Energy Systems Engineering (ICE-1)

🎉 Excited to share that our conference paper has just been published! 📄 “Towards ICT-Enabled Multi-agent Based Operations in Local Energy Communities: A Proof of Concept” 🔗 Read it here: https://lnkd.in/gdMtw98s (“Energy Informatics”, LNCS Vol. 16095) 🔑 What we did Developed and validated a decentralised, agent-based scheduling framework (building on the MASSIVE platform https://lnkd.in/gc5dgYN2) to coordinate flexibility in local energy communities. Integrated the market mechanism with real hardware: battery energy storage system and a hydrogen electrolysis test bench, via lightweight MQTT configuration and cloud-based control. Demonstrated the feasibility of multi-agent, market-driven coordination across physical and virtual assets in a real-world smart energy context. 🌎 Why it matters In the move towards more decentralised and renewable-rich energy systems, local energy communities (LECs) require efficient and scalable coordination of distributed generation, storage and demand-side flexibility. Our approach offers a viable path for realising this in practice — not just in simulation but with live hardware and market interaction. 🤝 Thanks to The collaborative team from Forschungszentrum Jülich, KIT and all participants and funders who enabled this work. 🔍 I’d love to hear your thoughts: What challenges or opportunities do you see for agent-based coordination in local energy systems? Drop a comment below or feel free to reach out! #EnergyInformatics #NordicEnergyInformaticsAcademy2025 #Springer #LocalEnergyCommunities #MultiAgentSystems #Flexibility #SmartGrids #Renewables

📢 Registration is still open for our final event! Join us with policymakers, industry and research leaders and experts in energy storage and interoperability to explore the results of our project. 📆 25 November 2025 📍 Brussels and online What's on the agenda: ⚡Demonstration of interoperable, open and standards-based energy storage pilots 💼 Business models supporting long-term adoption 💡 Innovative tools enabling seamless integration of distribution storage 🔎 Don't miss this opportunity to learn more about the future of distributed energy storage in Europe! 🔗 Secure your spot now! https://lnkd.in/eNbzsPnX

Helmholtz launches the first UNLOCK benchmarking projects The Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft / Helmholtz Association has selected twelve pioneering projects under its UNLOCK call for AI benchmarking datasets, marking a major step toward trustworthy and reproducible AI across Helmholtz. These projects will create high-quality, multimodal, and cross-domain benchmarks that set new standards for evaluating AI performance in scientific contexts. They bring together domain scientists, AI researchers, and data experts from across the Helmholtz Association to build a community of practice for benchmarking. “With this initiative, we are strengthening our competence in AI, providing the tools needed to understand complex new models, and unlocking their potential for scientific discovery. Most importantly, we are advancing the Helmholtz mission to tackle the grand challenges of our time through excellent science.” - Prof. Otmar D. Wiestler, President of the Helmholtz Association Each project receives up to €150,000 from the Helmholtz Initiative and Networking Fund, matched by institutional contributions, and collaborates closely with Helmholtz AI, Helmholtz Imaging, #HIFIS, and Helmholtz Metadata Collaboration (HMC) to ensure reproducibility, open access, and metadata excellence. Explore all UNLOCK projects that are shaping the future of benchmarking in AI 👉 https://lnkd.in/eAHzSX9W #AI #Benchmarking #DataScience #Helmholtz #TrustworthyAI #OpenScience

🚀 Have you already secured your spot for our final event? 💡 Researchers, industry leaders and policymakers will come together to explore the future of energy storage interoperability. 🔋 Our speaker Daniele Carta, department leader at Forschungszentrum Jülich, will provide an overview of the real-life demos conducted within our project. 💡 We will learn more about the key outcomes of the project in terms of hybrid energy storage, platform flexibility and economic value. 🔗 Registrations are still open! https://lnkd.in/eNbzsPnX #interopeability #energystorage

