Research project SYSTOGEN100


Complete orchestration of system components for an efficient green hydrogen infrastructure (SYstemic approach for STOrage and GENeration)

Credit:

BMBF

In the course of the implementation of the national hydrogen strategy, the Federal Ministry of Education and Research has launched three leading hydrogen projects. In the project SYSTOGEN100, the DLR Institute of Networked Energy Systems is working on an application-oriented, holistic composition of necessary components for an efficient infrastructure to produce “green” hydrogen. The results will serve the lead project H2Giga which combines more than 130 institutes in business and science in a total of almost 30 independently operating groups.

Research project SYSTOGEN100

 

Duration

May 2021 to March 2025

Funded by

Federal Ministry of Education and Research

Project participants

  • Institute of Networked Energy Systems
  • Entwicklungsagentur Region Heide AöR
  • Fachhochschule Westküste
  • Fichtner IT Consulting GmbH
  • meteolytix GmbH
  • Tachycon GmbH

The objective of the project is the orchestration of energy systems with electrolyzers. The orchestration represents the designing, financing and operation of the energy systems. Within the project, different customer demands on hydrogen as well as hydrogen-based energy products and services will be addressed. For this, an application-specific design of the components and a control platform for operation will be developed in order to create a long-term investment security for the financing of such energy systems.

In terms of the design and operation optimisation, a model is developed which allows an independent use from the control platform. Additionally, an existing financial tool will be expanded with products for large-scale elecrolyzer systems. For these models, a large number of input data is necessary, which are aggregated, analyzed and evaluated beforehand. Furthermore, forecasting methods play a significant role for both a long-term design decision and a short-term operation decision. The control platform will be demonstrated within a validation and evaluation process during the project. Since hydrogen-based energy systems are not sufficiently being considered by present regulations yet, recommendations for action will be developed for the transformation within the legal framework.

With its department of Energy Systems Technology, the Institute of Networked Energy Systems develops algorithms and methods for the design and operation optimisation. In this context, load forecasting methods are developed and uncertainty studies are executed which are necessary for the predictability of the orchestrated operation as well as for the design of the energy system components. With its department Energy System Analysis, the institute explores the transferability of the results and puts those in the national context. Both departments can build on the developed methods and models from existing projects such as ENaQ or KEROSyN100.

Departments, research groups and challenges related to the SYSTOGEN100 project:

Department

Energy Systems Technology

The Energy Systems Technology department focuses on the interaction between system-relevant technologies within decentralised networked structures, particularly at the low-voltage and medium-voltage level.

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.

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.

Research Group

Smart Energy Management

The Smart Energy Management research group develops methods and strategies to optimise the operation and design of future energy systems hand in hand.

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

Balancing energy supply and demand

The simultaneity of electricity generation and consumption is the basis for a stable energy system. While fossil and nuclear power plants have so far been deployed according to demand, the dominant renewable energies in the electricity system are heavily dependent on weather - and therefore not available at any given time.

Contact

Dr Sunke Schlüters

acting Group Leader
German Aerospace Center (DLR)
Institute of Networked Energy Systems
Energy Systems Technology
Carl-von-Ossietzky-Straße 15, 26129 Oldenburg