IntenGrid WP8 dissemination brochure 20 May 2020

IntenGrid WP8 dissemination brochure 20 May 2020

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  This project hasreceived funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 731218. DISCLAIMER The sole responsibility for the content lies with the authors. It does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the Innovation and Networks Executive Agency (INEA) or the European Commission (EC). INEA or the EC are not responsible for any use that may be made of the information it contains therein. Demonstration of Intelligent grid technologies for renewables Integration and Interactive consumer participation enabling Interoperable market solutions and Interconnected stakeholders InteGrid WP8 Scalability and Replicability Dissemination of results and replication roadmap Online Webinar 20 May 2020
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  Objectives The results ofthe SRA from the InteGrid project are currently available and in order to assist with the dissemination process, a stakeholder meeting will be conducted. This meeting aims to share the outcomes of the SRA amongst international participants such that the results, lessons learned and replication roadmap from the project can be shared amongst a wide range of stakeholders. Agenda Introduction to the scalability and replicability analysis (SRA) in the context of the InteGrid Project Results of the Functional and ICT SRA Results of the Economic and Regulatory SRA Best practices & Recommendations Replication roadmap Discussion session Conclusions Background and motivation Due to the increased penetration of renewable energy sources (RES), numerous DSOs are experiencing challenges such as network violations, reverse power flow and increased network instability. Various smart grid tools and functions have been developed in order to support the integration of these flexibilities for the planning and operations of electrical networks. The change in the energy paradigm also paves the way to the emergence of new actors (such as aggregators) and new behaviors (such as the active participation of prosumers or industrial customers), offering DSO plausible alternatives to costly network reinforcements when combined with proper operational tools. The pooling of the flexibility of loads or generators located in the distribution network through Virtual Power Plants (VPP) can also contribute significantly to the provision of new balancing services for Transmission System Operators (TSO) and Balancing Responsible Parties (BRP) which create a necessity for the DSO to validate and coordinate such operations. This enables the DSOs to become market facilitators. Advanced forecasting algorithms, such as predictive maintenance, traffic light systems (TLS) and load/RES forecasts, are receiving increased attention such that they can be integrated in real conditions by network operators. The smart grid functions developed and demonstrated in the InteGrid project falls within the scope of the two main use cases: Operational planning of medium-voltage (MV) distribution networks and Distributed monitoring and control of low-voltage (LV) networks. Based on the implementation of these smart grid functions within the pilot projects located at three demo sites in Slovenia, Portugal and Sweden, the following key questions remains: • How will these functions perform during network conditions when there is an increase in RES within the network or when applied to different networks? • What will happen if in the future the quantity of RES is scaled-up significantly or if the solution is deployed in another network area with a high penetration of RES?
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  • Is theperformance of the smart tool affected by large scale-up implementation? • Is the telecommunication network infrastructure able to support the increase of renewables and still performs correctly? • What are the associated costs and their impact in future scenarios in such solutions? • Is the current regulation mature enough to enable new concepts and attract new business models, or does the regulation need to change drastically? To answer these questions, it is fundamental for network operators and technology providers to assess the functional behavior of the tools before they are deployed at large scale within their networks. Therefore, it is necessary to perform a scalability and replicability analysis (SRA) which aims to analyse the impact of future scenarios applied to current networks by identifying potential drivers, barriers and constraints of such deployment. Therefore, the SRA aims to bridge the gap between the demonstration of a technical or business use case in a pilot project and a prior large-scale roll-out by network operators, independent aggregators or retailers, to ensure a correct performance. Scalability and replicability methodology In order to deploy smart solutions, such as those proposed in the InteGrid project, the SRA must be guaranteed from several perspectives. These are categorized in four main analysis areas, which includes the functional, information and communications technology (ICT), economic and regulatory domains. Each of the analysis areas, although they are interconnected, provides an individual SRA analysis based on each of their respective objectives and methodologies. Overview of the SRA focus areas within InteGrid Since InteGrid has adopted the Smart Grid Architecture Model (SGAM) approach, these focus areas align the SRA methodology to the five interoperability layers of the SGAM (i.e. Business, Functional, Information, Communication and Component layers) and therefore makes a complete system analysis possible. The overall SRA process adopted within the InteGrid project is based on a five-step process. Initially, the network data and required inputs required for each of the areas (Functional, ICT, Economic and Regulatory) is collected. Since, the structure of the InteGrid project is based on a set of high level use cases (HLUC) within which a wide set of smart grid functions and their applications are to be investigated. Therefore, a pre-evaluation process is performed in order to filter the requirements and identify the most relevant HLUC to be assessed based on the various areas of analysis. The definition of various scenarios to be investigated are then developed based on the main factors identified in the pre-evaluation phase by quantifying these factors with a reduced set of significant alternatives and by indicating precisely the KPIs to be considered within the analysis. In order to reduce the complexity of the SRA, these HLUCs were grouped into various clusters based on the interaction between them. A more detailed description of this clustering process is discussed in subsequent sections. The execution of the SRA is then conducted, and the results and conclusions are then obtained.
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  Overview of theSRA process for InteGrid SRA results and replication roadmap The results and replication roadmap will be presented at the stakeholder consultation webinar and the deliverables will be made publicly available on the InteGrid website. Contact details For more information please make use of the following channels: InteGrid: https://integrid-h2020.eu/ SRA webpage: https://integrid-sra.eu/ @integridproject [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]