Fraunhofer Institute for Algorithms and Scientific Computing SCAI
Fraunhofer Institute for Algorithms and Scientific Computing SCAI
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EAO – Energy Asset Optimization

Intelligent optimization for heterogeneous energy portfolios

The EAO – Energy Asset Optimization software structures and optimizes diverse energy portfolios using economic criteria. It models wind and solar plants, battery storage, gas-fired power plants, industrial loads, and thermal storage within one portfolio. It can be used by municipal utilities, energy suppliers, trading firms, and investors to precisely value, manage, and prioritize assets.

With full transparency, EAO models portfolios, tests market assumptions, and reproduces each calculation. This provides a solid basis for defensible decisions, reveals risks sooner, captures opportunities, and enables confident scenario comparisons.
 

Transparent analysis and control of energy portfolios

The energy asset optimization software systematically evaluates energy assets for economic performance. A flexible modeling framework and organized interface let teams build and analyze portfolios quickly. The system stores, updates, and adjusts price time series and technical parameters as needed.

EAO delivers robust financial metrics and scenario analyses. It reliably supports trading, asset management, and investment decisions rigorously and transparently.

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Additional capabilities at a glance

Flexible modeling of complex portfolios
EAO represents portfolios at any level of detail, ranging from single assets to complex, multi-level systems. Users precisely encode constraints, dependencies, market mechanisms, and technical characteristics. Teams address operational and long-term strategic questions on the same data foundation.

Scenario analysis for varied market assumptions
Users simulate alternative price paths or structural changes in a few steps. For each scenario, EAO calculates the corresponding portfolio value and generates schedules that make risks, opportunities, and sensitivities visible and comparable over time.

Transparent, audit-ready results
A defining feature of EAO is traceability for every calculation. The system stores histories of optimization runs, including input data, model versions, price series, and results, simplifying audits, risk reviews, and investment analysis for years.

Freedom of choice in optimization technology
EAO does not tie users to a single optimization technology. Depending on the use case, teams seamlessly integrate proven open-source and commercial solvers. The compute engine stays interchangeable while modeling, data management, and result preparation remain centralized in EAO.

User-friendly management of market and master data
A clean, structured visual layout simplifies management of price time series, technical asset data, and portfolio structures. The interface visualizes relationships and supports consistent data governance. It presents results clearly right after computation. Users easily maintain and version market and master data, and filter it for targeted analyses.

Built-in Excel import and export capabilities let users load data quickly. They can also process it further with ease.