ResQEnergy: Resilient Energy System for Technology Districts

Project description
In the ResQEnergy project, RLI scientists are developing a climate-resilient energy system model for the Science and Technology Park Berlin Adlershof. The aim is to adapt the energy supply to the challenges of climate change and to make it permanently climate-neutral. To this end, the project team is modelling and simulating energy systems and further developing the digital twin of the Adlershof energy system.
Developing a resilient energy system
Based on scenarios for climate and location development up to 2050, the project team is creating energy demand scenarios for electricity, heat, cooling and mobility. The scientists are developing an open energy system model for the requirements of a stress-resilient neighbourhood. In this way, they can identify solutions for a climate-neutral and sustainable energy infrastructure that includes all the potential of renewable energies as well as suitable storage facilities.
Use of digital twins
The project team is further developing the existing Digital Twins web tool for the district’s energy system at building level in order to use it for the visualisation and comparison of neighbourhood scenarios. To this end, the experts simulate and optimize various energy systems and investigate how they can be designed to be robust against the consequences of climate change. By combining open-source models with the digital twin, a new standard for sustainable energy planning is created.
Division of tasks in the cluster project
The ResQEnergy project is part of the project cluster “Transformation to a climate-resilient technology district (TransformResQ)”. The cluster will comprise two other projects: On the one hand, TransformResQ, which will develop planning, legal and structural requirements for climate resilience. On the other hand, the “Multifunctional Blue-Green Infrastructure” project will bring solutions for climate adaptation of rainwater management systems, area and building greening into the cluster. Knowledge transfer and networking The results of ResQEnergy are not only used in the neighbourhood itself, but are also shared with other stakeholders via a broad network of science, politics and business. National and international partner organisations as well as other technology districts can thus benefit from the developed models and scenarios.
Project period: January 2025 to December 2027
Tasks
- Energy demand scenarios: Analysis of electricity, heating/cooling and mobility
- Modelling and simulation: Development of an open-source energy system model
- Further Development of Digital Twins: Comparison and Optimization of District Scenarios
- Knowledge transfer: Exchange with national and international networks