I-GReta
Intelligent FIWARE-based Generic Energy Storage Services for Environmentally Responsible Communities and Cities
Climate change is the most critical issue of our time. Due to the dominance of fossil fuels, the energy sector is responsible for around two thirds of all anthropogenic CO2 emissions. Worldwide, household energy consumption accounts for around a quarter of total energy consumption. The development of the energy sector towards the goal of sustainability has led to intermittent power generation based on renewable energies, power electronic devices and energy storage becoming increasingly important at all levels of the energy system. In recent years, technical and socio-economic studies as well as practical experience have concluded that end-user integration and participation are crucial. The I-GReta solution will start at this point and promote active user participation, which has not yet been implemented due to a lack of the necessary technologies. This should also help to satisfy individual and sometimes contradictory needs.
The core innovation of the I-GReta project is the interplay of automation, cloud-based ICT platforms and dynamic storage integration with users as the central focus. The Austrian partners will primarily contribute methodological expertise in the area of psychological and technical aspects of active user participation in intelligent energy systems with high storage shares. In addition, the partners will provide expertise in mathematical and computational methods to best support the large-scale modelling, simulation and optimization of cyber-physical systems. The aim of the project is to design and develop prototypes of an interregional energy system and to test and evaluate them under laboratory conditions in Kapfenberg and Graz in the "Energy and Solutions Lab". This project will thus show a possible way to successfully transform our energy systems towards a user-oriented, renewable and service-oriented supply.
Duration: Dec 2020 - Nov 2023
Funding (Austria): FFG - The Austrian Research Promotion Agency
Project management: Univ.-Prof. Antonello Monti, Ph.D., RWTH Aachen University and Mag.phil. Dr.techn. Gerald Schweiger, MA, MA (for Austria)
Project partners: RWTH Aachen University, aedifion GmbH, E.ON SE, FH JOANNEUM Kapfenberg, Graz University of Technology, dwh GmbH, University of Graz, CAMPUS 02 Fachhochschule der Wirtschaft GmbH, EVON GmbH, WEB Windenergie AG, Politehnica University of Bucharest, Siv Electro Concept SRL, Greenitiative, EnergoBit SA, HSB Göteborg ekonomisk förening, Chalmers University of Technology, Örebroporten Fastigheter AB
Project members of our work area: Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Psych. Dr. Katja Corcoran, Priv.-Doz. Dr. Eva Hofmann, Dr. Kathrin Röderer