📑 𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗣𝗨𝗕𝗟𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 📑 How can 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗰𝗵𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 improve the 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗯𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗴𝗿𝗶𝗱𝘀? Can a 𝗚𝗮𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 be integrated into control models while maintaining convexity? Our latest publication tackles these questions head-on: “𝗚𝗮𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗰𝗵𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗠𝗣𝗖 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗯𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗚𝗿𝗶𝗱𝘀.” 🔎 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁’𝘀 𝗶𝘁 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁? We introduce a novel 𝗚𝗮𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 (𝗚𝗣𝗥)-based model of nonlinear power flow equations and integrate it into the 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗰𝗵𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝘁𝘂𝗯𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗹 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗹 (𝗦𝗠𝗣𝗖) framework. This strikes the right balance between:  • leveraging 𝗺𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗹𝘀 for control applications  • maintaining the 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘆 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗱 to solve power flow equations. ⚠️ 𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗶𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 Our method embeds 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘁𝘆 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 directly into the SMPC algorithm. This improves system modelling and enables more precise tracking of 𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗴𝗿𝗶𝗱. 💡 𝗞𝗲𝘆 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗯𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀  • Hybrid solution to high-dimensional power flow equations using GPR-predicted nonlinear terms.  • Seamless integration of GPR approximation into the stochastic tube SMPC algorithm.  • Demonstrated improvements in 𝗹𝗼𝘀𝘀 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗺𝗶𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 and 𝗴𝗿𝗶𝗱 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴. 👥 𝗔𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘀 Moritz W., Edoardo De Din, Marcel Zimmer, Andrea Benigni 🔓 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 Read the full article here: https://lnkd.in/dZ_dZih7

 📢 𝐁𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐍𝐄𝐖𝐒 📢 ✅ With InterSTORE reaching its conclusion in December 2025, our project partners are excited to welcome you to the 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭. 💡  This one-day hybrid event will bring together European Commission representatives, standardisation bodies, The Linux Foundation Energy, utilities/aggregators, and project partners to explore the outcomes of InterSTORE: 🔹 Demonstrating interoperable, open, and standards-based control of distributed energy storage 🔹 Presenting demo results & business models for long-term adoption 🔹 Showcasing tools for seamless connection of distributed storage systems 🔹 Exploring legacy integration via protocol converters 🔹 Validating interoperability testing approaches 🔹 Introducing secure data sharing through Data Space connectors 🔹 Highlighting the HyDEMS platform for aggregating hybrid energy assets into flexible, market-ready solutions 🎤 Expect insightful presentations, live demonstrations, and engaging discussions on the future of distributed storage. 👉 Registrations are now open. Learn more about the event here ⤵️ https://lnkd.in/eTNPxriA

🚀 Excited to present 𝐌𝐀𝐒𝐒𝐈𝐕𝐄 — 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧-𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢-𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 for coordinating 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲 𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐬 with 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐦𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬, perfect for applications in 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬! 🔁 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭-𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 keeps demand in sync with renewable supply ⚡🌞💨🌱 🔬 Applicable to both 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐬 and 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥-𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲 𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐬 (already used to coordinate first assets of 𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐋𝐚𝐛 𝐄𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲 𝐂𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐮𝐬 (LLEC) at Forschungszentrum Jülich and 𝐄𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲 𝐋𝐚𝐛 at KIT, more details will follow soon!) 🔌🧪 ⚡ 𝐍𝐞𝐚𝐫-𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 and <1 min. computation for ~𝟏,𝟓𝟎𝟎 𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 (𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬) 🏙️🏭 📖  𝐅𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐥𝐞: https://lnkd.in/epuN2YNX 💻 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 & 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞-𝐜𝐨𝐝𝐞: https://lnkd.in/e7Vrc5PJ #OpenSource #MultiAgentSystems #EnergyInformatics #SmartGrids #Renewables #EnergyCommunities #Sustainability

🔷 Partner Spotlight | MAS4TE Project 🔷 We’re proud to introduce our next MAS4TE project partner: Forschungszentrum Julich (FZJ) ( 🇩🇪 )! 💡 The role of FZJ will be focusing on advanced battery system modelling and optimization for real-time performance optimization. FZJ will host the FIWARE based ICT platform for the interaction with FZJ’s assets on FZJ cloud instances. FZJ will transfer the ICT platform to Kubernetes for improved reliability and oversee the deployment and operation of the controller agent. ⚡Stay tuned for more partner spotlights from MAS4TE — and don’t forget to follow our journey toward smarter, greener energy systems! #MAS4TE #InterregMeuseRhine #EnergyTransition #SmartEnergy #Blockchain