"With our research, my team and I want to drive forward the energy transition using digitalisation. On account of renewable energy sources, the electricity system is evolving from a centralised to a decentralised system – the overall structure is changing. Digitalisation is necessary to sustain energy supplies and maintain the stability of the network structure. Collaboration with other disciplines is crucial here, because we are facing not only a technical, but also a societal, a political challenge. What this means is that people need to be willing to get involved, everyone needs to take responsibility. Anyone operating a solar power system must ensure that their system is able to activate protective mechanisms, for instance when a short circuit occurs in the transmission line to the neighbour's home. In other words, onetime consumers do not merely turn into power producers, they also need to guarantee the safety of the system."
