Subproject: Energy Market Design in Energy-Plus Settlements
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Funding: German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK)
Abstract: The project EOS follows the approach of an optimized energy use of electricity, heating and cooling in an energy-plus settlement. This is to be carried out through the coordinated operation of the three sectors, taking into account generation, consumption and the available storage facilities. The available grid capacities in the residential area will be taken into account and used as optimally as possible. Possible optimization goals include increasing the feed-in of existing PV systems, or optimal heat and electricity storage management. Different regulatory approaches are considered in order to fully exploit the technical potential of the energy community.
For the investigations, a cross-sectoral real-time simulation model of the settlement is created. By coupling the real-time model with measurements, a Digital Twin is created. The Digital Twin provides the necessary degrees of freedom for planning and extensive simulations of different scenarios. This makes it possible to individually adapt optimization algorithms to the requirements of the individual scenario in advance of the real test operation in the field. In addition, mathematical optimization models will be developed to investigate the effects of different regulatory frameworks as well as different tariff models on investment and operation decisions. An investigation of the transferability of the results to existing settlements is important, since the energy transition in the building sector can only succeed if innovative concepts are transferred to existing infrastructure. An examination of the transferability of optimization strategies obtained to an existing settlement is therefore a crucial component in the project.
The focus of the University of Technology Nuremberg (UTN) is on techno-economic modeling, optimization and regulation. To this end, the Energy Systems and Market Design Lab analyzes regulatory framework conditions and develops tariff models.
Project manager: Veronika Grimm and Christian Sölch
Stuff: N.N.
Cooperation partners: Institute of Electric Power Systems (FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg), HEITEC Innovations GmbH, ESTW – Erlanger Stadtwerke AG, and OPAL-RT Germany GmbH
Project term: 01.04.2024 – 28.02.2027