1. The Next Generation of Power Plants - Dr
The Next Generation of Power Plants - Dr. Jochen Tackenberg, Dispatcher, Next Kraftwerke -
Ireland’s Smart Grid: Opportunities for German-Irish Co-Operation, Dublin, Ireland
May 6th, 2014

2. Dr. Jochen Tackenberg, Next Kraftwerke
2009 …………… …………… …………… …………… ……………. 2014
Company Milestones 2009 Company foundation as a spin-off of the Institute of Energy Economics at the University of Cologne by Jochen Schwill and Hendrik Sämisch Infrastructure setup (control system, trading department) in order to be able to trade balancing power Entry into EPEX Spot and Intraday market. Trading of tertiary reserves at the balancing power market Integration of new technologies (such as hydropower and load management) and new markets (such as secondary reserves) Provision of secondary reserve in all four German TSO areas. Entry into Austrian market.
Direct marketer with focus on
short-term trading
balancing power
Keys to a successful Energiewende!
Facts & Figures Q1 2014
Sales 31 Mio. €
Staff Members >70
Trading Volume 1 TWh
Portfolio 870 MW
Providing balancing power (secondary and tertiary reserve) for all four TSOs
2009 Company foundation as a spin-off of the Institute of Energy Economics at the University of Cologne by Jochen Schwill and Hendrik Sämisch.
Next found major investors
Admission as a certified power trader at the energy exchange EPEX Spot SE in Paris.
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Provision of tertiary reserves in all four German TSO areas with a portfolio of more than 500 biomass plants.
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Dr. Jochen Tackenberg, Next Kraftwerke

3. Intraday activities maximize profit and minimize grid imbalances
Intraday trading
Motivation: forecast deviations of wind and photovoltaic energy create imbalance in the power grid and fluctuating intraday prices
Intraday activities maximize profit and minimize grid imbalances
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Dr. Jochen Tackenberg,
Next Kraftwerke

4. Renewables can be used as balancing power!
Virtual Power Plant
Technical connection and pooling are the basis for providing balancing power
Connection & Selling
Pool Concept
Step 1: Interconnection / Pool Integration
Installation of remote access unit Next Box
Integration into Next Pool‘s control system
Step 2: Selling of balancing power
Daily/weekly bidding of the flexibility of the interconnected plants on the balancing power market
Automatic processing of the control signal received from the TSOs
 24/7 standby and control action by the pool
Renewables can be used as balancing power!
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5. Dr. Jochen Tackenberg, Next Kraftwerke
Contact
Get in touch with us…
The goal Enable 100% power supply by renewables. The road Our virtual power plant – flexibility. The milestone Technology and market share in biogas sector. The team 70 staff members. The founders Jochen Schwill and Hendrik Sämisch. Your contact Jochen Tackenberg Lichtstr. 43g Köln Tel.:
Member of
EPEX Spot SE Paris
Regelleistung.net
Fachverband Biogas
BDEW
Bundesverband Windenergie
Sunday, December 09, 2018
Dr. Jochen Tackenberg, Next Kraftwerke