E-regie Solution – The approach

To establish a Stable Energy Community, Eregie has developed a Process/Method and a Digital Twin (DT) Energy Model that guides participants step by step in understanding how to form a community. The transition lies within the entrepreneur and/or the citizen, evolving from “everyone for themselves” to “sharing is better,” thereby creating a cooperative. People realize that they need to “get their house in order” first before exploring which measures are best taken collectively.

An important Unique Selling Point (USP) is that ownership and control of the overarching IoT platform (DT Energy Model) belong to the community!

The result of this method is the creation of a preliminary design for the required energy system, which can be realized by, for, and of the community. All the roles necessary to establish a stable (local) community are (or will be) digitized. These roles include balance-responsible partners, congestion service providers, and energy suppliers.

During the realization phase and the commissioning of the local energy system, the impact of the DT Model and the community’s (energy) independence from the commercial market grows significantly by maximizing the local energy generation capabilities of the participants. Issues such as congestion (energy transport) on (or across) the regional and national infrastructure are minimized.

In the management and maintenance phase, the DT Model ensures that these processes are carried out as efficiently as possible by proactively solving faults and predicting potential system failures in advance, ensuring system stability and preventing the loss of locally and sustainably generated energy.

Because ownership and control rest with the participants, they maintain control over their energy supply. All solutions/projects are delivered as tailored solutions at minimal costs, with little to no reliance on commercial energy markets (such as EPEX and the Imbalance Market)