Infineon Technologies has joined EEBus, an initiative that promotes standardization of interfaces to enable uniform communication between the power generator and end-user devices. The initiative brings together international companies and associations from different sectors--energy-relevant devices and systems, power supply and grid management, and information and communication technology--and Infineon is the first semiconductor company to join.
"This principle of a unified energy ecosystem has been the basic philosophy of the EEBus Initiative from the beginning. We offer an open solution for all market participants instead of another isolated proprietary solution," said Robert Böhm, CEO of the EEBus Initiative. "With EEBus we develop and standardize a dynamically flexible interface on behalf of industry and provide a global standard for communication."
Andreas Urschitz, Chief Marketing Officer at Infineon, explains the decision to join the initiative as follows, "A unified, vendor-independent communication solution is essential for two-way charging and a decentralized power grid. With EEBus' special focus on energy management, bidirectional end-user devices can be integrated into the Smart Grid, easily and efficiently."
In fact, EEBus is a standards-based language, enabling all devices to function properly even in the event of power failure and providing plug-and-play solutions for residential and commercial applications.
The premise on which it is based is the creation of a stable grid infrastructure at all stages of a clean energy system: from green power generation, to storage, to consumption. Two-way charging contributes significantly to this goal, for example by allowing electricity stored in the battery of an electric vehicle to be used to power the grid or household electrical appliances when needed, but generators and consumption devices need a standardized language to communicate.
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