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National Research
Data Infrastructure
for Interdisciplinary
Energy System Research
NFDI4Energy News 4/2025
Welcome to the fourth and last edition of theNFDI4Energy
<https://nfdi4energy.uol.de/> Newsletter in 2025.
In this edition, we are happy to inform you about the ongoing call for
papers for the 3rd NFDI4Energy Conference, the newly adopted NFDI4Energy
mission, our new KgS-members, and to update you on past and upcoming events.
If there are specific topics you'd like us to cover in future editions,
feel free to let us know (outreach(a)nfdi4energy.org). We look
forward to hearing from you!
Happy reading.
Call for Papers for the 3rd NFDI4Energy Conference in Aachen, Germany
Defining Energy Research Data Management Together
Stakeholders interested in and working on research data management
solutions for the energy domain are invited to join the 3rd NFDI4Energy
Conference in Aachen.
The Call for Papers is still open (Submission deadline: December 14, 2025)!
We warmly invite you to contribute. Further information and submission
details can be found on the Conference Website
<https://events.hifis.net/event/3058/page/892-call-for-papers>.
We look forward to welcoming you to Aachen.
Welcome to our new KgS-Members!
We are delighted to welcome new KgS-members (the KgS is the Consortium
in the NFDI e. V.) to the NFDI4Energy community!
Together, we continue to strengthen the foundation for future-oriented
energy research, data sharing, and collaboration across Germany.
Please join us in welcoming:
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*GFZ – Helmholtz Centre Potsdam for Geosciences*
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*Hochschule Nordhausen*
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*TU Dortmund University*
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*Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)*
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*Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH)*
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*FZI Research Center for Information Technology*
We look forward to working closely with all of you on advancing
Researach Data Management for interdisciplinary energy system research.
The newly adopted NFDI4Energy Mission
Following the adoption of our unifying vision earlier this year, we are
pleased to announce that NFDI4Energy has now officially adopted its
mission. This marks the next step in strengthening our strategic
foundation and guiding our community toward impactful progress.
*NFDI4Energy Mission:*
We empower energy researchers to manage, reuse, develop, publish, and
communicate data and software throughout the research process. To
achieve this, we train and support energy researchers in research data
management and research software engineering through our services that
are available in our quality-assured portfolio. By continuously
improving these services, we ensure simple usability for all
stakeholders. Through close partnership with industry, society, and
public administration, we make additional required data available and
reusable for research. This collaboration benefits industry, society,
policy, and public administration by providing accessible comprehensive
evidence-based information. Together, we advance energy research and
work towards a secure, sustainable energy future where data drives progress.
Event-Updates
Over the past three months, numerous events have accompanied and
provided support for our work, allowing for inspiring discussions and
valuable insights. To maintain a concise overview, we’ve compiled key
highlights and provided links to detailed event pages and LinkedIn
reports for further reading. We invite you to explore these updates and
stay connected via our LinkedIn
<https://www.linkedin.com/company/nfdi4energy/> channel to follow the
work of the consortium.
NFDI4Energy was present at and contributed to the following events:
*FDM@Campus - Göttinger Research Alliance*
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_Details:_ September 29, 2025 - Göttingen, Germany.
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_Describtion:_ The FDM@Campus conference gathered experts,
researchers, and practitioners from various institutions to exchange
experiences and best practices in research data management. The
event featured interactive world cafés, hands-on sessions, and
poster presentations that fostered discussions and practical
insights into data-driven research workflows.
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_NFDI4Energy Contribution:_ NFDI4Energy took part in the conference
with a poster pitch and a subsequent poster session, presenting the
consortium’s vision and goals. The contribution offered attendees an
overview of how NFDI4Energy aims to advance the accessibility,
usability, and interoperability of energy research data within the
national research data infrastructure landscape.
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_Further readings:_ Event Website
<https://www.eresearch.uni-goettingen.de/de/fdmcampus-event-information/>
and Linkedin Report
<https://www.linkedin.com/posts/nfdi4energy_nfdi4energy-fdmatcampus-research…>.
*Open Science Conference 2025*
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_Details:_ October 08 - 09, 2025 - Hamburg, Germany
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_Describtion:_ In 2025, the Open Science Conference returned to
Hamburg as an international meeting for researchers, data stewards,
librarians, policymakers, and other stakeholders to discuss
developments in Open Science. The conference focused on the
intersection of Open Science and AI, exploring how the growing use
of AI tools in research creates new challenges and opportunities,
and how these can be aligned with the core principles of
transparency, accessibility, reproducibility, and reusability.
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_NFDI4Energy Contribution:_ NFDI4Energy joined the discussion as a
participant at this event.
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_Further readings:_ Event Website
<https://www.open-science-conference.eu/>
*Sharing ideas at Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu*
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_Details_: October 13, 2025 - Sibiu, Romania
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_Description and NFDI4Energy Contribution:_ NFDI4Energy
representative Corinna Seiwerth visited the Department of Computer
and Electrical Engineering at Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu.
Invited by Prof. Adrian Florea, she spoke with Master’s and PhD
students about Research Data Management and the work of NFDI4Energy.
The visit sparked an inspiring discussion on the importance of open
research data, transparency in science, and how data sharing
accelerates progress and collaboration across disciplines.
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_Further readings_: Linkedin Report
<https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7389179233505378304>.
