Multi energy management and aggregation platform (MEMAP)
Platforms and cooperative networking of energy management systems (EMS) offer advantages for operation and planning of neighborhood solutions.
In the context of the ongoing energy transition in Germany, the building sector is attracting considerable attention in terms of exploiting efficiency potential and integrating renewable energies. Through the integration of storage technologies and renewable energies, including in the heating sector, buildings will in future take on an increasing share of demand-oriented, decentralized provision of electricity, heat and cold. Currently, buildings require energy with their systems engineering - usually in the form of heat and electricity. Many buildings have an oversized system technology, such as boilers, which are often operated uneconomically in part-load operation. In some cases, photovoltaic systems are located on the roof, which inefficiently feed energy into the public grid due to their low own power requirement.
The multi-energy management and aggregation platform (MEMAP) project addresses these challenges and develops an aggregation platform that connects multiple buildings or their local EMSs with different energy needs and requirements, thereby unlocking the potential of Increase energy efficiency. At the local EMS level, storage technologies and renewable energies will be integrated in addition to the existing plant controls. In addition, secure and reliable communication between the local EMS and the platform must be ensured. For this communication protocols such as OPC UA are eligible. The available potential can in turn be used by the platform, to establish the marketing of flexible loads as part of the energy management. The framework should serve as a planning tool in the future. MEMAP relies on the use and integration of the established Building Information Model (BIM) standard. The developed aggregation platform is implemented, tested and evaluated in a field test.
The main objective is the development and testing of an open aggregation platform in order to meet the mentioned challenges, from planning through the integration of new components to energy-efficient operation in the network. The platform will combine existing EMS operating in independent buildings and enable cross-property exchange of information.
Another objective pursued by this project is the creation of market access for storage systems in local (electrical and thermal) energy systems, as they have so far specialized in the optimization of photovoltaic systems (self-consumption optimization).
Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi), grant number: 3ET1413
01.07.2017 - 31.06.2021
Source: MEMAP - Fortiss