Identification scheme and name service in the Internet of Energy

The German energy industry is in flux. Renewable energies, unbundling of energy supply chains and increasing competition pressure require innovative approaches to the organization of energy distribution. The Internet of Energy epitomizes the technological framework for the energy market of the future. It allows decentralized control and more efficient use of renewable energy. However its structure and organization is widely unclear. The project “Smart Watts” aims to create a scalable, efficient and secure framework for market communication in the energy sector. First requirement for such an infrastructure is an identification service. The Energy Name Service (ENS) enables the identification of elements within the Internet of Energy and provides the functionality to retrieve additional information on the elements.