Cologne / Mannheim / Hamburg / Ilmenau / Dresden, 16 February 2024: The SISSY innovation project was successfully launched at the turn of the year. The focus of the BMWK-funded project is on the further development of the smart metering system into a central, secure and mass-capable access gateway at the controllable grid connection point. The standards created in this way will make control in accordance with Section 14a of the Energy Industry Act (EnWG) possible for large quantities in a timely and therefore cost-efficient manner. The project is being carried out by EGS, TMZ, Robotron, KEO, EEBUS and PPC.
With the start of the new year, the digitalised energy world has also gained another facet. Since Section 14a EnWG came into force, the starting signal has been given for the mandatory installation of control devices. The communication interface to the iMSys is now mandatory in order to make it easier for users to access the benefits of the digitalised energy world: whether transparent billing, greater energy efficiency or participation in flexibility markets. Over the coming years, the grid world is therefore facing a massive increase in flexible producers and consumers. For infrastructure and processes, both for local components and systems of metering point or distribution network operators, these are challenges that need to be overcome.
Large-scale producers, verification, control standards as pace-setting topics for the rollout
In this context, the SISSY research project offers a large testing environment for these processes. In detail, SISSY is focussing on the prototypical implementation of use cases for the integration of large-scale generation plants and the mass integration of smaller flexibilities into grid levels 6 and 7 (low voltage). In addition to the scalable control solution directly from the SMGW, further innovations are to be tested and further developed. These include, for example, facilitating the verification and documentation of control processes by the SMGW. In addition, the management of large device inventories via a network management system and the creation of standards such as EEBus for control via iMSys are being driven forward. Specifications such as conformity with VDE AR 2829-6 are also decisive here. A particular focus is on the further development of the SMGW into the central safety anchor at the controllable network connection point (SteuNA) of properties.
The project pursues the declared goal of achieving a decisive acceleration of the rollout by bringing forward and accelerating the realisation of developments. The project will work closely with relevant committees and associations in order to incorporate the project results into the agile development of the iMSys infrastructure.
The participating partners EGS, TMZ, Robotron, PPC, KEO and EEBUS play a decisive role in the implementation: the entire communication path between the metering point operator and the property can be mapped via the partner landscape. Mirroring the real application environment in this way is the basis for identifying, designing and testing missing processes that come as close as possible to later implementation in the field. This guarantees a quick and uncomplicated transfer of the research results into practice and uptake by users in the measurement and distribution network landscape. The results of SISSY thus accelerate the standardisation processes that are crucial for a cost-efficient rollout of millions of flexible consumers.
Below you will find the complete, joint press release for download as a PDF (German only).
