Christoph Wenge

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Fraunhofer Institute for Factory Operation and Automation IFF

Magdeburg, Germany

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Fraunhofer IFF (EER) develops digital solutions for urban and industrial energy systems. Focus on AI, digital twins and scalable, data-driven optimisation.

My organisation

Fraunhofer Institute for Factory Operation and Automation IFF

Research and Development Institution

Magdeburg, Germany

https://www.iff.fraunhofer.de/en/business-units/energy-systems-infrastructures/digital-tools-for-integrated-infrastructures.html We are focused on all the relevant, pressing and complex challenges of factory operation and automation. We help manufacturing companies transition to intelligent manufacturing. We are the technology partner for designing, developing, equipping and operating work, manufacturing and logistics systems and their supply infrastructures. Our departments cover the entire life cycle of products and industrial production systems. We design work systems in which humans and machines collaborate. We combine these work systems into efficient production and logistics systems and connect them with each other and their environment through intelligent infrastructures. Focus of the Business Unit: Energy Systems and Infrastructures Energy and raw material prices are rising as fossil energy sources are depleted. Making renewable energy resources utilizable has thus become a crucial issue of our day. This is accompanied by demands to utilize energy efficiently to cut costs in companies despite rising energy prices. The Energy Systems and Infrastructures Research Field develops innovative technologies that efficiently convert and sustainably supply energy. We do this by creating optimally closed energy cycles in production processes or by utilizing renewable energy resources in efficient conversion systems. The increasing use of renewable energies is imposing additional demands on energy supply systems’ electrical and information technologies. We develop solutions for large-scale monitoring, control and protection of the smart grids of the future incorporating the generator, load and storage structures.

About me

My organisation

Fraunhofer Institute for Factory Operation and Automation IFF

https://www.iff.fraunhofer.de/en.html

https://www.iff.fraunhofer.de/en/business-units/energy-systems-infrastructures/digital-tools-for-integrated-infrastructures.html

Fraunhofer IFF is a research and technology partner for industry, focusing on efficient and sustainable manufacturing and infrastructure systems. The institute covers the full lifecycle of industrial production, from design to operation, integrating production, logistics and supporting infrastructures.

Within the institute, the group Efficient Energy and Resource Use (EER) develops digital solutions for the transformation of energy systems in industrial and urban environments. The focus is on AI-based optimisation, digital twins and integrated energy infrastructures.

We design and implement solutions for energy efficiency, renewable integration and sector coupling. Our work includes real-world demonstrators and scalable approaches for monitoring, control and operation of complex energy systems.

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Skills

Digital Twin
Energy systems
smart grids
energy optimization
energy efficiency
IoT Integration
System integration
Energy transition
system transformation

Interests

Energy transition
demonstrators
Climate neutrality
Energy communities
urban energy systems
Smart Cities
Positive Energy Districts
Industrial Transformation

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I am interested in the following CETPartnership thematic areas:

develop the optimised, integrated European net-zero emissions energy systemdevelop a pool of zero-emission power technologies and solutions based on Renewable Energy Sourcesprovide technological cleaner solutions for storage technologiesprovide technological cleaner solutions for CCS (Carbon Capture and Storage) and CCU (Carbon Capture and Utilisation)develop and validate integrated regional and local energy systems, NoREST initiativedevelop and demonstrate technical solutions for integrated industrial energy systemsprovide solutions and technologies for buildings to become an active element in the energy system

Marketplace (5)

