ESProNet: Energy simulation of dynamic production networks

Editors:	Dipl.-Wi.-Ing. Christoph Pieper, Linda Kosmol, M. Sc., Martin Maiwald, M. Sc.
Duration:	06/2016 to 05/2020
Funding institution:	Federal Ministry of Economics and Energy - Application-oriented non-nuclear R&D in the 6th Energy research program of the Federal Government
Project partners:	Professorship for Technical Logistics, Professorship for Business Informatics, esp. System Development
Website:	www.espronet.de

Project goals

• ESProNet aims at the identification and simulation-based evaluation of mechanisms and potentials for increasing energy efficiency in energy-material cooperation within a local production cluster.
• The project follows a system-oriented approach that examines material-energy value chains, among other things with regard to possible expansion.
• Furthermore, innovative technologies will be evaluated in the context of impact assessments in interaction with existing and new infrastructure.
• A prerequisite for working on the described objective is the investigation of the interrelationships within and between the relevant areas of energy technology, production and logistics.

Expected benefits of the freely configurable modelling and simulation tool to be developed

• Scenario-based determination and presentation of energy efficiency and energy saving measures
• Networking of several industrial partners for the efficient exchange of energy and waste materials as well as joint use of energy supply units (Industrial Symbiosis)
• Reduction of the entrepreneurial risk in the implementation of Symbiosis projects by underpinning them with concrete potentials

Identifying the boundary conditions under which production adaptation is economically legitimised by energy efficiency gains