Bálint Hartmann

Dr. Bálint Hartmann is a senior research fellow at Budapest University of Economics (BME), and at the HUN-REN Centre for Energy Research. He received his M.Sc. degree, Ph.D. degree and habilitation from in 2008, 2013 and 2022, respectively.

His early research focused on the role of energy storage in the power system and the integration of variable renewable energy sources. As Hungary was preparing for the extensive appearance of distributed generator units, distribution system operators, the transmission system operator, the regulatory authority and BME joined forces to elaborate guidelines on network connection and operation. These studies were later extended with the examination of hybrid storage solutions and the development of business models and stacked service concepts. The latter work was awarded by the “Déri–Prize” of the Hungarian Electrotechnical Association and the Youth Prize of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.

He founded the ‘FASTER (Future Applications of Sustainable Transmission and distribution Energy Research) Research Group’ at BME in 2016. The group focuses on the static and dynamic examination of electricity transmission and distribution systems, integration of renewable energy sources and energy storage systems into the electricity infrastructure, smart grids, the topological examination of the electricity systems, machine learning, sustainability, multi-energy systems, and network modelling.

He has published over 200 research papers. Besides acedemic research, his is active in R&D&I projects on national and international level. He undertook various tasks in scientific societies, most importantly leading the Student Association of Energy between 2008–2010, serving as a board member of the Hungarian Electrotechnical Association between 2013–2019, and being the chair of IEEE PES Hungary Chapter between 2019-2021. He was selected to be a member of the Academy of Young Researchers, Hungary in 2020 with a 5-year mandate, where he served two years as the member of the board.