Oliver Gehrke

Oliver Gehrke serves as a Senior Researcher in the Department of Wind and Energy Systems at the Technical University of Denmark's Faculty of Engineering. His work focuses on distributed energy systems integration within power grids, with particular emphasis on smart grid technologies and electric vehicle infrastructure.

• Department of Wind and Energy Systems, DTU
• Active in ERIGrid 2.0 and NEST Facilities projects
• Specializes in cyber-physical energy systems integration

His research spans power engineering, smart grid systems, and distributed energy resources. Key interests include harmonic analysis of electric vehicle charging, control strategies for multi-energy systems, and grid infrastructure design. Gehrke develops rule-based tools for distribution grid planning and investigates power-to-heat integration in geographically distributed systems.

Recent publications reveal strong trends in electric vehicle-grid interaction, with multiple 2024 studies analyzing harmonic impacts of smart charging. His work bridges theoretical control strategies with practical implementation in distributed energy systems, particularly focusing on measurement-based validation and real-world grid integration challenges.

Awarded the Best Paper Award at the 2024 IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference & Expo for his work on harmonic analysis of EV smart charging.

• Supervised PhD candidate T.P. Richert on energy component classification
• Served as examiner for S. Martinenas' PhD on EV-grid integration
• Principal Investigator for NEST Facilities national energy infrastructure project
• Project applicant for DREM (DSOs Role in Electricity Markets) initiative

Actively involved in the ERIGrid initiative developing research infrastructure for smart grid validation, and leads the NEST Facilities national infrastructure supporting energy system transition research through distributed multi-energy system testing.