Research project ReMoDigital

Monitoring of Resilience for the Digitalisation of the Energy Transition

Credit:

BMWK

In the course of the energy transition, large parts of our energy system will be digitalised, fundamentally changing many of its characteristics. Although digitalised systems can be made more resilient, greater vulnerabilities can also arise. Against this backdrop, the ReMoDigital project (funded by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action) aims to develop a concept for the resilient design of the digital energy transition from a systems analysis perspective. The project focuses on the development of this system-analytical toolkit and the concept of its social embedding.

Research project ReMoDigital

 

Duration

September 2020 to June 2024

Funded ya

Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action

Projektbeteiligte

  • IQIB - Institut für Innovationsforschung und -beratung GmbH
  • Institute of Networked Energy Systems
  • Institute of Transport Research
  • ZIRIUS – Center for Interdisciplinary Risk and Innovation Studies, University of Stuttgart
  • OFFIS e.V.

One focus of the research work is on the further development and application of models of the energy and transport system for the system-analytical evaluation of the resilience of energy systems. The aim is to generate insights into the extent to which various stress cases (e.g. technical disruptions, extreme weather conditions) affect the systems under consideration, particularly with regard to the digitalisation of the energy transition, and how these systems can recover from the disruptions.

The researchers at the Institute of Networked Energy Systems want to use these findings to provide important orientation knowledge for the further development of the energy transition and, in particular, flexible sector coupling. The aim is to contribute to the realisation of a sustainable, secure and cost-effective transformation of the energy and transport system. A key contribution is the modelling and application of innovative methods for assessing the resilience of stationary energy systems. Specifically, the spatially resolved REMix model, which is primarily designed for the analysis of national and continental energy systems, is to be adapted in such a way that the effects of unforeseen events on the energy system can be systematically analysed. Based on this, various stress cases will be analysed.

Departments, research groups and challenges related to the ReMoDigital project:

Department

Energy Systems Analysis

The Energy Systems Analysis department generates system-analytical knowledge, which we provide across sectors up to the global level and based in part on methods and modelling tools developed in-house.

Research Group

Energy System Modelling

The Energy System Modelling research group is developing methods and solutions for the planning and operation of future energy infrastructures. The primary focus lies in examining how various technologies can contribute to creating energy systems that are sustainable, reliable, and cost-effective.

Challenge

Strategies for sustainable energy systems

Energy transition is a dynamic process that must be continuously adapted to new influences such as technical innovations or socially negotiated framework conditions.

Contact

Energy System Modelling

Research Group
Institute of Networked Energy Systems