intelligence or copper?

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About allthisfuture - WWZ Innovation LabAllthisfuture is WWZ's innovation lab. We cross industry boundaries, explore growth markets and create new connections. Well-founded know-how from the energy and telecoms supply business coupled with a high level of methodological expertise make us the ideal breeding ground for new business ideas. Our focus is on the intersection of energy and ICT with a view to a decentralised service landscape of the future.Focus of this project callThe decarbonisation of the energy system is leading to greater electrification of the mobility and heating sector through electric cars and heat pumps. In addition, decentralised generation and storage systems such as PV systems and batteries have made great strides in terms of economic efficiency in recent years. This means that electricity from one's own roof and, in some cases, its storage on site, is now cheaper than purchasing it from the grid. These technical as well as economic developments have a direct influence on the distribution grids. On the technical level, for example, deviating voltage characteristics or partial line overloads must be expected. On the business level, the question arises as to how an increasingly digitalised distribution grid is to be operated with the trend towards falling grid fees due to decentralisation. The distribution grids have created various future scenarios, with which optimal investment decisions can be made in the area of conflict between rapidly changing uses and infrastructure expansion with a service life of 40 to 50 years. Legislators prefer network optimisation through smart solutions to pure network expansion. The credo is: IT instead of copper or also known as the NOVA principle: network optimisation before expansion. On the other hand, smart solutions inherently bear the risk of failures, whether due to the complex technology itself or, for example, due to hacker attacks.Project ideas wanted!We search for new intelligent tools and business ideas that help distribution grid operators to make grid expansion economical and resilient.Your opportunityTo enable and accelerate innovation, we will bring your project idea together with suitable experts from WWZ and partners. Thanks to the approved application within the framework of the NTN Innovation Booster Programme of Innosuisse with allthisfuture, we can support you financially with CHF 20,000 per project if you convince our jury.Start now!Submit your project idea to us by creating a jointcreate project idea and fill in the following information:Project idea description- What problem would you like to solve?- Who are the customers and how will they profit from a solution?- How does your project idea affect other stakeholders?Current status and previous activities- What has been tried before? What was not successful? What have you learned?Resources needed- What are your planned work packages?- How can WWZ and allthisfuture help you?Questions? Please contact us: hello@allthisfuture.ch

Challenge Metadata

• Challenge Name: intelligence or copper?
• Date: 5/10/2022 12:26:46 PM
• Administrators:
  • Sem Mattli  | 
  • Christian Hohmann  | 
  • R2D2 6343  | 
  • Remo Müller  | 
  • Fredi Surbeck  | 
  • Julia Karban  | 
  • Christian Dick

Challenge Description

About allthisfuture - WWZ Innovation Lab

Allthisfuture is WWZ's innovation lab. We cross industry boundaries, explore growth markets and create new connections. Well-founded know-how from the energy and telecoms supply business coupled with a high level of methodological expertise make us the ideal breeding ground for new business ideas. Our focus is on the intersection of energy and ICT with a view to a decentralised service landscape of the future.

Focus of this project call

The decarbonisation of the energy system is leading to greater electrification of the mobility and heating sector through electric cars and heat pumps. In addition, decentralised generation and storage systems such as PV systems and batteries have made great strides in terms of economic efficiency in recent years. This means that electricity from one's own roof and, in some cases, its storage on site, is now cheaper than purchasing it from the grid. These technical as well as economic developments have a direct influence on the distribution grids. On the technical level, for example, deviating voltage characteristics or partial line overloads must be expected. On the business level, the question arises as to how an increasingly digitalised distribution grid is to be operated with the trend towards falling grid fees due to decentralisation.

The distribution grids have created various future scenarios, with which optimal investment decisions can be made in the area of conflict between rapidly changing uses and infrastructure expansion with a service life of 40 to 50 years.

Legislators prefer network optimisation through smart solutions to pure network expansion. The credo is: IT instead of copper or also known as the NOVA principle: network optimisation before expansion. On the other hand, smart solutions inherently bear the risk of failures, whether due to the complex technology itself or, for example, due to hacker attacks.

Project ideas wanted!

We search for new intelligent tools and business ideas that help distribution grid operators to make grid expansion economical and resilient.

Your opportunity

To enable and accelerate innovation, we will bring your project idea together with suitable experts from WWZ and partners. Thanks to the approved application within the framework of the NTN Innovation Booster Programme of Innosuisse with allthisfuture, we can support you financially with CHF 20,000 per project if you convince our jury.

Start now!

Submit your project idea to us by creating a jointcreate project idea and fill in the following information:

Project idea description

- What problem would you like to solve?

- Who are the customers and how will they profit from a solution?

- How does your project idea affect other stakeholders?

Current status and previous activities

- What has been tried before? What was not successful? What have you learned?

Resources needed

- What are your planned work packages?

- How can WWZ and allthisfuture help you?

Questions? Please contact us: hello@allthisfuture.ch