TOWARDS A DECENTRALISED ENERGY SUPPLY SYSTEM OF THE FUTURE: INTRODUCTION TO THE GERMAN NETWORK ON ENERGY AND COMMUNICATION

摘要

It can be expected that the energy supply system of the future will have a large share of decentralised power supply. To integrate these decentralised and sometimes fluctuating production units into a reliable and efficient electricity supply structure is one of the important challenges faced by the power supply industry in the future. Experts from different areas like power engineering, renewable energy, communication technology and artificial intelligence are needed to tackle these questions. To bring these experts together, a research network on energy and communication (NEuK) has been established in Germany. The network intends to establish connections between the partners to exchange knowledge, develop new approaches to problems, find interfaces to other fields of research and to propose new R&D-projects. To operate a power supply system with a large number of decentralised power supply units requires an increased level of communication with these units and probably also with the demand side. It also requires intelligence to be built in the power supply system, which controls the supply units and ensures a reliable operation. Artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms are an obvious choice for many optimisation and control tasks needed in the operation of such systems. Artificial neural networks are already in use for wind power prediction systems as well as for load prediction.