PowerWeb Lecture: Building IOT Capabilities for energy transition and digital twin at scale
This is particularly challenging in the Netherlands, which generates only a small proportion of its energy from nuclear sources and cannot rely on hydropower. Energy production is also becoming increasingly decentralised, while natural gas will be replaced by alternatives for home heating, such as heat pumps and district heating.
The role of sensors in managing the energy transition
The growing use of electric vehicles, heat pumps and home batteries will have a major impact on the Netherlands’ energy infrastructure. Actively controlling and managing this requires large numbers of sensors that take frequent measurements and share real-time supply and demand data. This data must be processed directly in the energy network’s operational systems.
Guest lecture: challenges and solutions in building a large-scale energy network
In this guest lecture, Robbrecht van Amerongen explores the typical challenges of building a large-scale energy data network and possible solutions. What happens when we connect slow legacy systems, designed decades ago, to high-frequency network control and large-scale data processing? He also demonstrates new business cases developed on this high-speed energy data network. He discusses practical examples, best practices, pitfalls and challenges that require further research.
Over the past 20 years, Robbrecht has been involved in numerous innovative IT systems. As an intrapreneur, he has created several new business units within AMIS | Conclusion, all related to real-time data exchange between complex systems. For the past six years, he and his team have been involved in developing and implementing large-scale IoT projects in the manufacturing and energy sectors. Robbrecht holds an MSc in Strategic Innovation Management from the University of Groningen.
About the PowerWeb Institute
The PowerWeb Institute is a multidisciplinary collaboration between five faculties at TU Delft in the field of intelligent and integrated energy systems: Electrical Engineering, Mathematics & Computer Science (EEMCS), Technology, Policy & Management (TPM), Mechanical, Maritime & Materials Engineering (3mE), Industrial Design Engineering (IDE) and Aerospace Engineering (AE). Its Scientific Director is Professor Peter Palensky, EEMCS.
