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Teaser, summary, work performed and final results

Periodic Reporting for period 1 - WiseGRID (Wide scale demonstration of Integrated Solutions and business models for European smartGRID)

Teaser

The Project will tackle the need to increase the grid\'s robustness, flexibility and ability to adapt and anticípate to uncertain and changing power system conditions in a Smart, secure and cost efficient way. WiseGRID will provide the required technology for achieving this...

Summary

The Project will tackle the need to increase the grid\'s robustness, flexibility and ability to adapt and anticípate to uncertain and changing power system conditions in a Smart, secure and cost efficient way. WiseGRID will provide the required technology for achieving this putting the customer in the middle of the energy transition.

WiseGRID main objectives are:
• WiseGRID will integrate and demonstrate innovative and advanced Demand-Response mechanisms that will facilitate the active participation, protection and empowerment of the European consumers and prosumers (households and businesses) in the energy grid and market, through flexible RES generation, self-consumption and storage, or through intermediaries such as aggregators and suppliers on behalf of the former. This will reduce the customers’ electricity bill and their energy dependency but it will also will help DSOs in providing more balanced and stable distribution grids. The project will also demonstrate the sustainable incentives schemas and business models, based on different technologies (smart metering, smart home appliances, batteries, EVs, etc.) to create a win-win situation and benefit both the grid and the consumers. Moreover, the project will issue recommendations to overcome non-technical barriers for the proper integration of demand response schemas into the network, such as legal, regulatory and social barriers.
• WiseGRID will address the smartening of the distribution grid, including both technologies and methods to gain advanced monitoring and awareness of variable generation and consumption loads, as well as the integration of VPPs and microgrids as active balancing assets.
• WiseGRID will address the integration of renewable energy storage systems in the network, such as batteries or heat accumulators. Technologies integrated and demonstrated during the project will help plan the market deployment of these storage systems, manage and balance the network optimally, responding better to changes in demand and reducing at the same time losses in distribution. The project will evaluate the impact of the deployment of batteries and other storage systems (e.g. thermal), in any point of the distribution network, and also to manage these systems (loading and unloading them) optimally once they are deployed.
• WiseGRID will integrate tools to plan the deployment of electric mobility services, as well as the management of loading and unloading of these vehicles -including the possible use of their batteries as storage systems or VPPs. This will be done both for individually owned vehicles and for vehicle fleets (be them public or private). Thus, similarly to other storage systems, it will be possible to answer better to demand variations, e.g. charging the vehicle when the energy comes from renewable sources. In the same way, the project will evaluate the impact of the deployment of charging points in the power grid and will provide information and services to the end user e.g. advising when and where it is most convenient or cost-effective to recharge the vehicle.

Work performed

The main achievements are:
- The Smart Grids Technical and non-technical requirements for the entire project have been formally specified in the earliest phase of the project.
- The scenarios and uses cases to address the interest of the demonstration sites, and go beyond such needs and interests in order to ensure the transferability of the results, have been described in detail.
- The project identified the emerging business models for the different actors involved in the WiseGRID value chain.
- The project has studied the regulatory framework both at EU and national level. The objective was not only to provide a report on the situation, but identify barriers and propose solutions.
- Development of the DR framework of the project
- The preliminary exploitation plans and contributions to standards.
- The project will provide 9 different tools to support all the stakeholders in the energy distribution and retail chain.
- The project consortium has participated and organize several dissemination activities, in order to increase the project impact, to spread WiseGRID benefits and outputs among different stakeholders and to create synergies with other projects.
- Study of the Data privacy issues

Final results

WiseGRID has a direct impact on the topics listed in the work programme and a number of impacts on connected areas. In this context, WiseGRID commitment is to contribute to the EU targets of 2020 and 2030 Framework for climate and energy. These targets aim to help the EU achieve a more competitive, secure and sustainable energy system and to meet its long-term 2050 greenhouse gas reductions target.
The main characteristics of the WiseGRID approach is to provide a cleaner and democratic European energy distribution grid, by putting citizens in the middle, and sharing the benefits of the integrated smart grid technologies among all the actors of the energy market and distribution grid.
In summary, and based on the project objective, the expected impact of WiseGRID, it is summarised below:
Environmental Impact
By means of WiseGRID project, we plan to contribute to solve the issues related to climate change and environment by means of many aspects. The main aspect is related to the increase of use of renewable energy and reduction of the emissions to the atmosphere in different ways.
WiseGRID project will promote the integration of distributed renewable generation sources (DER), such as wind and solar energy, in order to contribute to the EU aim of achieving the integration of large share of renewables exceeding 50% by 2030. The project will be focused on the efficient market integration of Distributed Energy Resources (DER) in order to provide flexibility to the power system.
Social Impact
By means of WiseGRID project, we plan to contribute in order to provide benefits to the society in order to enhance European community by means of different aspects. The need to integrate increasing shares of renewable energy resources installed close to the consumers\' premises, will enable micro-players (prosumers) to also operate and behave as producers. WiseGRID will facilitate and promote active participation of prosumers by means of new market structures, new legislative framework and new ICT services.
Moreover, these technologies will imply the creation of new jobs. The development and implementation of smart grid related technologies incites personal development among professionals, where a need is created to enhance existing competences and acquire new professional skills within companies. Trained and qualified professionals are a key ingredient for the successful adoption of innovative solutions.
Economic Impact
WiseGRID will define during its whole life effective and attractive exploitation plans and business innovation strategies and plans in order to generate benefits by means of the commercialisation of the project services and products in short-term. These plans and strategies will open new markets that will foster and promote the European industry success, and increase the number of available jobs.
Moreover, it is expected that by means of Smart Grid services, innovative business models and regulatory recommendations provided by WiseGRID for final consumers, such as demand response, the average consumer can reduce their energy costs by around 3%.

Website & more info

More info: http://www.wisegrid.eu.