Digital tools for integrated infrastructures (RES, storage, E-Mobility, ICT)
Department of Energy Systems and Infrastructures
Fraunhofer Institute for Factory Operation and Automation IFF
The Department of Energy Systems and Infrastructures at Fraunhofer IFF develops and implements advanced digital technologies for the secure, efficient, and sustainable transformation of energy infrastructures. Our research bridges electrical engineering, automation, and information technology to provide systemic solutions for future energy systems.
We focus on the technical and operational integration of renewable energy sources, storage technologies, and sector coupling. By combining intelligent control systems with simulation environments and real-time monitoring, we enable grid-supportive operation and energy system resilience at all levels – from industrial plants to urban districts.
Our solutions include AI-based decision-making, model predictive control, digital twins, multi-agent systems, and virtual assistance tools, tailored to support utilities, DSOs, TSOs, municipalities, and industrial users in the planning and operation of distributed energy systems.
Core Research and Development Topics
- Grid-interactive and multi-modal energy system architectures
- Predictive operation and optimization of energy storage and PV systems
- Cross-sectoral energy system simulation (electricity, heat, mobility)
- Cyber-physical system integration and real-time diagnostics
- AI, edge computing, and distributed control in energy applications
- Virtualization and digital twins for infrastructure planning and operations
- Resilience and fault tolerance in critical energy infrastructure
- Selected Research Projects
Digital Tools for Integrated Infrastructures
Development of digital planning and operational platforms to simulate and optimize integrated infrastructures across multiple energy vectors.
https://www.iff.fraunhofer.de/en/business-units/energy-systems-infrastructures/digital-tools-for-integrated-infrastructures.html
- G1 Smart grid
- G2 Micro grid
- G3 Smart meters
- G6 Electronics & appliances
- G7 Smart sensors
- H1 Demand Side Management
- H2 Demand forecast
- I1 Batteries
- J1 Batteries
- K1 IoT
- K4 Blockchain
Contact
Company: Fraunhofer-Institut für Fabrikbetrieb und –automatisierung IFF
Type of Organisation: Research
Country: Germany
Web: https://www.iff.fraunhofer.de/en.html
Telephone: 03914090731
Brief description of my Organisation
Activities and Applied Research for Production of Tomorrow
We are focused on all the relevant, pressing and complex challenges of factory operation and automation. We help manufacturing companies transition to intelligent manufacturing. We are the technology partner for designing, developing, equipping and operating work, manufacturing and logistics systems and their supply infrastructures. Our departments cover the entire life cycle of products and industrial production systems. We design work systems in which humans and machines collaborate. We combine these work systems into efficient production and logistics systems and connect them with each other and their environment through intelligent infrastructures.
