SINTEG

The research program Showcase Intelligent Energy - Digital Agenda for the Energy Transition ( SINTEG ) is a funding program of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy based on a resolution of the German Bundestag . The program addresses the need to prepare the current national power grids for the requirements of volatile power generation , which is associated with a high proportion of renewable energies . The aim is to research and demonstrate the technologies , market models and the legal framework. Since the renewable energies within the framework of the German Federal Government's Energy Concept 2050 are to provide a large part of Germany's electricity production by 2050, the upgrading of the electricity networks and the conversion to intelligent electricity networks through the use of intelligent metering , transmission and storage technologies are being tested. The sector coupling through the connection of traffic, electromobility , and heat generation or storage is also being tested within the shop window. With the exception of a few areas in Lower Saxony, the five projects in the funding program cover the whole of Germany. The projects are carried out by far-reaching consortia with around 60 members from energy suppliers , industry , research institutions and civil society actors, also using their own capital.

The total funding volume of the SINTEG program amounts to 200 million euros. The total project volume, including the contributions of the participating companies , research institutions and civil society actors, amounts to 500 million euros. Project management agency Jülich is entrusted with the administration and control of the projects . With the funding volume, the large number of stakeholders and the depth of development, SINTEG is the most important smart grid program in Germany and the largest within the European Union and Europe , as well as one of the largest smart grid programs worldwide.

Goal setting

The aim of the program is to research the following key aspects:

Safe and efficient network operation with a high proportion of renewable energies
Use of efficiency and flexibility potential (market and network side)
Efficient and safe interaction between all players in the intelligent energy network
More efficient use of the existing network structure
Reduction of the need for network expansion at distribution network level

The aim of the program is not only the theoretical conception, but also the demonstration in concrete pilot tests, the testing under real and market conditions, as well as the evaluation of the appropriate market models and the necessary adjustment of the legal and organizational framework conditions.

SINTEG regulation

Since the electricity supply sector is very strictly regulated, the SINTEG projects benefit from the so-called SINTEG regulation of the German federal government . This enables the participating companies to compensate for the economic disadvantages arising from participating in the project and testing new technologies and market models within the framework of the current legislation. In order to be able to use the possibilities of compensation, those involved in the project are obliged to prepare detailed documentation. The SINTEG regulation will expire on June 30, 2022, i.e. 1.5 years after the end of the five shop window projects.

SINTEG projects

Five major projects have started as part of SINTEG. These are each carried out as joint projects of a consortium of partners from energy suppliers , electricity grid operators , industry , research institutions and civil society actors . These are:

"C / sells: Large-scale shop window in the solar arc of southern Germany" : A project that is active in Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria and Hesse with a focus on decentralized energy generation and photovoltaics, with a range of around 30 million people, it is the SINTEG shop window that provides the largest part of German households recorded.

"Designetz: Building Kit for the Energy Turnaround - From Individual Solutions to the Efficient System of the Future" : The project is active in North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland. It demonstrates how, in a hierarchical network structure, higher levels demand the flexibility of subordinate network levels.

"Enera: The next big step in the energy transition " : In Lower Saxony, the change from a static, hierarchical to a dynamic, decentralized system based on wind power is being tested.

"NEW 4.0: North German energy transition" : The North German showcase connects Hamburg as a consumption focus and Schleswig-Holstein as a generating region for wind energy to form a model region. Around 60 partners are jointly laying the development path to supply the entire region with 100% electricity from renewable energies by 2035.

"WindNODE: The showcase for intelligent energy from Northeast Germany" : WindNODE is active in Berlin, Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia. The aim is the efficient interaction of renewable generation capacities, power grids and energy users on the basis of digital networking.

Web links

Official website of the C / sells project

Official website of the Designetz project

Official website of the enera project

Official website of the NEW4.0 project

Official website of the WindNODE project

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↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy: SINTEG funding program: "Smart Energy Showcase - Digital Agenda for the Energy Transition". Retrieved February 17, 2018 .
↑ PtJ: Smart Energy Showcase - Digital Agenda for the Energy Transition (SINTEG). Retrieved February 17, 2018 .
↑ Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy: Draft of an ordinance to create a legal framework for collecting experience in the funding program “Smart Energy Showcase - Digital Agenda for the Energy Transition”. Retrieved February 17, 2018 .
↑ Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy: Draft of an ordinance to create a legal framework for collecting experience in the funding program “Smart Energy Showcase - Digital Agenda for the Energy Transition”. (PDF) Retrieved February 17, 2018 .
↑ ^a ^b SINTEG-V - Ordinance to create a legal framework for collecting experience in the funding program “Smart Energy Showcase - Digital Agenda for the Energy Transition”. Retrieved March 1, 2018 .
↑ All facts about C / sells in the model region "Solarbogen Süddeutschland". Retrieved February 17, 2018 .
↑ NEW 4.0: North German energy transition. Retrieved February 21, 2018 .

[:0-1] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy: SINTEG funding program: "Smart Energy Showcase - Digital Agenda for the Energy Transition". Retrieved February 17, 2018 .

[2] PtJ: Smart Energy Showcase - Digital Agenda for the Energy Transition (SINTEG). Retrieved February 17, 2018 .

[3] Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy: Draft of an ordinance to create a legal framework for collecting experience in the funding program “Smart Energy Showcase - Digital Agenda for the Energy Transition”. Retrieved February 17, 2018 .

[4] Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy: Draft of an ordinance to create a legal framework for collecting experience in the funding program “Smart Energy Showcase - Digital Agenda for the Energy Transition”. (PDF) Retrieved February 17, 2018 .

[:1-5] SINTEG-V - Ordinance to create a legal framework for collecting experience in the funding program “Smart Energy Showcase - Digital Agenda for the Energy Transition”. Retrieved March 1, 2018 .

[6] C / sells © The showcase for the sustainable energy transition. Retrieved February 17, 2018 .

[7] All facts about C / sells in the model region "Solarbogen Süddeutschland". Retrieved February 17, 2018 .

[8] NEW 4.0: North German energy transition. Retrieved February 21, 2018 .