Service
Digital tools for integrated infrastructures (RES, storage, E-Mobility, ICT)
Offering smart applications for creating sustainable and secure energy systems, ensuring efficiency and innovation in energy management.
Other
R&D Partner
Demonstrator
Technology Partner
Validator/Living Lab
Project Conception and/or Coordination
Author
Christoph Wenge
research at Fraunhofer Institute for Factory Operation and Automation IFF
Magdeburg, Germany
Project cooperation
Digital tools for integrated infrastructures (RES, storage, E-Mobility, ICT)
Offering smart applications for creating sustainable and secure energy systems, ensuring efficiency and innovation in energy management.
Other
R&D Partner
Demonstrator
Technology Partner
Validator/Living lab
Call Module 2026-05: Hydrogen and renewable fuel
Call Module 2026-04: Industrial carbon management
Call Module 2026-07: Heating and cooling technologies
Call Module 2026-08: Integrated regional energy systems
Call Module 2026-09: Integrated industrial energy systems
Call Module 2026-10: Clean energy integration in the built environment
Call Module 2026-01: Integrated energy system resilience in a changing environment
Call Module 2026-03A/03B: Advanced renewable energy (RE) technologies for power production
Call Module 2026-06: Stationary battery technologies and systems for climate-neutral industry and built environment
Author
Christoph Wenge
research at Fraunhofer Institute for Factory Operation and Automation IFF
Magdeburg, Germany
Project cooperation
Hydrogen drone for logistics scenarios and application
We provide hydrogen drone expertise to enhance efficiency and reduce CO2 emissions using digital twins. Seeking consortium collaboration.
Other
R&D Partner
Demonstrator
Technology Partner
Validator/Living lab
Call Module 2026-05: Hydrogen and renewable fuel
Call Module 2026-04: Industrial carbon management
Call Module 2026-07: Heating and cooling technologies
Call Module 2026-08: Integrated regional energy systems
Call Module 2026-09: Integrated industrial energy systems
Call Module 2026-10: Clean energy integration in the built environment
Call Module 2026-01: Integrated energy system resilience in a changing environment
Call Module 2026-03A/03B: Advanced renewable energy (RE) technologies for power production
Call Module 2026-06: Stationary battery technologies and systems for climate-neutral industry and built environment
Author
Christoph Wenge
research at Fraunhofer Institute for Factory Operation and Automation IFF
Magdeburg, Germany
Project cooperation
SGESS-ReUse-Twin
Fraunhofer IFF offers a real out-of-operation battery storage demonstrator, historical data and research infrastructure to develop reuse, repowering and design-for-reuse concepts for stationary battery systems.
Other
R&D Partner
Demonstrator
Technology Partner
Call Module 2026-05: Hydrogen and renewable fuel
Call Module 2026-04: Industrial carbon management
Call Module 2026-07: Heating and cooling technologies
Call Module 2026-08: Integrated regional energy systems
Call Module 2026-09: Integrated industrial energy systems
Call Module 2026-10: Clean energy integration in the built environment
Call Module 2026-01: Integrated energy system resilience in a changing environment
Call Module 2026-03A/03B: Advanced renewable energy (RE) technologies for power production
Call Module 2026-06: Stationary battery technologies and systems for climate-neutral industry and built environment
Author
Christoph Wenge
research at Fraunhofer Institute for Factory Operation and Automation IFF
Magdeburg, Germany
Project cooperation
PV-Data2Assist
Fraunhofer IFF offers PV diagnostics expertise, multimodal data analytics and ESI know-how to turn heterogeneous PV data into explainable condition assessment and operator support.
Other
R&D Partner
Demonstrator
Technology Partner
Validator/Living lab
Call Module 2026-05: Hydrogen and renewable fuel
Call Module 2026-04: Industrial carbon management
Call Module 2026-07: Heating and cooling technologies
Call Module 2026-08: Integrated regional energy systems
Call Module 2026-09: Integrated industrial energy systems
Call Module 2026-10: Clean energy integration in the built environment
Call Module 2026-01: Integrated energy system resilience in a changing environment
Call Module 2026-03A/03B: Advanced renewable energy (RE) technologies for power production
Call Module 2026-06: Stationary battery technologies and systems for climate-neutral industry and built environment
Author
Christoph Wenge
research at Fraunhofer Institute for Factory Operation and Automation IFF
Magdeburg, Germany