MIRABEL (Micro-Request-Based Aggregation, Forecasting and Scheduling of Energy Demand, Supply and Distribution)
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The main goal of the MIRABEL Project is to develop an approach on a conceptual and an infrastructural level that allows energy distribution companies to balance the available supply of renewable energy sources and the current demand in ad-hoc fashion. Many Renewable Energy Sources (RES, e.g., windmills, solar panels) pose the challenge that production is dependent on external factors (wind speed and direction, amount of sunlight, etc.). Hence, available power can only be predicted but not planned, which makes it rather difficult for energy distributors to efficiently include renewable energy sources into their daily schedules.
The technology developed in the MIRABEL Project will improve this situation considerably. In detail, we work on a concept of micro-requests with time shifts to handle the demand and supply of energy on a household level. Further, we define methods to predict the energy supply and demand in the small (i.e., for households) and in the large and to update predictions over time. We will aggregate (and disaggregate) the micro-requests on a regional level, and we develop a scheduling approach for energy production and consumption based on aggregated requests. Finally, our methods and algorithms will be implemented in a distributed, highly decentralised and scalable infrastructure to handle the high amount of data (from the mass of households).
Energy distribution companies may use the aggregated request information to re-schedule energy demands/supplies and thus have additional means to react to shortage or abundance of energy. They may also trade their demand requests with other energy distribution companies.
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