Maon
Maon is an independent software company offering an advanced web-based platform for fundamental and AI-driven electricity market simulation and forecasting.
About
Maon is a spin-off of RWTH Aachen and TU Berlin, providing a production-grade, web-based platform for fundamental and AI-powered electricity market simulations with unit-level precision. Catering to decision-makers in energy markets, Maon combines scientific methods, vast datasets, and scalable cloud computing to deliver highly accurate, explainable, and resilient forecasts. Its platform supports deterministic and stochastic market analyses, investment planning, price and volume uncertainty evaluation, risk management, and cost-benefit analysis. Maon’s mission is to enable organizations—including grid operators, energy producers, investors, consultants, and policymakers—to make optimal, data-driven decisions in fast-changing, capital-intensive electricity markets across Europe. The system is no-code, collaborative, and integrates security measures such as encrypted, German-hosted infrastructures. Maon’s forecasting has informed billion-euro investments and supports public authorities, utilities, and industrial consumers in the European energy transition.
Products & Services
- Web-based electricity market simulation platform
- Fundamental and AI-based power market forecasting
- Monte Carlo simulations for price and volume uncertainty
- Unit-level modeling of batteries, renewables, hydropower, thermal plants, and interconnectors
- Investment and dispatch analysis tools
- Interactive result visualizations (graphs, maps)
- Automated data checks and scenario parameterization
- Pre-parameterized datasets for backtesting and forecasting
- Consultancy services for market modeling and scenario analysis
- API access for automated workflows
Use Cases & Case Studies
- Techno-economic assessment of thermal power plants
- Techno-economic assessment of hydro power plants
- Integrated European balancing markets
- Electricity price forecasting
- Evaluation of exchange restrictions (bidding zone splits/merges)
- Determination of grid reserve power plants
- Social anomaly (e.g., Covid-19) effect studies
- Analyses of German nuclear and coal phase-out
- Cost-benefit analysis per ENTSO-E Guideline
- Fuel limitation and supply stop risk analysis
Partnerships & Collaborations
- RWTH Aachen University (IAEW, FCN-ESE)
- Technische Universität Berlin (SENSE)
- German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (funding, research)
- Umlaut (management consultancy)
- Eurelectric (through Accenture study)
- Austrian Power Grid (APG)
- TransnetBW
- 50Hertz Transmission
- Volatile (startup)
Awards & Recognition
- Winner of the 'Start-up Competition – Digital Innovations' by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi), 2020
Contact Information
Certifications & Compliance
- Officially incorporated into the Alliance for Cyber Security of the German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI)
- IT security standards advised by Federal Office for Information Security (BSI)