WUNU researchers will develop strategies for the resilience of energy systems in wartime
Researchers of West Ukrainian National University have joined an international consortium that has won a grant competition organised by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) with the research project ‘Data-Driven Strategies for Intelligent Resilient Renewable Energy Systems (IRRES) Under Wartime Conditions’. This project is interdisciplinary in nature and is coordinated by the Research and Development Institute of Intelligent Computer Systems.
Representatives from the Department of Information and Computing Systems and Management (Prof. A. Sachenko), the Department of Computer Engineering (Assoc. Prof. L. Dubchak) and the Department of Ecology and Public Health (Assoc. Prof. L. Bytsiura) are involved in the project.
The project is being implemented in close collaboration with the German Fachhochschule Dortmund and Zaporizhzhia Polytechnic National University with the aim of developing intelligent strategies for managing university power systems in off-grid mode, which is critical for ensuring the functioning of educational institutions in the context of military operations and the destruction of centralised infrastructure. The research focuses on the use of artificial intelligence, fuzzy logic and machine learning methods to forecast energy generation, detect damage following attacks and develop algorithms for rapid network self-healing.
In addition to the research component, the initiative involves upgrading the technical infrastructure at WUNU, which will help to implement the ‘Eco-University’ strategy and enhance the campus’s energy sustainability.