Chresten Træholt

Chresten Træholt

Associate Professor, Head of Section

DTU WIND
Department of Wind and Energy Systems

WIND PES PTX
DTU Wind DTEC

Technical University of Denmark

Elektrovej

Building 325, room 154

2800 Kgs. Lyngby

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2022
BOSS project
02 MAY

Danish battery system to balance tomorrow's renewable power grids

The BOSS project succesfully demonstrated a large Danish battery energy storage system at Bornholm, with the capacity of 1100 kWh, 1100 kW. Batteries are keys to retiring fossil-fueled power plants.

27 APR

Partnership to make cement more climate-friendly

DTU, FLSmidth, Danish Technological Institute and others will develop methods to replace fossil fuels with electricity in cement industry.

Energy Earth sciences Information technology Chemistry Construction and mechanics Mathematics
2019
Danish island of Bornholm is test zone for Battery Energy Storage Solution
14 MAR

Largest battery in Denmark to be installed on Bornholm

A new project led by DTU has been granted 19 million DKK by the Danish Energy Technology Development and Demonstration Program. The project will demonstrate the largest grid-connected battery energy storage in Denmark. Batteries could be a key factor to retiring fossil-fueled power plants.

Energy
2018
11 JUN

Affiliated Professor Willett Kempton holds his inaugural lecture

A warm welcome to Willett Kempton, professor at College of Earth, Ocean and Environment and in the Department of Electrical & Computer Science, University of Delaware.

2017
Formanden for Elektrofondet Ole Lauridsen (yderst tv.) gratulerer årets modtager af Elektroprisen Kresten Yvind (nr. 2 fra venstre) samt kandidatprismodtagerne Camilla Lund, Caspar Jespersen og Matteo Cesari. (Foto: Henrik Frydkjær)
01 DEC

Three E-Candidate Awards for DTU Elektro

This year's Electro Award and E-Candidate Awards have just been handed over by Elektrofondet at The Danish Society of Engineers.

Electrotechnology
Frederiksberg Forsyning  Photo-Nissan
01 JUN

The cars of the future are electric

If we are to achieve a total independency of fossil fuels before 2050 integration of battery storage and electric vehicles is one of the most promising solutions for improving  reliability  and performance of the future power system.

Foto: Rasmus Hjortshøj, Coast
03 APR

Giant battery to charge Nordhavn

Yet another step has now been taken in the development of Nordhavn as Copenhagen’s sustainable urban district. A giant battery which is to help balance the power system of the urban district has just been installed in P-hus Lüders—the district’s spectacular multi-storey car park with a playground and fitness facilities on the roof.

Energy storage
2014
US-Denmark Renewable Energy Summer Workshop
04 SEP

US-Denmark Renewable Energy Summer Workshop

18 students from Denmark and the United States met to collaborate on projects in an interdisciplinary format. The topics included smart energy systems, economic aspects and life cycle analysis, regulatory policies and current barriers for renewable energy integration together with technical challenges for the existing power system.

Electronics Energy
02 JUN

IDA Award given to CEE graduate from DTU Electrical Engineering

Joachim Skov Johansen (photo on the right) received the IDA E-Kandidat Award 2014 for his master thesis project “Fast-Charging Electric Vehicles using AC”

Electrotechnology
PowerLabDK Power Flexhouse
23 MAY

Nissan V2X Forum at PowerLabDK

On 22 May 2014, the Nissan 2nd V2X forum took place at PowerLabDK using the Power Flexhouse and the SYSLAB infrastructure

Electrotechnology Energy Wind energy
2013
US - Denmark Summer Workshop on Renewable Energy 2014
01 NOV

US - Denmark Summer Workshop on Renewable Energy 2014

The U.S.-Denmark Summer Workshop on Renewable Energy is a unique educational initiative developed by leading universities in Denmark and California.

2012
UCSC awarded $4.5 million NSF grant for renewable energy research and education
09 OCT

UCSC awarded $4.5 million NSF grant for renewable energy research and education

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a five-year, $4.5 million grant to UC Santa Cruz to fund a cooperative research and education program on renewable energy involving universities in the United States and Denmark. The project addresses the technical, social, and economic aspects of community-scale renewable-energy microgrids...

UCSC awarded $4.5 million NSF grant for renewable energy research and education
07 OCT

UCSC awarded $4.5 million NSF grant for renewable energy research and education

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a five-year, $4.5 million grant to UC Santa Cruz to fund a cooperative research and education program on renewable energy involving universities in the United States and Denmark. The project addresses the technical, social, and economic aspects of community-scale renewable-energy microgrids...