Smart Energy innovation area

The Smart Energy innovation area pursues the research and development of data- and model-driven solutions in the context of sustainable, integrated energy systems. This includes technical issues relating to the operation and planning of energy systems as well as economic issues relating to the development of products and services. The solutions should enable various stakeholders to operate in an increasingly complex energy system. The target group-orientated preparation of information for the design of applications is therefore another important topic in the field of innovation.

 

Sub­ject areas

This is an excerpt of current topics that are continuously expanded and updated.

  • Data analysis in the context of renewable energy systems
  • Data-driven design and operation of energy systems
  • Model and optimisation-based decision support for infrastructure and operational planning
  • Design of digital services and business models

Fields of ap­plic­a­tion

Energy industry

 

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Industry

 

Mobility

 

Goals and vis­ions

Our aim is to act as an innovation driver and enabler to develop digital solutions that enable sustainable, integrated energy systems and infrastructures.

Re­search ques­tions and tasks

  • How can energy systems and infrastructures be designed and operated more sustainably through the targeted use of digitalisation, optimisation and data analysis?
  • What future business models will result from the joint development of data analysis, software and energy technology?
  • How can complex energy technology topics be processed to enable target group-orientated communication and interactive applications?

Meth­ods

  • Energy system analysis

  • Modelling and simulation

  • optimisation

  • Artificial intelligence

Selected projects

DynOpt-San

Duration: 2024 - 2026 Funded by: BMWK

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DC2HEAT - Data Centre HEat Recovery with AI-Technologies

Duration: 2023 - 2026 Funded by: BMUV

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ESN4NW: Energieoptimierte Supercomputer-Netzwerke durch die Nutzung von Windenergie

Duration: 2022 - 2025 Funded by: BMBF

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HeatTransPlan

Duration: 2024 - 2026 Funded by: BMWK

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Re2Pli

Duration: 2022 - 2025 Funded by: MWIKE NRW

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Climate bOWL: Climate neutral Business in Ostwestfalen-Lippe

Duration: 2022 - 2025 Funded by: MWIKE NRW

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AProSys -KI-gestützte Assistenz- und Prognosesysteme für den nachhaltigen Einsatz in der intelligenten Verteilnetztechnik

Duration: 2023 - 2025 Funded by: BMWK

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NeMo.bil – System kooperierender Fahrzeuge für einen individualisierten Öffentlichen Verkehr

Duration: 2023 - 2026 Funded by: BMWK

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Man­ager

Henning Meschede

Office: P6.2.073
Phone: +49 5251 60-2185
E-mail: henning.meschede@uni-paderborn.de

Uni­ver­sity lec­tur­ers in­volved

> Software Innovation Campus Paderborn (SICP)

Speaker - Professor - Spokesman SICP Steering Committee, Academic Director SI-Lab

Office: ZM2.A.03.77
Phone: +49 5251 60-5600
E-mail: beverungen@sicp.de
E-mail: daniel.beverungen@uni-paderborn.de

> Paderborn University

Vice President - Professor - Knowledge- and Technologytransfer

Office: Q3.122
Phone: +49 5251 60-2090
E-mail: rene.fahr@uni-paderborn.de

> Kompetenzzentrum für Nachhaltige Energietechnik (KET)

Member - Professor

Office: Q2.457
Phone: +49 5251 60-5100
E-mail: oliver.mueller@uni-paderborn.de

> Software Innovation Campus Paderborn (SICP)

Manager - Professor - Managing Director, Senior Researcher

Office: ZM2.A.03.74
Phone: +49 5251 60-6820
E-mail: sauer@uni-paderborn.de
E-mail: sauer@sicp.de

Office: FU.231
Phone: +49 5251 60-6309
Phone: +49 1606675582
E-mail: heike.trautmann@uni-paderborn.de

> Computer Networks

Head - Professor

Office: O3.149
Phone: +49 5251 60-5375
E-mail: lin.wang@uni-paderborn.de

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