ComTec at regional conference and Hessian ministerial dialog of the C/Sells project

ComTec was represented by Alexander Terecik at the Hessian regional conference of the C/Sells project and the subsequent ministerial dialog in Wiesbaden. The conference took place on August 17, 2018 in Wiesbaden at the Hessian Ministry of Economics, Energy, Transport and Agriculture among the Hessian project participants. Participants included representatives from the University of Kassel, EnergieNetz Mitte, Städtische Werke and Fraunhofer IEE. The current project status was discussed at the conference and various aspects of the C/Sells project were presented. Alexander Dreher (Fraunhofer IEE) and Peter Ritter (Ramboll CUBE GmbH) presented the Stausebach demonstration cell, a biomass power plant that is being tested for its flexibility potential as part of the project, Janosch Henze (University of Kassel) discussed the possibility of predicting grid states using machine learning models and Florian Rode (Limón GmbH) described the potential for demand side management in the industry.

The three Hessian participation cells in the C/Sells project were presented at the subsequent project-related ministerial dialog. After the Hessian Minister for Economics, Energy, Transport and Agriculture, Tarek Al-Wazir, had explained the Hessian roadmap for the energy transition, the actual ministerial dialog on the C/Sells project took place. The participants were Minister Tarek Al-Wazir, Professor Dr. Heike Wetzel (University of Kassel), Dr. Thorsten Ebert (Städtische Werke AG), Thomas Weber (EAM GmbH & Co. KG) and Jens Butz (devolo AG). During the dialog, the findings and initiatives from the C/Sells project were discussed.

The C/Sells project is an initiative from Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria and Hesse as part of the "Smart Energy Showcase - Digital Agenda for the Energy Transition" of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy.

In the project, ComTec is developing a prototype regional flexibility market for the Kassel area to provide grid-supporting flexibility at the distribution grid level in collaboration with the Departments of Economics with a focus on decentralized energy management (Prof. Heike Wetzel) and Intelligent Embedded Systems (Prof. Dr. Bernhard Sick) at the University of Kassel, EnergieNetz Mitte and EAM. The aim of the project is to create technical system solutions as a basic requirement for the RegioFlex market in order to make a regional energy market available to the constantly growing number of energy producers in the future.