*Tag der Energieforschung an der Leibniz Universität Hannover*
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_Details_: October 28, 2025 - Hanover, Germany
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_Describtion_: At the Day of Energy Research at Leibniz University
Hannover, current results from the university’s interdisciplinary
energy research were presented. Researchers and interested
participants were invited to showcase their work and expertise
through poster presentations and to strengthen networking across
disciplines. The event aimed to foster exchange and inspiration,
support personal interaction, and deepen collaboration beyond
faculty boundaries. It particularly promoted interdisciplinary
networking and provided impulses for new research ideas and projects.
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_NFDI4Energy Contribution_: NFDI4Energy was happy to contribute to
the discussion and showcased their work with a poster presentation.
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_Further readings_: Event Website
<https://www.energie.uni-hannover.de/de/news-events-weiterfuehrende-infos/ve…>
*Energieforschungskonferenz des BMWE*
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_Details_: November 11-12, 2025 - Berlin, Germany
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_Describtion_: The Forschungsnetzwerke Energie met for the second
time to exchange insights on innovations in energy research. This
time under the theme “Energy Innovations for Competitiveness and
Resilience.” The Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy
(BMWi) invited experts to discuss pathways toward the energy
transition and to share research impulses from industry and academia.
Panel discussions, thematic tables, and poster sessions facilitated
not only knowledge exchange but also collaborative exploration of
potential solutions.
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_NFDI4Energy Contribution_: Our spokesperson Astrid Nieße gave a
presentation on NFDI4Energy, introducing the consortium’s activities
within NFDI and highlighting how NFDI4Energy supports data and
software, as digital objects for energy research, to be optimally
used in research processes. NFDI4Energy furthermore presented their
consortium poster and was happy to engage in networking and discussion.
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_Further readings_: Event Website
<https://www.forschungsnetzwerke-energie.de/events/de/energieforschungs-konf…>
and Linkedin Report
<https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7395050971955003393>
*Data Days Niedersachsen in Braunschweig*
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_Details_: November 24 - 26, 2025 - Braunschweig, Germany
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_Describtion_: The state initiative FDM-NDS invited all members,
researchers, research data management professionals, and NFDI
participants to Braunschweig for the second Data Days, a two-day
event dedicated to information sharing, exchange, and networking.
The fully in-person program featured contributions from
Hochschule.digital Niedersachsen (HdN) and the National Research
Data Infrastructure (NFDI), updates from the three pillars of
FDM-NDS, the FAIR Data and Software Award Lower Saxony ceremony, a
marketplace with NFDI and RDM4Braunschweig, and several hands-on
workshops designed for networking and discussion.
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_NFDI4Energy Contribution_: NFDI4Energy contributed to the event
with a poster presentation and actively joined the discussion and
networking opportunities.
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_Further readings_: Event Website
<https://fdm-nds.de/index.php/data-days-2025/>
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*Workshop: Reducing carbon emissions in large-scale computational data
analysis***
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_Details_: November 25-26, 2025 - Berlin, Germany
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_Description_: The workshop was hosted by the Collaborative Research
Centre FONDA, together with the Quantitative Biology Center (QBiC,
University of Tübingen). Researchers from across Europe and the UK
presented their work on monitoring and predicting the carbon
footprint of large-scale computational data analysis and scientific
workflows.
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_NFDI4Energy Contribution_: Mirko Schäfer from NFDI4Energy gave a
presentation on “Energy system data for granular emission accounting
of electricity consumption”, focusing on the need for detailed,
time- and space-resolved data to accurately calculate the carbon
footprint of large-scale computational analysis.
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_Further readings_: Event Website
<https://fonda.hu-berlin.de/?page_id=2239>.**
*Many thanks to our representatives for their time and engagement that
allowed NFDI4Energy to contribute to and be represented at these events!*
*Upcoming Events*
If you want to get in touch with NFDI4Energy representatives, you can
find them at the following upcoming events:
9. Regenerative Energietechnik Konferenz in Nordhausen
<https://www.hs-nordhausen.de/forschung/in-ret-institut-fuer-regenerative-en…>:
Februar 12-13, 2026 - Nordhausen, Germany
2026 Open Source Modelling and Simulation of Energy System (OSMSES)
<https://www.osmses2026.kit.edu/>: March 23-25, 2026 - Karlsruhe, Germany
3rd NFDI4Energy Conference
<https://nfdi4energy.uol.de/community-and-updates/3rd-nfdi4energy-conference/>:
March 24-25, 2026 - Aachen , Germany
ABM4Energy 2026 <https://abm4energy.de/>: March 30-31, 2026 - Vienna,
Austria
*We look forward to meeting you there!*
Thank you for many great moments in 2025!
As the year comes to a close, we extend our sincere thanks to our
community, partners, and collaborators for their invaluable support and
for the many productive, constructive, and joyful moments and meetings
we’ve shared in 2025.
Since this is the last newsletter in 2025, we want to wish you and your
loved ones a peaceful holiday season and a successful start to the new
year. We look forward to continuing our collaboration in 2026 toward our
shared goal:
*Data and software as the scientific foundation for a sustainable energy
future.*
NFDI4Energy
National Research Data Infrastructure for Interdisciplinary Energy
Systems Research
In <https://www.linkedin.com/company/nfdi4energy/>
Website <https://nfdi4energy.uol.de/>
info(a)nfdi4energy.org
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Department of Computer Science
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