Open District Hub Projects of Fraunhofer IOSB-AST

Challenges:

• Cross-sectoral (electricity, heat, e-mobility) operational management of energy systems at neighborhood levels 
• Resilience for operational management of sustainable local energy systems
• High degree of automation needed due to price pressure (management of small energy volumes à costs for setup and operation must be low)
• Consideration and mapping of regulatory and technical complexity

Our solutions and research work

• Automated and self-learning methods of energy management (data preparation, forecasting, optimization) and integration/development of solutions
• Use of AI for automation and scaling in commissioning/initialization and operation of energy systems
• Implementation of business models and energy logistics in the liberalized energy market
• Mapping and investigation of novel business models considering energy logistics framework in the liberalized energy market
• Linking to neighborhood and smart city solutions
• Data spaces for the connection/bringing together of involved actors