Joint Optimization of Electricity Utilities and Daily Production Schedule
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Challenge
Imagine a world in which manufacturing companies do not have to worry about their energy supply. Not only because they have their own renewable energy sources, but more importantly because their entire production system has been designed and is managed to optimally use the available electrical energy. We can achieve this by actively manage your companies’ renewables (solar panels, wind turbines) so that they correspond to your daily production schedule’s needs.
Basically, we make your energy management 'smart'. We not only look at the demand side (How much power do I need to run X production lines?) but also at the supply side (How much energy am I currently generating?) and subsequently, we make the demand and supply flexible. As a result, your production will become cheaper (lower electricity costs), without sacrificing capacity since your energy consumption is shifted to cheaper time periods.
Project goals
In this project, we're working on a comprehensive approach to align electricity supply (grid, renewables), storage (industrial batteries), and demand (from production).
By optimizing how we source electricity and plan daily production, we aim to cut costs and enhance flexibility in demand, storage, and supply.
Our goal is to create a daily energy-aware scheduling system that considers production goals, electricity costs, availability of (external) renewables, and energy storage. We'll also factor in predictions from the day-ahead energy market.
Would you also like to participate in this project?
UTILERGY_IRVA is an industrial research project. We are looking for companies that want to be part of the user group and work with us to valorise the project.
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