Anton Achhammer

Anton Achhammer

Energy System Modeller

Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Regensburg

I am an energy system modeller at the Research Center for Energy Networks and Energy Storage (FENES) at the University of Applied Sciences Regensburg (OTH Regensburg).

I studied Computer Science at the University of Applied Sciences Regensburg (OTH Regensburg) and received my Bachelor’s degree in 2021 and my Master’s degree in 2023.

My work focuses on the decarbonization of energy systems through sector coupling and green hydrogen production. I mainly do this via renewable electricity system modelling using the open source energy system model PyPSA-Earth. Also i am co-developing on open-source software:

  • PyPSA-Earth is a flexible python-based open optimisation model to study energy system futures around the World
  • PyPSA-Earth-Sec is the sector-coupling extension of PyPSA-Earth
Interests
  • Open energy system modelling
  • Sector coupling
  • Data visualization
  • Knowledge transfer
  • Green hydrogen
Education
  • M.Sc. in Computer Science, 2023

    Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Regensburg

  • B.Sc. in Computer Science, 2021

    Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Regensburg

Teaching

Courses, seminars, and supervision

ClassInstitutionTerm
Energy system modelingOTH RegensburgWiSe24/25
Energy system modelingOTH RegensburgSoSe24

Open Thesis Projects

  • Master/Bachelor: Analysis and development of concrete financing options for hydrogen projects in countries with both high potential and high risk
  • Master/Bachelor: Development and financing of specific hydrogen supply chains in the Wake of German-African Hydrogen Partnerships
  • Master/Bachelor: Analysis and prerequisites for establishing sustainable hydrogen partnerships between Germany and African countries
  • Master/Bachelor: Technical, economic and regulatory design of potential concrete value chains of African countries with the EU

Ongoing Thesis Projects

  • Master: Scaling up PV Production for domestic use, OTH, 2024

Past Thesis Projects

  • Bachelor: Charting the Path: Assessing the Potential Opportunities and Pitfalls of Green Hydrogen Production and Export in Africa - An Energy Justice Assessment of the Hyphen Hydrogen Energy Project in Namibia, OTH, 2024
  • Bachelor: The Impact of Green Hydrogen on Employment in South Africa’s Path to a Just Transition. A case study on the South African Hydrogen Valley, OTH, 2024
  • Bachelor: Sustainable Steel Production in the Desert: Economic and Technical Assessment of a Hydrogen-Powered Plant in Mauritania, OTH, 2024