SDU Center for Energy Informatics Receives Energi Fyn Grant for Advanced Computing Platform
SDU Center for Energy Informatics has received a grant from Energi Fyns Udviklingsfond to establish an advanced computing platform for data driven energy research, digital twins, and education. The grant was awarded to Professor Zheng Grace Ma on behalf of SDU Center for Energy Informatics, together with PhD student Benjamin Eichler Staugaard and PhD student Simon Soele Madsen.
The new platform will strengthen the centre’s ability to develop and demonstrate digital solutions that support the green transition of the energy system. It will provide the computational capacity needed to work with large energy datasets, advanced machine learning models, and detailed digital twin simulations of buildings and energy systems.
The grant supports the acquisition of a high performance computing platform with very large memory capacity, GPU resources, and AI acceleration. This will enable ongoing research projects at SDU Center for Energy Informatics to move closer to realistic, application oriented demonstrations.
The platform will directly support two ongoing development activities at the centre. The first focuses on an automated data and machine learning pipeline for energy prediction, where larger datasets, parallel model testing, and scalable evaluation methods are essential for developing robust prediction models for energy consumption and electricity grid load. The second focuses on EnergyBuilder, which develops digital twins of buildings for simulation and analysis of energy consumption and energy flows in interaction with the wider energy system.
The platform will also be used in teaching, bachelor projects, and master thesis projects within energy systems, energy data, and digitalisation. Students will gain access to stronger computational resources, enabling them to work with more realistic datasets, larger scale digital twins, and advanced simulation and analysis methods.
The grant was part of Energi Fyn’s latest distribution of funding to projects that benefit Funen and the surrounding islands. Through the support, SDU Center for Energy Informatics will further strengthen the connection between research, education, and practical digital innovation for the green energy transition.
For additional information about Energi Fyn’s grant announcement, please click here. https://www.energifyn.dk/nyheder-og-presse/27-04-2026-fra-kritisk-energiinfrastruktur-til-trygge-faellesskaber-energi-fyn-uddeler-2-5-mio-kr/