Interview with André Quadt (Smart Watts)

In an interview, project manager of the Smart Watts E-Energy project - André Quadt - explains the special features of the Smart Watts project,what is planned in the development of smart, integrated homes and why Aachen is particularly suited to act as amodel region.

What is so special about the Smart Watts project?
Smart Watts focuses on the concept of the "intelligent kilowatt-hour", where power is supplied along with information on the power, such as the current price or how the power was generated. The integration of time-specific power consumption information and the transmission of control information within the energy system provides the basis for accurate invoicing and thus usage-based distribution of risks. This causes project participants to optimize their behavioral patterns,which includes the smart control and regulation of power consumption in the household.

How does your model project contribute to the creation of an "energy marketplace"?
The full potential of the smart kilowatt-hour and the increased self-regulating ability of the energy system can only be harnessed in a liquid market where pricing can be agreed with low transaction costs and low risk. In this context, the "Smart Market" component project focuses on the automatic initiation of business transactions to facilitate the exchange of flexible power supply products, such as power consumption forecasts for example. This is being developed in the "Smart Market" component project tomake an energy marketplace a reality.

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