How can you use FIWARE to enable Smart Energy?

1. Smart Energy with
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Copenhagen, Denmark – December 3rd, 2014
Julian Krenge, FIR at RWTH Aachen University

2. Renewable energy sources are pushing
into the market
Solar Wind Bio gas
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3. The shift to renewables fundamentally
changes the energy grid
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Transmission grid
Distribution grid
Households

4. The shift to renewables fundamentally
changes the energy grid
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Households
Distribution grid
Transmission grid

5. FIWARE enables innovation based on
internet interfaces in the energy sector
Benefits of using FIWARE
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Energy
ICT
FIWARE
Smart
Energy
Future Internet of Energy: organizing many...
 (volatile) distributed energy production
 (flexible) consumers and prosumers
 electric vehicles (as consumers and storage)
 shorter time-to-market
 lower costs for application development
 access and scalability of applications

6. The FINESCE consortium runs field trials
to apply FIWARE to smart energy
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Electric Vehicles
E-cars with charging
infrastructure as battery
for the grid
Infrastructure ready
Smart Home &
Prosumers
Connected office
buildings, homes etc.
Infrastructure ready
Virtual Power Plant
w/ Smart Factory
Renewables in balance
with a factory for cars
Infrastructure ready
eMarketplace
Grid stability between
PV plants and
hydroelectric
Infrastructure ready

7. The FINESCE consortium runs field trials
to apply FIWARE to smart energy
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8. Through an API we foster uptake of our
results by SMEs
FINESCE Trials
App App App App
FINESCE Open Call
App App App App
Smart Factory Smart Home &
DSE
DSE
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API Layer
Virtual Power
Plant
Prosumers
App App App App
Electric
Vehicles
FIWARE Accelerate
eMarketplace
GE DSE
GE GE GE GE
DSE
DSE
GE
DSE
Devices Sensors Actors Devices Actors

9. We run live trials and experiments using
FIWARE in our demonstration factory
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Laser cutting machine
Bending machine
Outside view of the factory

10. FIWARE is reliable, scalable and state-of-the-
art
GE Complex Event Processing
Functional suitability
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Experience using FIWARE
 GEs offer distinct and useful
functionality
 Communication with the GE
vendors is very good
 Interconnection of the GEs is
mainly good and reliable
 Scalability through the FI yields
benefits for using in a production
network
0%
Performance
efficiency
Compatibility
Usability
Reliability
Portability
Maintainability
Security
Score in Feb 2014 Score in Aug 2014

11. With FIWARE you can focus on your core
business
Example: data gathering
E-Cars
Solve everyday IT-problems…
 With reliable commodity
software modules (GEs/ SEs)
 Based on open and extendible
software (Open Source)
 In a scalable infrastructure for
your whole application (FILAB)
 With a trusted environment
(Europe)
 In a one-stop-shop (FIWARE)
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Your application and
business logic
GE Complex
Event
Processing
GE BigData
Analysis
GE Pub/ Sub Context Broker
GE Gateway
Data Handling
Machines in factory
Charging stations

12. FIWARE allows for a fast and scalable
development
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Energy management resp. demand side management is a feasible and
attractive domain, especially in combination with non-grid related benefits
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However, most benefits are not on the consumer side – balancing
the grid is mainly in the interest of grid operators or the like
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FIWARE allows a fast and easy use of already existing analyses and use cases
to new domains and therefore makes energy management financially feasible

13. kthxbai
Dipl.-Inform. Julian Krenge, MBA
Deputy Head of Department Information Management
FIR at RWTH Aachen University
Campus-Boulevard 55  52074 Aachen, Germany
Email: Julian.Krenge@fir.rwth-aachen.de
Phone: +49 241 47705 – 504
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