Information and Communication Technology in Energy Lab 2.0: Smart Energies System Simulation and Control Center with an Open-Street-Map-Based Power Flow Simulation Example

In Energy Lab 2.0, the interplay of different forms of energy on different value chains is investigated. Novel concepts to stabilize the volatile energy supply of renewables by the use of storage systems and mainly by applying to‐be‐developed tools and algorithms of the information and communication technology sector are sought. Hence, a key element of Energy Lab 2.0 is the smart energies system simulation and control center. This consists of three parts: a power‐hardware‐in‐the‐loop experimental field, an energy grid simulation and analysis laboratory, and a control, monitoring, and visualization center. For these three labs, big data technologies, advanced control methods, and reliable, safe, and secure software structures are of equal importance. As an example, a data processing pipeline to create power flow simulation models from raw Open Street Map data, statistical databases, and geodata is presented and discussed. ICT, easy as 123: Energy Lab 2.0 is used to investigate the interplay of different forms of energy on different value chains. The stabilization of the volatile energy supply of renewables by information and communication technology is key, and hence the smart energies system simulation and control center is established and presented in all elements. As an example, an Open‐Street‐Map‐based power flow simulation is shown and discussed in detail.