Energy-efficient Smart Cities The ESC group looks at different aspects of digitalisation, which are becoming increasingly indispensable for the creation of energy-efficient districts and cities.
Reducing primary energy consumption and thus CO2 emissions is the central challenge for achieving the political climate targets. The current trend in medium-sized cities such as Oldenburg and rural areas towards increasing self-sufficient electricity supply through photovoltaic (PV) and small combined heat and power plants (CHP plants) is a first contribution to this. In order to fully exploit the potential of this trend, the electricity, heat and electric mobility sectors must be connected at neighbourhood level and the players involved must be connected to each other.
The Energie-efficient Smart Cities group looks at different aspects of digitalisation, which are becoming increasingly indispensable for the creation of energy-efficient districts and cities. These include:
- Secure and standardised data communications for recording transmission of predominantly energy-related measured values from consumers and generators
- Conception and development of federal data and service platforms for data processing and the implementation of diverse business models
- Implementation and testing of algorithms for intelligent load and procurement management for decentralized generators and consumers at the neighbourhood level
The group's flagship project is the 'Energetic Neighbourhood Quarter at Oldenburg Air Base' project, in which the practical implementation of an energy-optimised quarter within the scope of the real laboratory at Oldenburg Air Base is aimed at.
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Dr.-Ing. Fernando Andres Penaherrera Vaca
E-Mail: fernandoandres.penaherreravaca(at)offis.de, Phone: +49 441 9722-720, Room: I6-O09
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EKoREK
Entwicklung eines Konzeptes zur Reduktion der Energiekosten bei energieintensiven KMU am Beispiel von Druckguss
Duration: 2025 - 2026 ENaQ
Energetisches Nachbarschaftsquartier Fliegerhorst Oldenburg (sorry - only available in german)
Duration: 2018 - 2023 ENaQ2
ENaQ Phase 2 - Betriebsoptimierung, -monitoring und Transfer im Energetischen Nachbarschaftsquartier Helleheide
Duration: 2025 - 2030M
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OpenEnergyTwin
Duration: 2024 - 2026
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WärmewendeNordwest – Digitalisierung zur Umsetzung von Wärmewende- und Mehrwertanwendungen für Gebäude, Campus, Quartiere und Kommunen im Nordwesten
Duration: 2021 - 2026Z
Publications
2025
Application of Matrix Completion Techniques on LCA Data for Different Recycling Scenarios for Parts of Professional Data Centers
Dawel, Lisa and Schmedes, Felix and Fernando Penaherrera and Pehlken, Alexandra; Procedia CIRP; 2025
Co-Simulation and MAS Approach for Assessment of Large-Scale Electrolysers Potential in Flexibility Markets
Sharaf Alsharif, Danila Valko, Jelke Wibbeke and Sebastian Lehnhoff; IEEE PowerTech 2025; 2025
Cultural Differences and Interdependencies in Climate Change Mitigation Efforts and Their Psychological Antecedents Across 63 Countries
Danila Valko and Kristin Thompson; Sustainable Development; November / 2025
Dynamic Optimization-based Method for Determining the Flexibility Potential at Vertical System Interconnections
Sharaf Alsharif, Danila Valko, Eric MSP Veith; CIRED 2025, 28th Conference and Exhibition on Electricity Distribution; 2025
Enhancing Software Sustainability: Transferring Open-Science Solutions from ZLE to NFDI4Energy
Manzek, Luca and Niemann, Laura and Steinert, Alexandro and Wagner, Henrik and Werth, Oliver and Penaherrera, Fernando and Lier, Sarah K.; February / 2025
Geolocated Lightning Network topology snapshots: A dataset covering 2019–2023
Danila Valko and Jorge Marx Gómez; Scientific Data; December / 2025
Hybrid pathfinding optimization for the Lightning Network with Reinforcement Learning
Danila Valko and Daniel Kudenko; Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence; April / 2025
Implementation of operational flexibility for the control of the smart grid: evaluation of an exemplary residential district in Germany
Fernando Peñaherrera V.; Jan Philipp Hörding; Sarah Fayed; Henrik Wagner; Astrid Nieße; 23rd Wind & Solar Integration Workshop (WIW 2024); März / 2025
Mix Matters: Technical Evaluation of a Carbon-Aware Power Plant Operation Strategy for an Industrial Area in Bremen
Danila Valko and Sharaf Alsharif and Sven Rosinger; European Simulation and Modelling Conference 2025 (ESM 2025); October / 2025
Next Generation Grid Control: A Modular and Scalable Event-Driven Architecture for Monitoring and Control of Power Systems
Brand, Michael and Blümel, Kersten and Bruhn, Jan-Henrik and Fatemi, Armin and Huxoll, Nils and Lehnhoff, Sebastian; 2025 IEEE Kiel PowerTech; 2025
