Why simulation within “Smart Energy”?

The approach of a simulation has the following aspects:

• you can start small

• small steps, iterative development of documented dependencies

• complex systems are more difficult to put into theories and can be simulated or emulated much better

• simulation can later be transferred into emulation, emulations can then become part of the real world (like e.g. emulators in microelectronics)

• simulation results can be presented in different ways (to suit the target group) (multiple “views” and levels of abstraction on data)

• simulations are much more likely to invite participation

• good simulations have real interfaces that can be evaluated

• the whole playground can include multiple simulation approaches so that different levels of abstraction can be explored. Played together, it then becomes a big picture.

• the big master plan initially only needs to be vision, the focus can be on dedicated parts

• a high level of professionalism in the “simulation framework” also motivates developers at the “big players” in the medium term.

• the open source approach of a simulation on github also frees from dependencies on individuals (bus factor).

• good simulations can be automated. Changes to the code automatically lead to new documentation (CI/CD pipelines)

• simulations can be versioned