idw – Informationsdienst Wissenschaft
Nachrichten, Termine, Experten
Nachrichten, Termine, Experten
idw - Informationsdienst
Wissenschaft
10/12/2011 - 10/12/2011 | Wien
In addition to the project partner presentations – please see the complete agenda below – I am happy to announce that invited papers will be presented by:
Prof. Dr. Hermanns of the University of Saarland: Energy Forecasting
Dr. Djokic of the University of Edinburgh: Energy Management
Prof. Dr. Boggasch from the Ostfalia Hochschule for Applied Sciences: Energy Storage
Renewable Energy Imperatives
Events in the year since the last SmartCoDe Expert Cooperation Workshop on Energy Efficiency have further emphasized the urgent need to replace traditional energy with renewable energy. However, the issue is not a purely fossil fuel problem. Certainly, carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel power plants remain one of the major problems. But the catastrophic Fukushima incident is a reminder that carbon dioxide is not the only concern – we must prepare for the replacement of nuclear energy. If decisions to eventually discontinue nuclear energy generation are not to lead to even greater consumption of fossil fuels, we must dramatically accelerate our development and deployment of renewable energy sources. Failure is not an option.
The shift to renewable energy sources presents us with two fundamental imperatives:
We must take measures to manage the volatility and unpredictability inherent to almost all major renewable energy sources.
We must match our future energy consumption to the available supply of (renewable) energy, and not vice versa as it is today.
In addition, we must enable intelligent (“smart”) energy nets that allow distributed energy generation and storage, and we must devise efficient energy storage methods, such as pump storage, power-to-gas, batteries, and so on.
SmartCoDe Tackles the Imperatives
The SmartCoDE project focuses on the two imperatives. So what is the status of the project? Much work has been done already – and is ongoing. For instance, the team has completed a board-level prototype of the SmartCoDe chip. The chip will enable communications and control between energy-using products (EuPs), for example, domestic appliances, and an energy management unit (EMU), enabling the latter to control the EuPs according to predefined requirements. Also, an initial version of the EMU software has already been developed.
Further, we have established the project’s demonstrator in a building in Austria (you can view the location via a webcam here). It has been equipped with a fully-functional EMU that runs the initial version of the new software, additional research equipment from our white-goods associated partner, a small-scale wind turbine to provide local energy generation, and a board-level prototype of the chip.
This workshop delves into the details – and audience participation is welcome!
For the agenda and more information, please visit our homepage https://www.fp7-smartcode.eu/events/ecw2011?pk_campaign=ECWS2%20e-mail&pk_kw....
Registration deadline is September 27, 2011.
Information on participating / attending:
Regular Participant: EUR 50
Registration Form https://www.fp7-smartcode.eu/system/files/event_page/SmartCoDe-WS-2011_registrat...
Hotel Room Reservation https://www.fp7-smartcode.eu/system/files/event_page/Roomreservation_Mercure-Vie...
Date:
10/12/2011 - 10/12/2011
Registration deadline:
09/27/2011
Event venue:
Vienna, Austria
Hotel Mercure Wien Westbahnhof
Felberstrasse 4
1150 VIENNA - AUSTRIA
Tel : (+43)1/981110
Fax : (+43)1/98111930
e-mail: h5358@accor.com
1150 Wien
Vienna
Austria
Target group:
Scientists and scholars
Email address:
Relevance:
international
Subject areas:
Electrical engineering, Energy
Types of events:
Conference / symposium / (annual) conference
Entry:
08/24/2011
Sender/author:
Dr. Dieter Treytnar
Department:
Öffentlichkeitsarbeit
Event is free:
no
Language of the text:
English
URL of this event: http://idw-online.de/en/event36324
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