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  • Optimizing Electricity Costs with Fraunhofer ITWM / 2025

    Dynamic Electricity Prices and Flexibility Marketing for the Floating Energy Community Schoonschip

    Press Release / February 05, 2025

    The Dutch energy community »Schoonschip« with 30 floating houses north of Amsterdam, which is integrated into the energy markets by an intelligent management system of the Fraunhofer ITWM. Innovative technologies optimize electricity consumption and the production of PV systems, battery storage and heat pumps, enabling the community to function as a flexible virtual power plant.
    © Isabel Nabuurs

    News from the Dutch Schoonschip: Since January, the floating energy community of 30 houses has been connected to the energy and flexibility markets. The innovative solution from the Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Mathematics ITWM for the real-time prognosis of consumption and local generation and price optimization enables the community to buy and sell electricity at the best possible prices on the day-ahead energy market. In addition, the 30 batteries are marketed by a trader on the imbalance market. This allows the community to further increase its flexibility and reduces energy costs for its members.

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