Factsheets on Flexibility provision
56Development of concepts regarding optimizing the operating conditions of the heat pump and monitoring of the heat pump for giving notifications when the heat pump is ill and points out the component causing the illness
Decarbonizing energy consumption in buildings by developing integrated renewable energy-based solutions for achieving the EU energy and climate goals
System-wide optimization of a house as energy consumer and producer by using control strategies for optimizing the self-consumption of PV electricity
Support development of large-scale heat pump systems for faster response time and hence e.g. exploit their potential with regards to sector coupling
Provides opportunity for test of heat pumps systems in future flexible energy systems with sector coupling
Reducing the effort for creating digital twins in order to improve services for large-scale heat pumps and refrigeration systems
Reducing the energy need and cost for cooling data centers and actively minimize the carbon footprint of the sector
Trusted Data Sharing platform with 24/7 access to energy related data and digital tools
Improved information-and data communication infrastructure within the area of individual heat pumps to support flexible operation in smart grid systems
Cost and emission reduction by optimized heat pump operation and grid services in balancing and ancillary service markets
Optimal utilization of several asset types including heat pumps for district heating supply
This platform enables optimal operations of renewable energy production facilities (like and wind and PV) as well as district heating networks. The optimization tool also includes heat pump operation.
The PreHEAT cloud offers data-based services for connected heat pumps, such as advanced control, variable tariffs and can be expanded to specialized services to the electricity markets
Unlocking synergies between small-scale excess heat sources and district heating networks
Aims to reduce heat production costs for the system and to ensure that heat pumps can help stabilize the current and future electricity system.
Research project that analyses large amounts of consumer data and consumer behavior to develop digital solutions that can adjust the power consumption to fit the power production
A framework for digitalization and implementation of smart energy solutions, including the use of heat pumps and connections to the energy related part of e.g. water and food processing systems. It consists of both direct and indirect (mostly price-based) control of the electricity load, heat load, etc. in integrated energy systems.
The platform myUpway provides online monitoring and control services, including surveillance of heat pumps energy consumption and fault alarms as well as remote control possibilities for METRO THERM products
Virtual Energy Storage Network based on Residential Heating Systems by Tiko Energy Solutions AG (CH)
Ancillary service based on pooling of a large number of residential heating devices (e.g. heat pumps) based on dedicated hardware, secure communication and efficient control algorithms
Research project on flexibility provision by heat pumps for automatic and manual frequency restoration reserve (aFRR, mFRR) by heat pump pooling
Research project on online, predictive, and holistic, reconfigurable control for industrial energy supply systems with energy storage, flexible consumers for electricity networks (demand side management with dynamic tariffs), increased efficiency by optimum control of the system and waste heat recovery with high temperature heat pumps
A research project on possibilities and constraints for a concept where residential heat pumps are aggregated and controlled via the manufacturers cloud service to support the power system with demand response.