E-Energy! Information and Communications Technologies for the Energy Sector Conference of the European Commission Brussels, 31 January 2008 Dr. Andreas Goerdeler Head of the Division Development of Convergent ICTs Germany
1. Starting point: IC Summit Technology competition E-Energy Beacon project of the national IC Summit Optimising the system of electricity supply by means of innovative ICT solutions Co-operative projects together with the energy industry Start: April 2007 Electricity supply is particularly important in view of the fact that electricity cannot be stored and the increasingly decentral electricity generation; as a consequence, great requirements regarding real-time operation. 2
1. Starting point: BMWi study Potentials of information and communications technologies to optimise energy supply and energy consumption (wik-consult, Fraunhofer ISE, Fraunhofer ISI) Digital networking and distributed computer intelligence help to tap new efficiency potentials for the energy sector. The intelligent digital interlinking of all value-added elements of the energy sector from generation via transport and distribution to consumption is necessary to tap new potentials. Recommended priorities for project activities: integrated system approach regarding power plants, intelligent network management, smart metering, smart customers including SMEs, demand response 3
2. Support structure Objective : Improved efficiency, climate protection and supply security as well as new employment fields and markets due to a comprehensive digital networking of the electricity supply system (generation - distribution - consumption) Implementation: 3-5 regional model projects BMWi support of up to about 10 million depending on the model region Total volume per model region of about 20-30 million (rate of funding about 40%) 5-10 project partners per model region (IC / energy technology development, toolbuilding, model users) Accompanying scientific research 4
3. Overall strategy Devolpment & regional testing Technologies Tapping the potentials of information and communications technologies Smart metering Portals Embedded systems Business level ICT-based solutions/services Procurement Trade/marketing Service (CRM) E-Energy market place ICT solutions to connect the levels E-Energy operation/maintenance Smart generation Smart grid Smart customer Generation Transport/ Consumption/ Central/decentral Distribution Use Framework conditions Taking account of the context Law Security Environment Social economy Interactive solutions for the process-technology level 5
3.1. Development of IC technologies / services Creation of an electronic market place More market transparency / product information and choice when customers wish to switch suppliers Offers that meet the requirements of the market and are tailor-made for customers: tariff models with time elements and for specific user groups etc. 6
3.2. Development of IC technologies / services Electronically controlled technical operations Integration of decentral and central producers regarding virtual power plants, plant management, maintenance, network integration Electricity management system: reduction of regulating energy, peak loads, minute reserves; contingency management; network monitoring, damage diagnosis, tele-maintenance of networks, plants and equipment Generation-consumption balance: dynamic updating of generation and demand forecasts; flexible adjustment of electricity-consuming technologies by means of load shifting etc. 7
3.3. Development of IC technologies / services Interlinking of electronic market place and technical operations Universal, inexpensive and open interaction platforms; important: interoperability, communications security, confidential information exchange between market and production processes Demand-side-management und demand-response programmes for the real-time integration of decentral generators and loads in the network management 8
3.4. Testing of IC technologies / services Testing of the developed online solutions within the framework of key applications (good practice) Regional approach (E-Energy model region) integrative co-operation of all parties involved in the project (cluster), demonstration of technical and economic feasibility and transferability, further development of the legal framework Applications with a broad impact and key significance New chances for growth and competition: testing of acceptance and optimum effectiveness of the new ICT-based solutions, business models and transaction systems, climate protection and primary-energy generation, supply security 9
3.5. Accompanying scientific research Project monitoring and evaluation, benchmarking Know-how transfer in the whole ICT / energy community Initiating comprehensive networks for the exchange of know-how (communications network) and the solution of interdisciplinary issues such as legal conformity, standardisation etc. (co-operation network) 10
4. Implementation: roadmap Announcement of the competition 23 April 2007 Submission of the competition entries 5 October 2007 28 very good entries end of 2007 Jury vote - winners : 12 finalists February 2008 Announcement of the results (CeBIT) 4 March 2008 Start of the projects autumn 2008 11
5. Evaluation criteria Idea - Innovation content - Holistic concept and originality of the approach - Scientific quality - Meeting the complexity challenge Implementation - Risks / broad impact - Interoperability (consideration / creation of standards), - User-orientation, economic efficiency Consortium - Completeness and relevance of the Consortium (players, disciplines) - Potential and competence of the partners - Existing preliminary work and relevance - International activities 12
5. Evaluation criteria Market / application potential - quality of the utilisation concept - broad impact of the model region and transferability - sustainability of the solution, significance of the market segment and target groups - employment and growth potentials Energy-policy contribution - competition - climate protection - supply security 13
Contact Multimedia project executing organisation (DLR, German Aerospace Center) Günther Seher Porz-Wahnheide Linder Höhe 51147 Köln Tel.: +49 2203 601 3038 Fax +49 2203 601 3017 guenther.seher@dlr.de German Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology (BMWi ) Dr. Andreas Goerdeler Referat VII C 3 Head of the Division Tel.: +49 (30 18) 615 6330 Fax: +49 (30 18) 615 5496 andreas.oerdeler@bmwi.bund.de Dr. Michael Zinke Referat VII C 3 Scharnhorststr. 34-37, 10115 Berlin Tel.: +49 (30 18) 615 6332 Fax: +49 (30 18) 615 5496 michael.zinke@bmwi.bund.de 14
Dr. Andreas Goerdeler Head of Division Development of Convergent ICT Thank you very much for your attention!! If you have any further questions: www.e-energie.info energie.info; www.bmwi.de 15