smart edge iot devices enable utility company to create new business segments in the era of energy...

Energy Revolution: Smart IoT

Devices Enable New Business

Models for Utilities

2015, EclipseCon, Ludwigsburg

Christine Mitterbauer, Andreas Gerstmeier

Brief portrait

EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG

›One of the largest energy companies in Germany and Europe

›Business segments: Sales, Grids, Renewable Energies, Generation and Trading

›Revenue 2014: more than €21 billion

›Customers: some 5.5 million

›Employees: some 20,000

The German „Energiewende“…

43Power-

Plants

> 500 MW

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1,5 Mio.PV-Plants

(D/End of 2014)

Revolution

The individual „Energiewende“ meets to a

challenge for the Prosumer …

Electric Appliance

HeatingHot

Water

Old World: Simple usage of energy Today: Usage, Generation and Storage of Energy

in local, distributed systems

Energy Supplier

Electricity,

Oil, Gas or

Heat

EV

Electric Appliance

HeatingHot

Water

Hot

Water

Tank

Micro-

CHP

Energy Service-Provider

EV

Storage

Loads

Generation

Battery

Thermal

Storage

Heating

Heat

PumpPV

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How does a typical EnergyBASE installation

looks like?

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2

4

5

1

3

PV (rooftop) & Invert.1

EnBW EnergyBASE (distribution cabinet)

2

Z-

WAVE

Battery Storage3

Communication-Module (Option)

4

Power-Plugs(Z-Wave)

5

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The EnergyBASE Services

I. Transparency, Security & Privacy

• Mini SCADA-System: Performance

Monitoring, Device Monitoring & Control

• Security and Privacy

Local data storage and processing!

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II. Energy Efficiency

• Self-learning intelligent algorithms, forecasts

• Optimization suggestions (user

configurable)

• Updates, Backup, Remote access

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... additional Services…

• EV-Integration, Virtual Power Plant (VPP),

CHP-Integration, Assisted Living (AL), …

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EnergyBASE System Architecture

http://energybase.local

https://energybase.enbw.com

Backend (Java /OSGi)

E-Mail Server

Android & iOS

App

EnergyBASE

Weather Forecast

Customer

EnBW


• Independent Software Vendor and Solution Provider

• Located in Munich/Stuttgart/Berlin, Germany

• Over 15 years experience in the embedded area

• International customer base

• Experience in multiple application domains

• Telematics, Automotive, Smart Grid, Smart Metering...

• Oracle OJPI partner since 2014

Brief Portrait

MicroDoc GmbH


MicroDoc & EnBW

• Java™ Technology Provider

• Experience with large Java/OSGi customer

projects in the embedded area

• Project management

• Quality assurance

• Development ressources


IoT Hardware & Java VM

Hardware

• 450 MHz ARM9 processor

• 128 MB RAM / 4GB Flash

• Ethernet & Serial RS485 Interfaces

• Polyphase electric meter

Software

• Embedded Linux

• MicroDoc Oracle Java SE Embedded 8


EnergyBASE - Software Architecture

ProSyst mBS Smart Home OSGi

MicroDoc Oracle Java SE Embedded 8

Prognosis Dev Control

Apps

Device AdapterWeb

Transparency News Wallplugs Devices Optimizer Settings LoginWeather

Container

Battery Inverter

Meter dLAN

Embedded Linux

Protocol

MDNS

Modbus

Zwave

ProSyst HDM

Device Agent

Storage

Backend

Contract

UI

Rest

App FW

UPNP

...Limitation

Observer

Config

PV

Consum

Weather

Problem Solvers

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Service- / Apps-based model


Installation in a typical household

9

Z-WAVE







Apps

Device AdapterWeb


Container

Battery Inverter

Meter dLAN

Embedded Linux

Protocol

MDNS

Modbus

Zwave

ProSyst HDM

Device Agent

Storage

Backend

Contract

UI

Rest

App FW

UPNP

...Limitation

Observer

Config

PV

Consum

Weather

Problem Solvers

IoT – Software Deployment Scenario I

Bundles moved between OSGi-enabled Devices

Java / OSGi

MicroDoc Java SE Embedded 8

Prosyst mBSSH OSGi

ZWave

ZWave

Devolo PLC Adapter

EnBW EnergyBASE


16

Functions of the EnergyBASE

Energy

Consumer

Energy

Consumer

Energy

Storage

Energy

Storage

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Apps

Device AdapterWeb


Container

Battery Inverter

Meter dLAN

Embedded Linux

Protocol

MDNS

Modbus

Zwave

ProSyst HDM

Device Agent

Storage

Backend

Contract

UI

Rest

App FW

UPNP

...Limitation

Observer

Config

PV

Consum

Weather

Problem Solvers

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IoT – Software Deployment Scenario II

Distributed OSGi Services

Java SE

ProSyst mPRM OSGi

Java SE 8 Embedded

Prosyst mBS Smart Home

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Weather Backend

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Java SE 8 Embedded


Java SE 8 Embedded


Java SE 8 Embedded


Geocoding

Weather

Client Weather

Client

Weather Forecast

WeatherClient

Weather

Client Weather

Client


EnergyBASE - Apps

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Apps

Device AdapterWeb


Container

Battery Inverter

Meter dLAN

Embedded Linux

Protocol

MDNS

Modbus

Zwave

ProSyst HDM

Device Agent

Storage

Backend

Contract

UI

Rest

App FW

UPNP

...Limitation

Observer

Config

PV

Consum

Weather

Problem Solvers


IoT – EnergyBASE Apps

• Apps implemented as OSGi-Services

• OSGi-Services exported as RESTful-Webservices

transparently

• REST-Services used by Mobile-Apps AND Web-App

• Web-App contained in APP

• API open for Third-Party-Systems

• New functions easy to integrate

• Apps can be booked as a service


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https://energybase.enbw.com

Static App Content

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Apps

Transparency

Java SE

ProSyst mPRM OSGi

Bundles

REST-Tunnel …

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RESTful Calls

(dynamic content)

RESTful Calls

(dynamic content)Java SE 8 Embedded


html,js, img…

java

Transparency

html, js, img


IoT – EnergyBASE Backend (mPRM)

• Remote Device monitoring

• Software Repository

• Remote Software Updates

• Email and Push notifications

• Address geocoding

• DWD-Weather forecasts

• Support

• …



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Apps

Device AdapterWeb


Container

Battery Inverter

Meter dLAN

Embedded Linux

Protocol

MDNS

Modbus

Zwave

ProSyst HDM

Device Agent

Storage

Backend

Contract

UI

Rest

App FW

UPNP

...Limitation

Observer

Config

PV

Consum

Weather

Problem Solvers


Possible Software Deployment Option:

Move Bundles to Backend

Java SE

ProSyst mPRM OSGi

Java SE 8 Embedded

ProSyst mBS Smart Home

Problem

Solver

EnBW EnergyBASE

EnergyBASE Backend

Problem

Solver


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• All other names and trademarks are names and trademarks of the respective owners

Christine Mitterbauer

Member of the Management Board

MicroDoc GmbH

Elektrastr. 6a

81925 München

[email protected]

Andreas Gerstmeier

Technical Project Lead

EnBW Ostwürttemberg DonauRies AG

Unterer Brühl 2

73479 Ellwangen

[email protected]
