Dr. Nikolai Strodel
Graduate Engineer in Technology Management
Senior Manager | Topic Lead Large Thermal Energy Storage
Renewable Heat
Expertise
- Studies, consulting and concepts for large-scale heat storage
- Many years of project management experience and consortium leadership
- Integration of renewable energies into the heating sector
- Technical design and economic evaluation of sustainable heat supply concepts
As a widely recognised expert in large-scale thermal energy storage, Dr Nikolai Strodel has been contributing his expertise to HIC CONSULTING (formerly Hamburg Institut) since 2019. His consulting work focuses on sustainable heating concepts with an emphasis on the integration of renewable energies and the use of large-scale heat storage technologies.
With a doctorate in technology management, he is involved in numerous projects – including the EU and federal projects TREASURE, OptInAquiFer and SysGF – dealing with innovative heat generation technologies and the preparation of strategic reports on future heat supply. Based on his own simulation-supported models, Dr. Nikolai Strodel develops and evaluates local and district heating systems with high renewable generation shares. He leads both extensive research projects and application-oriented projects with direct implementation relevance
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Project experience (selection)
TREASURE: EU research project on underground heat storage technologies
Client: European Commission
OptInAquiFer research project: Optimised integration of thermal aquifer storage in district heating systems
Client: Federal Ministry of Education and Research
Investigation of options for ‘peak load and security capacity from renewable heat generators for the Freiburg-West heating network’
Client: badenovaWÄRMEPLUS
Heat transition: strategies for the use of climate-neutral district heating technologies
Client: Federal Office for Energy Efficiency (BfEE) at the Federal Office for Economic Affairs and Export Control (BAFA)