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.
The German energy industry is rapidly changing and especially small and mid-sized companies are facing various challenges. Currently, there is no structured method to support business process management of these companies by means of a business process reference model. Therefore, within the project "Smart Watts" such a model is being developed for municipal utilities processes with end customer interaction. Zusammenfassung Die Energiewirtschaft in Deutschland ist im Umbruch begriffen und besonders kleine und mittlere Unternehmen sehen sich vielfältigen Herausforderungen gegenüber. Im Moment gibt es keine strukturierte Methode in Form eines Geschäftsprozessreferenzmodells, das das Geschäftspro-zessmanagement dieser Unternehmen unterstützen könnte. Innerhalb des Projektes "Smart Watts" wird deshalb ein solches Modell am Beispiel von Geschäftsprozessen bei Stadtwerken entwickelt.DabeiliegtderFokusauf Prozessen mitEndkundenbezug.
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