Digitalised Energy Systems

To mitigate climate change is a matter of urgency, and thus, the energy transition represents one of the greatest technological and societal challenges of our time. The main challenge for a reliable, economically and ecologically feasible energy supply lies in the efficient, secure and reliable digitalisation of a technical system that integrates a huge, fluctuating, and difficult-to-forecast number of energy generators, consumers, storage facilities and grid components into a technically stable and financially viable overall system. In addition, the energy system is a critical infrastructure – the lifeline of modern societies. The failure or impairment of such a system would result in long lasting supply bottlenecks, significant disruptions to public safety or other dramatic effects. This degree programme enables graduates to conduct research at research institutions or universities on the still missing elements of a successful digitalisation in the energy domain and thus on the implementation of the energy transition; or to occupy diverse positions in the energy industry due to the high practical relevance of the study content. The Master's programme consists of a compulsory part, which teaches core competences in the field of designing and engineering of cyber-physical energy systems. These competences reflect the diversity of energy informatics systems and their fields of application and, together with various thematic specialisation options, allow for a meaningful deepening and specialisation with respect to individual interests. Different domain-specific application perspectives are taught independently so that students acquire broad application knowledge that goes beyond the specific energy system class. Societal and socio-technical issues are also represented as a cross-sectional topic. The courses cover the following topics and more: Smart grids Renewable energy (Distributed) Artificial intelligence Co-simulation Design and assessment of experiments Control theory Critical engineering Energy markets Requirements engineering Modelling and control Cyber-resilience In a cross-group research project, which addresses control at the component level, communication, and also the use of agents in the context of optimisation in energy systems, the learned contents are consolidated and tested in practice. The degree programme consists of the following content areas: "Fundamental Competencies" with a scope of 54 CP teaches basic competencies from the areas of computer science, automation, and electrical engineering. This area is subdivided into "Automation and Electrical Engineering" and "Computer Science and Energy Informatics" to reflect the interdisciplinary nature of the degree programme, which maps the aspects that are required to develop and analyse necessary system intelligence in the energy system. The courses from both areas are therefore also strongly interlinked in terms of content in order to bring together practical skills from computer science, electrical engineering and an engineering approach in designing cyber-physical energy systems right from the start. "Foundations of Digitalised Energy Systems" with a scope of 36 CP aims to impart competencies and knowledge in the future field of digitalised energy systems. This area is subdivided into "Digitalised Energy System Automation, Control and Optimisation" and "Digitalised Energy System Design and Assessment" in order to take into account the different technical system classes with their respective specific design and analysis methods. The third subsection, "Innovation Topics and Smart Grids", reflects the different domain-specific application perspectives and offers insights into current developments and research topics. The Master's thesis module (30 CP) PDF Download