The Stuttgart Research Partnership on Integrated System Analysis for Energy (STRise) from ZIRIUS, the Institute for Energy Economics and Rational Energy Use (IER) at the University of Stuttgart, the Institute for Networked Energy Systems at the German Aerospace Centre (DLR) and the Centre for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research Baden-Württemberg (ZSW) is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year.
The anniversary was celebrated on the sidelines of the second International Symposium on Energy System Analysis (ISESA), which took place on 13 and 14 October 2025 at the ZSW premises. Under the heading ‘Implementing the energy transition: Holistic challenges and solutions for resilient energy systems’, around 40 scientists and practitioners gathered to exchange ideas and discuss the challenges and solutions for implementing future resilient energy systems. In addition to two keynote speeches by Professor Amela Ajanovic (TU Vienna) on the challenges and solutions in the transport sector and Professor Michèle Knodt (TU Darmstadt) on dealing with the complexities of a vertically and horizontally linked energy policy, there were 16 scientific and individual practical contributions in four sessions. A well-attended poster session with 13 posters also provided an opportunity for networking. The presentations and posters covered methodological developments in the field of scenario research, various model analyses of future energy transition pathways, and the modelling of uncertainties, such as external shocks. In addition, empirical results were presented, e.g. on stakeholder strategies for dealing with uncertainties, innovation dynamics in the field of synthetic fuels, and socio-technical imaginaries of regional energy transition pathways.
The STRise 10th anniversary celebration took place on the evening of 13 October. On this occasion, guest speaker Professor Martin Pehnt from the ifeu Institute looked back on the topics and challenges of the last ten years in the field of energy system analysis and also gave an outlook on future challenges. He emphasised the important role played by Stuttgart-based institutes in energy system analysis and praised the explicitly interdisciplinary approach taken by the STRise network in this field.
The complete programme for the event can be found here: http://www.strise.de/fileadmin/user_upload/Aktuelles/STRise_ISESA_Agenda_2025_final.pdf