From the energy transition to extreme weather: Stadtwerke Jena attends the German government's digital summit

The Federal Government's Digital Summit will take place on November 20 and 21 in Jena – and the Stadtwerke Jena Group will be there! In keeping with the summit's focus „Digital transformation in the turn of the century. Sustainable. Resilient. Future-oriented.“ we are presenting ourselves in the main and supporting program with two research projects from the fields of energy transition and  extreme weather adaptation.  

You can find us on both summit days,Monday and Tuesday, November 20/21, from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the Market of Digital Opportunities in the main hall building on the Ernst-Abbe-Platz campus of the University of Jena. In addition, on Monday, November 20 at 1 p.m. in Hörsaal 3 on the Abbe Campus, Wastewater Division Manager Robert Köllner will present the project "InSchuKa" in more detail in a lecture.

The event area is freely accessible. All lectures, livestreams and discussion formats are open to the public and can be attended without registration. Admission is free.  

With these projects, Stadtwerke Jena is represented at the Digital Summit:

Intelligent power grids: JenErgieReal 

The simultaneous energy, heat and transport transition is causing electricity demand in cities to rise sharply. The aim of our JenErgieReal energy transition real laboratory is to satisfy this „hunger for electricity“ without massive grid expansion. The core of the project is the construction of a virtual power plant that digitally links producers, consumers and storage facilities for electricity and heat from the residential, commercial and transport energy sectors. Using artificial intelligence and newly developed measurement and billing methods, the virtual power plant can be flexibly scaled and controlled in real time depending on the grid situation. The overriding aim is to reduce the need for expensive grid expansion by making more efficient use of the available energy and consistently linking different energy sectors.  

Find out more about the project on our website

Intelligent wastewater sewers: InSchuKa 

Extreme weather conditions such as heavy rainfall and prolonged drought pose major challenges for the wastewater industry. If the sewer capacities are often not sufficient to remove the masses of water during heavy rainfall, the sewers often have to be flushed additionally during prolonged droughts in order to avoid sedimentation and sewer damage. One solution could be flexible sewer network control. To this end, Jena's main wastewater collector is being equipped with flexible butterfly valves that can be controlled via a digital platform. Based on weather forecasts and current sewer measurement values, this can increase or reduce the transport volume in the sewer fully automatically.

Find out more about the project on our website

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