The SISSY Project Makes Taxes Under Section 14a Accessible to the General Public
The SISSY innovation project was successfully launched at the turn of the year. The focus of this project, funded by the BMWK, is on further developing the intelligent metering system into a central, secure, and scalable gateway at the controllable grid connection point. The standards created through this project will soon make control in accordance with Section 14a of the Energy Economy Act (EnWG) feasible for large numbers of units, thereby making it cost-effective. The project partners are EGS, TMZ, Robotron, KEO, EEBUS, and PPC.
Home power plant experts from E3/DC and SMGW pioneer PPC successfully put §14a standby operations to the test
New requirements resulting from the amended Section 14a of the Energy Industry Act (EnWG) have been in effect since January 1, 2024. For E3/DC’s home power plants, their integrated energy management system, and PPC’s interoperable iMSysplatform, experts from both companies were able to demonstrate in tests that users not only meet the new requirements of Section 14a but will also be able to utilize additional market-related applications as well as grid- and system-supporting applications in the future.
The WARAN Project is driving the heating transition and digitizing the district heating network
While digitalization in the electricity sector has already gained momentum, the heating sector is still proceeding cautiously. There is a lack of transparency in local and district heating networks, a lack of control mechanisms to increase flexibility, and a lack of an integrated, holistic view of electricity and heat. As part of the WARAN research project, EWE NETZ, BTC, wesernetz Bremen, swb Erzeugung, be.storaged, SWR AG, the FfE, and PPC aim to advance these issues in municipal heat supply—specifically regarding sector coupling and digitalization—through a unified and standardized iMSys infrastructure.