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Dr. rer. nat. Jan Dobschinski
Group leader
- Telephone
- +49 561 7294-213
- jan.dobschinski[at]uni-kassel[dot]de
Career
- 2002 - 2007: Diploma program in physics at the Georg-August-University Göttingen
- 2006 - 2007: Diploma student at EADS Astrium, Friedrichshafen - Diploma thesis: "Space Weather Effects on the Mass Memory Units of the GRACE Satellites"
- 2007 - 2009: Research assistant at the Institute for Solar Energy Supply Technology ISET, Kassel
- 2009 - 2011: Research assistant at the Fraunhofer Institute for Wind Energy and Energy System Technology IWES, Kassel
- 2008 - 2015: Doctorate in Natural Sciences (Dr. rer. nat.) at the University of Kassel in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science - Thesis title: "Predicting the forecast quality of wind farm portfolios of different sizes"
- 2011 - 2018: Head of the Forecasting for Energy Systems group at the Fraunhofer Institute for Wind Energy and Energy System Technology IWES, Kassel
- Since 2019: Head of the Energy Meteorology and Geoinformation Systems Department at the Fraunhofer Institute for Energy Economics and Energy System Technology IEE, Kassel
- Since 2022: Deputy Head of the Energy Process Integration division at the Fraunhofer Institute for Energy Economics and Energy System Technology IEE, Kassel
- Since 2022: Group leader at the Department of Energy Management and Operation of Electrical Grids at the University of Kassel
Main research areas
- Energy meteorology and geoinformation systems
- data science
- Grid operations management
- system analysis
Selected publications
- Korpas, M., Holttinen, H., Helisto, N., Girard, R., Koivisto, M., Frew, B., Dobschinski, J., Smith, J.C., Vrana, T.K., Flynn, D., Orths, A., Soder, L., Addressing Market Issues in Electrical Power Systems with Large Shares of Variable Renewable Energy, International Conference on the European Energy Market, EEM, 2022
- Haupt, S.E., Garcia Casado, M., Davidson, M., Dobschinski, J., Du, P., Lange, M., Miller, T., Möhrlen, C., Motley, A., Pestana, R., Zack, J., The use of probabilistic forecasts: Applying them in theory and practice, IEEE Power and Energy Magazine, 17 (6), art. no. 8878053, pp. 46-57, 2019
- Dobschinski, J., Bessa, R., Du, P., Geisler, K., Haupt, S.E., Lange, M., Mohrlen, C., Nakafuji, D., De La Torre Rodriguez, M., Uncertainty Forecasting in a Nutshell: Prediction Models Designed to Prevent Significant Errors, IEEE Power and Energy Magazine, 15 (6), art. no. 8070538, pp. 40-49, 2017
- Saint-Drenan, Y.M., Bofinger, S., Fritz, R., Vogt, S., Good, G.H., Dobschinski, J., An empirical approach to parameterizing photovoltaic plants for power forecasting and simulation, Solar Energy, 120, pp. 479-493, 2015
- Holttinen, H., Milligan, M., Ela, E., Menemenlis, N., Dobschinski, J., Rawn, B., Bessa, R.J., Flynn, D., Gomez Lazaro, E., Detlefsen, N., Methodologies to determine operating reserves due to increased wind power, IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting, art. no. 6673067, 2013
- Otterson, S., Siefert, M., Dobschinski, J., Robust spatio-temporal wind power forecasts via nowcasting of low quality inputs, European Wind Energy Conference and Exhibition, EWEC 2013, 2, pp. 701-708, 2013
- Smith, J.C., Osborn, D., Zavadil, R., Lasher, W., Gómez-Lázaro, E., Estanqueiro, A., Trotscher, T., Tande, J., Korpås, M., Van Hulle, F., Holttinen, H., Orths, A., Burke, D., O'Malley, M., Dobschinski, J., Rawn, B., Gibescu, M., Dale, L., Transmission planning for wind energy in the United States and Europe: Status and prospects, Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Energy and Environment, 2 (1), pp. 1-13, 2013
- Holttinen, H., Milligan, M., Ela, E., Menemenlis, N., Dobschinski, J., Rawn, B., Bessa, R.J., Flynn, D., Gómez-Lázaro, E., Detlefsen, N.K., Methodologies to determine operating reserves due to increased wind power, IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy, 3 (4), pp. 713-723, 2012
- Dobschinski, J., Von Bremen, L., Wessel, A., Lange, B., Hagemann, S., Calibration and combination of a regional multi model ensemble for predicting offshore wind speeds, European Wind Energy Conference and Exhibition 2010, EWEC 2010, 2, pp. 897-915, 2010
- Dobschinski, J., De Pascalis, E., Wessel, A., Von Bremen, L., Lange, B., Rohrig, K., Drenan, Y.-M.S., The potential of advanced shortest-term forecasts and dynamic prediction intervals for reducing the wind power induced reserve requirements, European Wind Energy Conference and Exhibition 2010, EWEC 2010, 3, pp. 2131-2164, 2010
- Rohrig, K., Lange, B., Gesino, A., Wolff, M., Mackensen, R., Dobschinski, J., Wessel, A., Braun, M., Quintero, C., Mata, J.-L., Pestana, R., Wind power plant capabilities - Operate wind farms like conventional power plants, European Wind Energy Conference and Exhibition 2009, EWEC 2009, 2, pp. 1214-1238, 2009
- Swaroop, P.V., Erlich, I., Rohrig, K., Dobschinski, J., A stochastic model for the optimal operation of a wind-thermal power system, IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, 24 (2), pp. 940-950, 2009