An arrangement consisting of an apparatus for configuring a multivalent energy supply system and a control device, said apparatus for configuring comprising: - a memory device in which a base configuration of said energy supply system is stored, said base configuration comprising: ∘ a plurality of energy generators (E1-E6, B1, B2, G1, G2, H1, H2, O1, O2) using at least two different energy carriers to provide for energy in the form of heat and/or cold and/or electrical energy; ∘ a flow through which a carrier medium flows which receives energy from the energy generators (E1-E6, B1, B2, G1, G2, H1, H2, O1, O2) and transports it to a consumer circuit; ∘ a return flow receiving said carrier medium coming from said consumer circuit; ∘ a buffer storage arranged between said flow and said return flow for temporarily storing energy supplied to said buffer storage via said flow; ∘ wherein the energy generators (E1-E6, B1, B2, G1, G2, H1, H2, O1, O2) within said base configuration can be arranged at positions in parallel to said buffer storage between said flow and said return flow and/or in series in said flow; - and a detection device configured to detect, for each of the energy generators (E1-E6, B1, B2, G1, G2, H1, H2, O1, O2), a type from a predetermined set of energy generator types and a position of the energy generators (E1-E6, B1, B2, G1, G2, H1, H2, O1, O2) within said base configuration stored in said memory device; wherein - said apparatus is configured to transmit said base configuration to a control device controlling the energy generators (E1-E6, B1, B2, G1, G2, H1, H2, O1, O2) based on their detected type and position within said base configuration. - a memory device in which a base configuration of said energy supply system is stored, said base configuration comprising: ∘ a plurality of energy generators (E1-E6, B1, B2, G1, G2, H1, H2, O1, O2) using at least two different energy carriers to provide for energy in the form of heat and/or cold and/or electrical energy; ∘ a flow through which a carrier medium flows which receives energy from the energy generators (E1-E6, B1, B2, G1, G2, H1, H2, O1, O2) and transports it to a consumer circuit; ∘ a return flow receiving said carrier medium coming from said consumer circuit; ∘ a buffer storage arranged between said flow and said return flow for temporarily storing energy supplied to said buffer storage via said flow; ∘ wherein the energy generators (E1-E6, B1, B2, G1, G2, H1, H2, O1, O2) within said base configuration can be arranged at positions in parallel to said buffer storage between said flow and said return flow and/or in series in said flow; ∘ a plurality of energy generators (E1-E6, B1, B2, G1, G2, H1, H2, O1, O2) using at least two different energy carriers to provide for energy in the form of heat and/or cold and/or electrical energy; ∘ a flow through which a carrier medium flows which receives energy from the energy generators (E1-E6, B1, B2, G1, G2, H1, H2, O1, O2) and transports it to a consumer circuit; ∘ a return flow receiving said carrier medium coming from said consumer circuit; ∘ a buffer storage arranged between said flow and said return flow for temporarily storing energy supplied to said buffer storage via said flow; ∘ wherein the energy generators (E1-E6, B1, B2, G1, G2, H1, H2, O1, O2) within said base configuration can be arranged at positions in parallel to said buffer storage between said flow and said return flow and/or in series in said flow; - and a detection device configured to detect, for each of the energy generators (E1-E6, B1, B2, G1, G2, H1, H2, O1, O2), a type from a predetermined set of energy generator types and a position of the energy generators (E1-E6, B1, B2, G1, G2, H1, H2, O1, O2) within said base configuration stored in said memory device; wherein - said apparatus is configured to transmit said base configuration to a control device controlling the energy generators (E1-E6, B1, B2, G1, G2, H1, H2, O1, O2) based on their detected type and position within said base configuration.