Digital Energy Systems

Energy supply is the backbone of society and industry.

Annual and global market potential:

IT security energy: around EUR 202 billion
Digital power grids: around USD 64 billion
Digital supply network operators: around EUR 33 billion

The topic of “digitalization of energy systems” combines established structures and an excellent reputation in many institutes of the Fraunhofer ICT Group and the Fraunhofer Group for Energy, Technologies and Climate Protection. The high market potential for the Group stems from the realization that the next phase of transformation in the energy sector must be shaped by information and communication technologies with the aim of end-to-end digitalization. The driver for this is climate financing in the industry.

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Priorities

Shape the energy transition from the perspective of ICT technologies:
- Make use of information technologies to plan, build and operate a global energy system based entirely on renewable energies (electricity, gases, heat, liquids)
Systematic transfer and integration of ICT skills in the energy domain, smart cities and smart regions and energy-intensive industry
Cross-location laboratory and real laboratory infrastructures