Publicly Funded Research Projects
The research teams at IAEW work on a multitude of publicly funded research projects, which, amongst others, are funded by the European Union, the federal government, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) and Arbeitsgemeinschaft industrieller Forschungsvereinigungen (AiF). The topics of these projects range from classic high-voltage technology research to the modelling and simulation as well as the optimisation and assessment of the technical and economic development and behaviour of the electrical power system, in particular the electric power generation, transmission and distribution, but also profit maximisation, quality of supply and environmental compatibility. Moreover, the areas of electromobility, digitalisation and IT security form an important part of the research projects at IAEW.
The following list gives an overview of our current publicly funded research projects as well as former projects, which have concluded successfully. We wish to express our gratitude to the public entities and program managements for the continuous support of our research.
| Project | Topic | Funding | Start | End |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| QUIRINUS-Control | Voltage Quality Reliability in the Structural Change of the Rhenish Region | BMWK | 06.2022 | 05.2026 |
| PROGRESS | Evaluation of Curative Actions in Extra-High Voltage and High Voltage Networks | BMWK | 06.2022 | 11.2025 |
| VeN²uS | Interconnected grid protection systems - Adaptive and interconnected | BMWi | 09.2021 | 08.2024 |
| Fuel Science Center EXC 2186 | Adaptive Conversion Systems for Renewable Energy and Carbon Sources | DFG | 01.2019 | 12.2025 |
| Q-SWOP | Integrated planning and metrologically monitored implementation of distributed supply concepts in different districts | BMWi | 10.2018 | 09.2023 |
| INTERFACE | TSO-DSO-Consumer INTERFACE architecture to provide innovative grid services for an efficient power system | EU | 01.2019 | 12.2022 |
| PlaMES | Integrated Planning of Multi-Energy Systems | EU | 11.2019 | 10.2022 |
| Phoenix | Electrical Power System’s Shield against complex incidants and extensice cyber and privacy attacks | EU | 09.2019 | 08.2022 |
| HydroFlex | Increasing the value of Hydropower through increased Flexibility | EU | 05.2018 | 04.2022 |
| U-Quality | Implications of future low-voltage grid use cases for power quality | BMWi | 04.2019 | 09.2022 |
| MODEX-Net | Comparison of power grid models in a European context, sub-project: The MarS and ZKNOT models | BMWi | 01.2019 | 12.2021 |
| FlexHub | Distributed flexibility data register for future electricity markets of the energy transition | BMWi | 01.2019 | 12.2021 |
| MAGICAL | Market and grid integration of centralised and local markets | BMBF | 10.2019 | 09.2021 |
| InnoSys 2030 | Innovation in Power System Operation until 2030 | BMWi | 10.2018 | 09.2021 |
| MEDIT | Methods for energy grid actors for prevention, detection and reaction against IT-failures and attacks | BMWi | 10.2018 | 09.2021 |
| MAKSIM | Development of a cost-effective measuring and diagnostic system for the optimization of the maintenance and renewal planning of the medium and low voltage equipment park | BMWi | 09.2018 | 08.2021 |
| STeP | Development of a method for integrated distribution gird and PLC technology planning taking into account scenario and use case-dependent requirements | BMWi | 09.2018 | 08.2021 |
| BlockcENtive | Disruptive changes in power economics caused by the blockchain technology | BMWi | 07.2019 | 06.2021 |
| Concept ELV² – Technology | Developing electric mobility concepts for heavy-duty distribution traffic and investigation of the effects of charging processes of electric trucks on the utilisation of distribution grids | BMWi | 10.2017 | 01.2021 |
| SINTEG - DESIGNETZ | SINTEG – Schaufenster intelligente Energie | BMWi | 01.2017 | 12.2020 |
| SINTEG - enera | Digitalisation of the power supply; sub-project: Interlinking of grid planning and operation | BMWi | 01.2017 | 12.2020 |
| Plan4Res | Synergistic Approach of Multi-Energy Models for an European Optimal Energy System Management Tool | EU | 11.2017 | 10.2020 |
| eMIND | Investigation of the loading of distribution grids caused by commercial and semi-public charging infrastructure in the city of Düren as well as development of load management concepts | BMWi | 11.2019 | 12.2023 |
| Cities in Charge | Analysis of the effects of charging infrastructure and the benefits of intelligent charging control on the utilisation of distribution grids and development of a grid generator to generate representative and georeferenced synthetic grid data | BMWi | 08.2018 | 12.2023 |
| METIS | Modelling of the European supply system | EU | since 2014 |