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Data Spaces in the Swiss energy system: English version available

🌞 New Publication Alert! 🌞 A small announcement of Constanze Liepold's and my latest article in pv magazine Deutschland: We explore the German government's innovative approach to managing grid stability. Key points: ⚖️ Introducing §14a in Energiewirtschaftsgesetz (EnWG), effective January 2024. 🔌 Allows throttling of high-consumption devices in #households to prevent grid overloads. 🚗🔋Focuses on #ElectricVehicles, #HeatPumps, and #BatteryStorage. 🏘️ Addresses challenges in grid management and #consumer response. Our research on so called direct load control is funded by the Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung in the context of Kopernikus ENSURE at E.ON Energy Research Center/Fakultät für Wirtschaftswissenschaften der RWTH Aachen University/RWTH Aachen University. Our contribution was made possible by Sonja Baumgartner from LEW Verteilnetz GmbH. https://lnkd.in/efh93a5k #PVmagazine #EnergyPolicy #RenewableEnergy #GridStability

Smart and resilient grids are crucial not only for forecasting and preventing potential outages but also for enhancing the efficiency of power distribution. This ultimately reduces the cost per kWh while increasing reliability, especially during severe weather events. Florida Power & Light and Florida Atlantic University just unveiled the FPL Center for Intelligent Energy Technologies (InETech), a first-of-its-kind artificial intelligence-enabled center. This is a game-changer partnership when it comes to cutting-edge research on smart grid technology and AI-powered solutions. #smartgrid #gridresilience #fau #fpl https://lnkd.in/esBpD2ur

Today we had the opportunity as a German-Dutch department to take a look at the #energytransition 🔋⚡on site before the end of the year.   We visited the substation in Mechlenreuth close to our campus in Bayreuth. Many thanks to our colleagues for the detailed tour and the dialogue. It is impressive what the grid operators have already achieved and what they still have to achieve in the coming years.   In addition to grid expansion as a success factor, the success of the energy transition also requires:   🔸 Tapping into new sources of flexibility to control the grid, e.g. e-cars, home storage, heat pumps, industry-side load shifting   🔸 Sector coupling, in particular through digitalization. Data rooms and data exchange are essential. #GAIA-X will play an important role here in the coming years.   As a team and TenneT TSO GmbH, we will continue to work intensively with our partners in the coming year 🔌   🌍⚡ #EVs #GridEfficiency #Sustainability #EnergyFuture #lighteningthewayaheadtogether #green4gridmobility                                                          

𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐄𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜 𝐕𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐥𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐭 𝐆𝐫𝐢𝐝 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐋𝐚𝐛 🏆 📜 We are delighted to share that the paper titled '𝑨𝒑𝒑𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝑬𝒍𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒄 𝑽𝒆𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒍𝒆 𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑺𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝑷𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓 𝑭𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒐𝒓 𝑪𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝑰𝒏𝒅𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝑳𝒐𝒂𝒅', authored by Angshu Plavan Nath and Prof. Zakir H. Rather, and presented at the 7th E-Mobility Power System Integration Symposium organized by Energynautics GmbH in Copenhagen, Denmark on 25 September 2023 has been chosen among the 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭 3 𝐩𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬 in the E-Mobility Symposium 2023 and among the 18 𝐩𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬 of the entire RE Grid Integration Week 2023. 🚗⚡ This paper presented a unique application of EV charging stations installed at industrial sites as reactive power support units. The potential of a captive EV charging station in providing voltage support to an industrial establishment was analyzed. The findings suggest a dedicated EVCS can enhance the power factor, within the constraints of the industry’s operational hours, the period and duration of EV charging, and the type and rating of the chargers installed. 🎉 We congratulate the authors on this remarkable work. 🔗 The article can be accessed here: https://lnkd.in/dFfNmyGd #achievement #research #electricvehicles #electricmobility #v2g #iitbombay #sustainability #conference

✨ Discover our two new OLCI technology sensors at PCIM next week! Join us in Hall 9, booth 202, and explore the benefits of our Open Loop Coreless Integral technology for renewable energy and traction applications. Our new OLCI sensors are compact, light, and capable of measuring DC currents from 2 kA up to 42 kA with no surge current limitations and a fast response time of 1 MHz bandwidth. But that's not all - these sensors have been designed with sustainability in mind, helping our customers accelerate the transition to a more 🌳sustainable future. They offer material and energy savings, with an 80% total weight reduction, 85% lower energy consumption, and are made from 100% recyclable material at end of life♻ Two versions of the new OLCI high current sensors are available – the FRS model supporting primary busbar apertures of 104mm x 22mm and the FL for apertures up to 300mm x 100mm. The FL, being a split transducer, can be opened and attached directly anywhere on the busbar without the need to open the busbar, making it easy to install and maintain. To learn more about our new OLCI sensors, click here: https://bit.ly/3KnV5pn See you at PCIM! #OLCISensors #powerelectronics #electricalengineering #SustainableFuture LEM | Life Energy Motion

Famous for its incredible music-box museum, L'Auberson is a village near Sainte-Croix, over Yverdon-les-Bains, in the Swiss Jura Mountains. In this village, Romande Energie, one of Switzerland's largest energy suppliers, provides energy to 300,000 customers. Running on 100% renewable sources, Romande Energie is committed to treating our environment responsibly, increasingly relying on green technologies for electricity distribution. In 2023, the energy supplier decided to modernize its medium voltage (MV) substation in L'Auberson with our SF6-free AirSeT ring main unit (RMU) — the first 24kV system of this type in the world — which uses pure air as the insulating gas of the future. The use of pure air instead of SF6 contributes to decarbonizing western Switzerland's medium voltage power grid. Historically, sulfur hexafluoride (SF6), a synthetic insulating gas that enables compact and safe power systems, is used. Still, its impact on the planet is massive. Putting it into perspective, 1 kg of SF6 is equivalent to 25t of CO2. More #sustainable power grids require a climate-friendly and future-oriented alternative, and we are proud to have contributed towards a more sustainable future in Switzerland. This is why innovation and sustainability are so much part of our DNA within Schneider Electric. 🌍 Read more here: https://lnkd.in/e79V4t8X #segreatpeople Christophe de Maistre, Tanja Vainio, Anastasia Vlasevnina, Caroline Pim, Chris Dartnell, Frederic Godemel Josef Eberl 🙌

Today's the day!!! (NOTE: IEEE Energy Conversion Congress & Expo (ECCE) '23 schedule incorrectly lists as Thursday AM, but is actually today, Wed, Nov 1, from 2:00-5:50 pm CST in Room 207BC.) Please join some of the industry's top stakeholders in #Sustainable #DataCenters to survey and discuss key aspects and drivers of a “Finger on the Pulse: Sustainable & Robust Data Centers” in Special Session 24. As we look at how to grow compute exponentially, we must be sure the energy utilization and resource footprints are on a path of staying close to flat or even reducing. This session will investigate perspectives in #EnergyStorage #PowerSupplies #Semiconductors #WideBandgap #CommunicationNetworks #RenewableEnergy #DistrubtedEnergyResources #CarbonFootprint from multidisciplinary perspectives. #EnergyEfficiency #ClimateChange #IntelligentPowerManagement Michael 🎯 Sagar, EnerSys Harry Soin, Advanced Energy  Victor Veliadis, PowerAmerica/North Carolina State University   Bhushan Joshi, Ericsson  Ryan Egly, Schneider Electric  POWERROX LLC  Frede Blaabjerg, Aalborg University