SEED Research Topics
TUM SEED Center continues to advance the international and interdisciplinary research agenda, including, but not limited to, the following topics relating to sustainable energies, entrepreneurship, and policy:
Modeling viable sustainable models for mini-grids serving rural communities.
Developing self-stabilizing mini-grid control concepts for more reliable mini-grid operation.
Enabling plug-and-play operation of grid-forming inverters to facilitate higher renewable penetration.
Analyzing, comparing, and developing sustainable business models for private mini-grid developers, including the productive use of energy (e.g., water pumping, food processing, E-Mobility).
Understanding the impact of local informal institutions, such as community social structures and cultural norms and values, on mini-grids models and their socio-economic performance.
Analyzing the challenges of growing and scaling in the mini-grid sector.
Understanding the potential of partnership models (i.e., public-private) for implementing mini-grids in rural settings.
Assessing the social impact of providing electrification through mini-grids.
Developing frameworks for optimal expansion strategies for mini-grids and national grid connection.
To facilitate and foster academic exchange related to SEED research, we provide long-term doctoral scholarships for students from the Global South, offer research stays, seminars, and series, and organize an annual symposium.