It has the following members:
Dirk Böllert - ADAICA GmbH
Till Sybel - A. Eberle GmbH & Co. KG
Dr. Ilja Krybus - BearingPoint
Dr. Michael Weise - Becker Büttner Held
Axel Hahn - Betonbau GmbH
Bernhard Rindt - egrid applications & consulting GmbH
Joachim Müller (represented by Jürgen Gernandt) - Energie Waldeck Frankenberg GmbH
Peter Franz - Entega / e-netz Südhessen
Harald Zenke - North Channel Bank
Eike Weldner - Städtische Werke Kassel Netz + Service GmbH
Klaus Tripke - Stadtwerke Bad Nauheim
Rainer Preiß - Stadtwerke Bad Nauheim
Wolfgang Geis - Süwag / Syna GmbH
Jürgen Bruder - TÜV Hessen GmbH
Verena Schneider - TÜV Nord EnSys GmbH & Co. KG
Malte Berghaus - TÜV Nord EnSys GmbH & Co. KG
Prof. Ingo Jeromin from Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences (Hochschule Darmstadt), initiator and consortium leader of the project: “I am delighted that we were able to win these individuals for our work. With this expert line-up, we have succeeded in bringing together a wide range of specialist knowledge. This group will provide us with valuable input to define criteria for the use of smart grids in real-world grids and use them to develop solutions from them in laboratory operation.”
The purpose of Smart Grid LAB Hessen, set up with the support of the federal state of Hessen and the EU, will test active control processes in the smart grid and the required functionalities under real-world conditions. It works with real voltages and currents and simulates generation and load with power electronics and real operating resources. By using real-time data, the transmission capacity of an existing power grid can be significantly increased, and the investment volume required for grid expansion limited. In this context, not only the control algorithms but also data security and resilience have a high priority. The project runs until March 2023.
Prof. Peter Birkner from House of Energy, which co-initiated the project and provides support as moderator and in an advisory capacity: “It is important that we think in terms of scenarios and then model them in the laboratory. One of the key strengths of the project is that there are practically no limits in this respect. A power grid from South-East Asia can be represented in just the same way as a power grid in Hessen. The interpretation of the results is also particularly interesting. Dialogue with the advisory board is an enormous enrichment for the project here. I am very much looking forward to our further work together.”