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Peer Energy Cloud
Efficient energy management from the cloud
An increasing number of private households are becoming producers of renewable energy. As a significant technical and financial outlay is required in order to store and/or transport such decentrally-generated energy over greater distances, it is beneficial from an economic perspective to utilize this energy both locally and promptly. However, this does require the ability to be able to deal with local excess production at short notice using, for example, an electronic trading platform.
The objective of "PeerEnergyCloud" is to research and develop cloud-based technologies for such a platform. This includes the establishment of a virtual marketplace for local power trading as well as the design and development of innovative recording and forecast methods within a so-called "micro grid". The integration of local sensors and actuators at the end user locations, via a specially secured fiber optic cable, enables the "smart micro grid cloud services" to access usage data in real-time, which can be used for the purpose of generating forecasts, for example. Furthermore, if the consumer allows selected data to be used for other purposes, additional energy-related services (e.g. energy auditing, object protection/building monitoring, etc.) could be offered via third-party providers. A specific case is currently being reviewed within the scope of the project, which relates to a micro grid in the city of Saarlouis that consists of approximately 500 housing units and numerous photovoltaic facilities.
Trust im Fokus – the local peer-2-peer energy trading platform is based on highly differentiated and individual load profiles, which provide some significant advantages: the urban network structures can be used optimally and energy feed-ins to cross-regional networks can be avoided, thereby relieving the load on these networks. An energy marketplace and basic services are also to be developed within the scope of this project, and new incentive models will ensure all participating partners will be able to benefit from the added value that is created. With regard to the approaches under review, particular attention is being paid to the protection of personal data as well as security in relation to data entry, transmission and storage. The problem of trustability of the service providers in the cloud will be handled using new procedures for data distribution, access right rules and partial encryption of the data.
Additional added value can be realized using household-related context information: for example, adjusting the refuse collection dates and frequency in line with actual requirements, or providing dynamic price models that support energy utilization geared towards the actual situation. Consumers will also be provided with the ability to register for other sensors, such as smoke detectors, temperature sensors, movement sensors or door/window status sensors. Within the scope of an open platform, customers will be able to approve the utilization of their data for additional selected services from third-party providers (and of course revoke this approval again, such as in the event of a change of provider, for example).
Supported by:
The Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology (BMWi) in the context of the Trusted Cloud Technology Programme.
Partners:
DFKI - German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence GmbH
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
Contact:
Dr. Holger Kirchner
SEEBURGER AG
Tel: +49 7252 96 1625
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