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Between 2008 and 2015 Ilka Cußmann studied Energy and Environmental Management at Flensburg University of Applied Sciences and University of Flensburg. During her Bachelor studies she studied a semester abroad at the Reykjavik University in Island where she focused on economic sciences.

Afterwards she completed an internship at the company juwi Research & Development GmbH for six month in the field of business development for European electricity markets.

Ilka Cußmann wrote her Bachelorthesis about possibilities to reactivate a historical hydropower site within the city of Flensburg considering ecological, technical and economic aspects. In her Masterthesis for Next Kraftwerke GmbH she evaluated the political and economic conditions for a market entry of virtual power plants in Switzerland.

Since October 2015 Ilka Cußmann works at Flensburg University of Applied Sciences as an research assistant in the research project open_eGo.

• Flensburg University of Applied Sciences/ University of Flensburg, Reiner Lemoine Institute/ Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg/ German Aerospace Center Institute of Networked Energy Systems (2024): Ein offenes netzebenen- und sektorenübergreifendes Planungsinstrument zur Bestimmung des optimalen Einsatzes und Ausbaus von Flexibilitätsoptionen in Deutschland - Projektabschlussbericht. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10677901
• Büttner, C./ Esterl, K./ Cußmann, I./ Epia Realpe, C. A./ Amme, J./ Nadal, A. (2024): Influence of flexibility options on the German transmission grid — A sector-coupled mid-term scenario. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Transition, 5, 100082. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rset.2024.100082
• Müller et al. (2019): "open_eGo - Netzebenenübergreifendes Planungsinstrument - zur Bestimmung des optimalen Netz- und Speicherausbaus in Deutschland - integriert in einer OpenEnergyPlatform - Abschlussbericht". ISSN: 2196-7164. https://www.uni-flensburg.de/fileadmin/content/abteilungen/industrial/dokumente/downloads/veroeffentlichungen/forschungsergebnisse/20190426endbericht-openego-fkz0325881-final.pdf?sword_list%5B0%5D=katharina&sword_list%5B1%5D=esterl&no_cache=1