Larissa Breuning

Larissa Breuning is a Researcher at the Chair of Renewable and Sustainable Energy Systems within the TUM School of Engineering at Technical University of Munich. She works under Professor Thomas Hamacher and maintains an active research profile in energy systems modeling with particular expertise in nuclear fusion integration and hydrogen systems.

Her research interests focus on energy systems modeling and optimization, sector coupling in energy systems, and system security in renewable-dominant energy systems. Breuning's work bridges theoretical modeling with practical applications, particularly evident in her case studies on Egyptian hydrogen systems and German energy transition analysis.

Recent publications show a strong trend toward nuclear fusion energy integration and green hydrogen systems, with significant contributions to understanding how these emerging technologies can be incorporated into future energy frameworks. Her work spans both technical optimization and policy-relevant analysis of energy transitions.

As an educator, Breuning teaches Renewable Energy Technology II and Mathematical methods for expansion and deployment planning in modern energy systems, sharing her expertise in energy modeling with TUM students.

She is actively involved in several research projects including the H2 real-world laboratory, Copernicus Project P2X, and collaborative fusion energy research with the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics.