Pforzheim, JANUARY 14, 2021: The energy industry’s most prestigious international innovation prizes shine a spotlight on pioneering solutions and projects for the new energy world. Market leaders, SMEs, start-ups, and plant and system owners are invited to apply for The smarter E AWARD, the Intersolar AWARD and the ees AWARD by March 31, 2021.
The industry’s best will take center stage at The smarter E Europe on June 9, 2021 when they will be honored for innovations that are shaping an intelligent and sustainable energy supply. The smarter E Europe, the continent’s largest platform for the energy industry, brings together four exhibitions and conferences where attendees can discover trends surrounding cross sector, intelligently connected concepts and solutions for the efficient generation, storage, distribution and use of renewable energy. Related to these topics, the innovation prizes The smarter E AWARD, the Intersolar AWARD and the ees AWARD are presented. They showcase particularly groundbreaking solutions and projects, giving international visibility to the winners.
Trends in the new energy world
From photovoltaics (PV) and storage systems to e-mobility and energy management, climate protection targets and the need to decarbonize industry are increasing demand for technologies, products and services that enable renewable power and heat to be used more efficiently and cost-effectively. There is an increasing call for versatile, rapidly responsive solutions capable of enhancing self-generation and stabilizing power grids and the entire energy system. This means that along with optimized battery-based storage units, solutions for demand side management and virtual power plants, seasonal storage systems (e.g. for storing energy in the form of hydrogen), and hybrid applications are growing in importance. Artificial intelligence (AI) is also a key technology for the new energy world. It forms the basis for new applications and business models, including for cloud-based platforms for the regional marketing of surplus solar power, improved yield and weather forecasts and real-time monitoring, the decentralized supply of districts, and smart electric car charging.
