The enhanced capabilities of the power conversion fit seamlessly to the smart energy management systems researched in CONNECT applicable for single/multiple buildings and quarters. Monitoring approaches and advanced control algorithms will be developed which take into account renewable energy sources, local storage and electric vehicles for peak demand reduction and optimization of local generation, consumption and storage.
In order to fully exploit the advantages of the aforementioned technologies it is necessary to enhance the data transmission capacity of the smart grid communication infrastructure. For this purpose CONNECT will develop solutions for high interoperable, high data rate local and wide area communication in the grid with enhanced security in order to protect this critical infrastructure against attacks. Particular effort is spent to minimize the power consumption of the developed solutions.
More information on this project and our project partners can be found on www.connect-ecsel.eu.
Consortium
The CONNECT Consortium consists of several European partners with expertise in various areas of smart grids and secure communication.
- Infineon Technologies AG
- NXP Semiconductors Germany GMBH
- Friedrich Alexander Universität Erlangen
- RWTH Aachen University
- Devolo AG
- Mixed Mode GmbH
- Slovenska Technicka Univerzita v Bratislave
- R-DAS SRO
- Enexis BV
- Technische Universiteit Eindhoven
- HELIOX BV,
- GreenFlux Assets PV
- Acondicionamiento Terrasense Associacion
- Centre Tecnologic De Telecomunicacions De Catalunya
- Iquadrat Informatica SL
- STMicroelectronics SRL
- Enel Distribuzione SPA
- Politecnico de Bari
- Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario Per La Nanoelettronica
- University of Bologna
- University of Ferrara
- University of Padova
- University of Pisa