ReDi-Flex-B

09.2026 - 08.2029

 System Integration and Innovative Management of Industrial Battery Energy STorage for Redispatch 2.0 and Congestion Management in the Mainfranken Pilot Region

Objective

The objective of the ReDiFlex-B project is to develop a hierarchical energy management system that dynamically coordinates the operation of an industrial battery energy storage system (approximately 10 MWh at the MAINCOR site) between self-consumption, market participation, and grid-supporting applications such as redispatch and balancing energy provision. This is intended to reduce grid congestion, prevent the curtailment of renewable energy, and increase the capacity of the distribution grid to accommodate renewable generation. The project demonstrates how economically viable battery operation can be reconciled with stable grid operation.

Project content 

The core of ReDiFlex-B is the process-compliant integration of an industrial battery energy storage system into the Redispatch 2.0 processes of a distribution grid, both for behind-the-meter (BTM) and front-of-the-meter (FTM) applications. The control logic developed will be directly integrated into the control center and redispatch processes of the distribution system operator ÜZ Mainfranken and tested under real-world grid and production conditions.

In addition, the project will develop measurement and settlement concepts, standardized communication interfaces, and economic evaluation models that take into account opportunity costs, degradation effects, and grid-support service remuneration mechanisms. The resulting recommendations for regulatory frameworks and standardization are intended to help shape future redispatch mechanisms.

The project is being carried out by an interdisciplinary consortium comprising the distribution system operator (ÜZ Mainfranken), industrial user (MAINCOR), technology provider (AXSOL), and research partners CAE and THWS.

Funding line: 

Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie