{"id":1344,"date":"2020-05-02T08:18:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-02T08:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digiterrebestg.wpengine.com\/?p=1344"},"modified":"2024-05-30T09:33:32","modified_gmt":"2024-05-30T09:33:32","slug":"hanging-off-a-100-foot-windmill-or-what-you-missed-by-not-attending-europes-biggest-energy-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.digiterre.com\/us\/2020\/05\/02\/hanging-off-a-100-foot-windmill-or-what-you-missed-by-not-attending-europes-biggest-energy-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Hanging off a 100-foot windmill, or what you missed by not attending Europe\u2019s biggest energy conference"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Hanging off a 100-foot windmill, or what you missed by not attending Europe\u2019s biggest energy conference<\/h1>\n\n

I\u2019m back in London reflecting on E-world, the European energy industry conference, which was held in Essen, Germany last week and every year around this time.<\/p>\n \n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n

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The conference zeitgeist was all things renewable energy \u2013 including creation, distribution, consumption, management and optimization via pretty much every type of IoT device you could imagine, for both domestic and industrial use.\u00a0These devices are connected to smart networks and managed by \u201cdigital\u201d control systems, i.e. web applications and phone apps.\u00a0Supporting these are applications that help service engineers manage physical assets, such as wind farms or solar.\u00a0The applications provide aggregated support and technical data for a wide range of manufacturers\u2019 kit which means the engineers can schedule and service assets using one handheld device with all the necessary documentation and reporting frameworks \u2013 while hanging off a 100-foot high windmill!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Uniper has built a platform called Enerlytics that commercializes some of these technologies \u2013 specifically some of the IoT, modelling and analytics capability they use to manage their own power generation assets \u2013 to help other global operators with their predictive maintenance and plant optimization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is in addition to the Market Data Analytics Platform (MDAP)<\/a> which we implemented for Uniper last year, which supports the growth of their internal \u201cData Economy\u201d by facilitating easier and more rapid ingestion of multiple data sources ( 270K time-series, 200+ data sources) and promotes greater sharing of quant models and hence collaboration across the 200 + quant users within their business. This, in turn, helps Uniper to better support its clients, particularly in the renewables market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Uniper have also identified a market for portable battery charging capability, on a big scale, and built what looks like phone boxes on steroids, rammed full of Lithium-ion batteries \u2013 think Agrekko portable generators, without the noisy engines. The box gets charged at a local sub-station, using mid-level voltages, and is then physically transported to the required location to re-charge cars, power lights, or homes, as required. It takes a good few hours to fully recharge the box and when complete it can recharge 5+ cars or more likely 10+ cars at 30% that need a 20-minute fast charge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When these units are connected to the grid and have fully charged, they act as providers of second-by-second instant demand response power units which help to smooth out voltage peaks and troughs.\u00a0The device is \u201csmart\u201d and talks to a centralized management hub which will enable Uniper to understand consumption, location and charging patterns and use cases, which include:\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n