PhD Candidate
Tel +64 3 479 8059
Email carsten.dortans@postgrad.otago.ac.nz
Carsten Dortans is a PhD candidate at the Centre for Sustainability. He is originally from the Ruhr-area in Germany (North-Rhine-Westphalia) and has lived in New Zealand since June 2017. Carsten finished his Bachelor of Arts in Energy and Water management at the University of Applied Sciences Ruhr West in Germany and was co-supervised at the Centre for Sustainability.
Carsten completed his Masters of Arts with Distinction at the University of Otago focusing on the estimation of the technical potential for residential household appliances to reduce daily peak electricity demand in New Zealand.
His PhD investigates the socio-technical changes at the grid edge and their implications for electricity system flexibility in New Zealand.
Research
Carsten's PhD investigates the socio-technical changes at the grid edge and their implications for electricity system flexibility in New Zealand.
Publications
Dortans, C., Stephenson, J., Jack, M., & Anderson, B. (2021). What happens to demand after households adopt PV. Proceedings of the 15th Otago Energy Research Centre (OERC) Symposium: The Challenge of Net Zero by 2050. Retrieved from https://www.otago.ac.nz/oerc/symposia
Dortans, C., Jack, M. W., Anderson, B., & Stephenson, J. (2020). Lightening the load: Quantifying the potential for energy-efficient lighting to reduce peaks in electricity demand. Energy Efficiency, 13, 1105-1118. doi: 10.1007/s12053-020-09870-8
Dortans, C. (2019). Estimating the technical potential for residential household appliances to reduce daily peak electricity demand in New Zealand (MA). University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10523/9389
Dortans, C., Anderson, B., Stephenson, J., & Jack, M. (2019, July). The technical potential of demand side management to reduce residential electricity peak demand in New Zealand. Verbal presentation at the 4th Energy for Sustainability (EfS) International Conference: Designing a Sustainable Future, Turin, Italy.
Dortans, C., Anderson, B., Stephenson, J., & Jack, M. (2018). Estimating the technical potential for residential demand response in New Zealand: A summary of results [GREEN Grid Project Technical Report]. Dunedin, New Zealand: University of Otago. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10523/8616
Dortans, C., Jack, M. W., Anderson, B., & Stephenson, J. (2020). Lightening the load: Quantifying the potential for energy-efficient lighting to reduce peaks in electricity demand. Energy Efficiency, 13, 1105-1118. doi: 10.1007/s12053-020-09870-8
Journal - Research Article
Dortans, C., Stephenson, J., Jack, M., & Anderson, B. (2021). What happens to demand after households adopt PV. Proceedings of the 15th Otago Energy Research Centre (OERC) Symposium: The Challenge of Net Zero by 2050. Retrieved from https://www.otago.ac.nz/oerc/symposia
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Dortans, C., Stephenson, J., Anderson, B., & Jack, M. (2018). Estimating the technical potential for residential demand response in New Zealand. Proceedings of the 12th Otago Energy Research Centre (OERC) Energy & Climate Change Symposium. (pp. 20). Retrieved from https://www.otago.ac.nz/oerc
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Dortans, C. (2017, November). The economic benefits of sharing self-generated electricity in a local community. Poster session presented at the 11th Otago Energy Research Centre (OERC) Symposium and Ag@Otago Colloquium, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Poster Presentation (not in published proceedings)
Dortans, C., Anderson, B., Stephenson, J., & Jack, M. (2019, July). The technical potential of demand side management to reduce residential electricity peak demand in New Zealand. Verbal presentation at the 4th Energy for Sustainability (EfS) International Conference: Designing a Sustainable Future, Turin, Italy.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Dortans, C., Anderson, B., Jack, M., & Stephenson, J. (2018). Estimating the technical potential for residential demand response in New Zealand [GREEN Grid Project Technical Report]. Dunedin, New Zealand: University of Otago. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10523/8579
Working Paper; Discussion Paper; Technical Report
Dortans, C., Anderson, B., Stephenson, J., & Jack, M. (2018). Estimating the technical potential for residential demand response in New Zealand: A summary of results [GREEN Grid Project Technical Report]. Dunedin, New Zealand: University of Otago. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10523/8616
Working Paper; Discussion Paper; Technical Report
Dortans, C. (2019). Estimating the technical potential for residential household appliances to reduce daily peak electricity demand in New Zealand (MA). University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10523/9389
Awarded Masters Degree
