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It will even allow excess electricity from an
EV battery or PV system to be traded on the
market if prices are high and trading would
be beneficial for the homeowner. Moreover,
the system is also able to recognise when
cheap renewable power is available from
the grid, should the electricity produced
within the home be insufficient. E.ON will
be the first energy company to offer this
solution in Europe.
“Digitisation, the Internet of Things and
Artificial Intelligence provide us with new
opportunities to offer customers increased
efficiency and convenience. As a result of
our collaboration with Microsoft, we are set
to make a step change in the intelligent
home sector,” emphasised E.ON Board
Member, Karsten Wildberger. He added:
“We are presenting a solution that takes all
aspects of managing energy at home to a
new level. Our solution is based on state-
of-the-art technology and will undergo
continuous development.”
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Galen Hunt, Distinguished Engineer and
Managing Director, Microsoft Azure Sphere,
said: “E.ON is delivering on a bold vision to
make the world a better place, enabling
a future of energy management built on
a foundation of secure devices and cloud
infrastructure. As such, E.ON understands
that deploying only highly secure devices is
critical to earning and maintaining the trust
of customers. Our collaboration will help
ensure the devices across E.ON’s new home
energy management solution meet the
highest standards of security available.”
As vast amounts of information is stored
and encrypted in each home’s Energy
Management Box, data security is at the
core. Data is protected by Microsoft Azure
Sphere, Microsoft’s solution for securing
devices connected to the Internet. Azure
Sphere is made up of three components:
Azure Sphere-certified microcontrollers;
Azure Sphere OS, an operating system
specially developed for secure IoT
applications; and Azure Sphere Security
Service, a turnkey cloud service that
provides ongoing security updates to
connected devices to ensure they remain
secured as threats evolve.
This central connection guarantees that
the entire system is much less susceptible
to external attacks.
E.ON’s product is set to enter a market
that is expecting strong growth.
Currently, 40,000 smart home systems
are sold in Europe every year.
According to a study made available to
E.ON, the market volume is anticipated
to grow to 200,000 units within three
years. Should e-mobility usage increase
considerably, then even higher growth
rates would be expected.
Similarly, Enedis, a leading European
energy distributor, has entrusted Orange
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