Tuesday, April 21, 2026 | 11:00am–12:15pm CET| Webinar language: German
The Bollingstedt project clearly illustrates how a digital twin can be used in the energy sector. A digital twin virtually maps real infrastructures and is continuously supplied with up-to-date data to enable simulations, forecasts and optimised decisions. In Bollingstedt, project developer Eco Stor and grid operator SH Netz are jointly operating such a model, which maps local energy flows from renewable sources and runs through various grid utilisation scenarios. This enables the grid operator to improve energy planning, reduce peak loads and specifically control the expansion of sustainable technologies.
Nadine Bethge
Nadine Bethge joined the bne team on 1 May 2025. She is responsible for network planning and expansion as well as network access and connection. Nadine Bethge holds a degree in landscape planning and was previously Deputy Head of Energy & Climate Protection at Deutsche Umwelthilfe. She began her professional career in various companies in the German solar industry, where she was responsible for public affairs and community relations.
Robert Busch
Robert Busch has been managing director of the German Federal Association of New Energy Economy (bne) since 2005 and is committed to a liberal, competitive and unbureaucratic energy industry. Born in Cologne, he studied law in Münster, Würzburg and Speyer and began his career in the energy industry in 1999 as legal counsel for ares AG. As a member of the ‘Task Force Netzzugang’ (Network Access Task Force) based at the Federal Ministry of Economics, he helped lay the foundations for functioning competition in the energy markets – in 2002, without the support of a regulatory authority. From 2003 to 2005, he was managing director of statt-werk GmbH before taking on his role at bne.
