractive campus provide the basis for successful studies. OTH Regensburg comprises 11.000 students, 220 professors, 470 employees and 8 faculties.

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Core competences

  • Power quality
    • Reactive power flow issues
  • Power Network Planning and Development

Team members

  • Oliver Brückl
  • Hermann Kraus
  • Anna Hensel

Technische Hochschule Deggendorf

Partner Overview

Technische Hochschule Deggendorf work in pioneering research is the reason for many collaborations with both local and international business and industry. This research is undertaken by staff and students in the labs of our seven technology centres dotted around Deggendorf, often with the support of additional research partners throughout Europe.The Deggendorf Institute of Technology is one of the most successful universities in the German area, as shown by appropriate placements in university rankings.Eight technology and healthcare campus have been established in the neighboring counties of Cham, rain, Freyung-Grafenau, Rottal-Inn and Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen since 2009. Technische Hochschule Deggendorf comprises 5200 Students, 552 Employees including 126 Professors.

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Core competences

  • Electromobility concepts
  • Regional energy use plans
  • Location analysis for renewable energies
  • District heating and solar mapping
  • Consumption and generation monitoring
  • Virtual power plants concepts
  • Building automatization (eu.bac certification)
  • Informational and educational events about Energy and GIS.

Team members

  • Wolfgang Dorner
  • Luis Ramirez Camargo
  • Sebastian Schröck