Innovation, technologies and actors in support of contemporary energy transition

Time: 10.00-12.30
Location: HIT - Contamination Lab, 3° piano, via S. Croce 67 - 38122 Trento

The energy sector is in the midst of an exciting transition. Driven by new generation technologies and by infrastructure digitalization, the traditional way of transmitting, distributing and using energy is transforming a centralized hierarchical system into a multi-directional open infrastructure.

While the vision of Intelligent Energy Networks is appealing and desirable, especially from a sustainability perspective, a number of major challenges remain to be tackled. The loss of centralized control, the intermittent nature of renewable energy sources and the scale of the future digital energy systems are novel situations for power systems infrastructures and consumers that pose reliability and availability threats. Will ICT be central in addressing these challenges and pivotal for the energy transition? 

During the workshop we will discuss different aspects linked to this question.

Speaker: 
Marco Aiello (University of Groningen), The role of ICT in the energy transition

Project Stakeholders: 
Progetto CIVIS
Trentino Network
Retenergie
Ceis
Cedis
SET Distribuzione
Habitech 

The workshop, that will be held in Italian, is managed by the CIVIS project team (www.civisproject.eu) of the Department of Information Engineering and Computer Science.

Participation is upon request by sending an email to info [at] civisproject.eu by June 27th, 2016.