Designetz: a modular concept for the energy transition – from isolated solutions to an efficient energy system of the future

Abstract

While the rapid upturn in renewable energy sources (RES) opens up significant ecological, economic and social opportunities, the trend is presenting the energy sector as a whole with some major challenges. These stem from an energy generation structure that is becoming more and more decentralised and from the associated complexity involved in planning and operating the energy networks. Securing the energy supply in line with the objectives of the energy transition (decentralisation, decarbonisation and the interconnection of consumption and generation using information technologies) requires solutions that combine supply-dependent generation with flexibility in relation to load and storage, and that implement the integration of the RES. To do this, individual solutions and new concepts will need to be systematically observed and linked to demonstrate the development of a pioneering complete system. The Federal Ministry for Economics and Energy (BMWi) funded project Designetz will lay out the roadmap from single solutions to an efficient energy system of the future – under the motto: the energy transition starts and ends with the citizens.