Digital Infrastructures & Platform Technologies

The energy industry needs innovative, digital core infrastructures. Without powerful information and communication technologies (ICT), neither smart grids nor data-driven business models can function. We research and design future technologies that support today’s and tomorrow’s energy systems.

Key Focus Areas

  • Establishment of interoperable data spaces for sovereign data exchange
  • Web 3.0 technologies and Self-Sovereign Identities (SSI) for trustworthy market mechanisms and identities
  • Use of high-performance computing, quantum, and edge computing
  • Integration of modern communication technologies (e.g., 5G/6G)
  • Development of secure cloud solutions for energy industry applications

Your Benefits

  • Future-proof digital infrastructure for grid and market operations
  • Faster and more secure data exchange between all actors
  • Foundations for innovative applications and business models

Project Examples

 

BEAVER

Provision of modular energy management solutions through edge automation of secondary substations in distribution grids

 

INSIEME

Development of interoperable data spaces and platform solutions for the secure, standardized exchange of energy industry data

 

FlexHub

Establishment of a flexibility data register with security-by-design in cyber-physical test environments

 

QuGrids

Quantum computing and quantum communication for energy grids

 

MANTIS

Measuring device-independent QKD and secure system synchronization for applications in control systems and critical infrastructure