Dr. Bernhard Ernst is Senior Project Manager at Fraunhofer Institute for Energy Economics and Energy System Technology (IEE). In parallel he works as consultant in the field of grid integration of renewable energy, energy markets and electro mobility. Prior to this he was the director of the department Grid Integration at SMA Solar Technology AG, one of the world’s largest manufacturers of PV power converters. Before joining SMA he managed the Front Office System Planning at Amprion GmbH (formerly RWE TSO), one of the four German transmission system operators. He holds a degree of electrical engineering of the University of Kassel, Germany. In 2003 he finished his Ph.D. (Dr. Ing.) on the topic of wind power forecasting at the «Institut für Solare Energieversorgungstechnik» (now Fraunhofer IEE) in Kassel. In 2004 he started his career at RWE TSO with main focus on wind power integration and congestion management. Dr. Ernst is vice chairman of the IEC SC 8A «Grid Integration of Large-capacity Renewable Energy (RE) Generation» and has published several papers about grid integration of renewable energy source and forecasting systems on international conferences and workshops.