European Research Infrastructure supporting Smart Grid Systems Technology Development, Validation and Roll Out 1Thomas Strasser, 2Peter Palensky, 2Arjen van der Meer, 2Rishabh Bhandia 1AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH, Energy Department – Electric Energy Systems, Giefinggasse 2, 1210 Vienna, Austria 2Delft University of Technology, faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, and Computer Science, Electrical Sustainable Energy department, Mekelweg 4, 2628 CD Delft, the Netherlands

thomas.strasser@ait.ac.at

Project Duration: Contact:

1 November 2015- 30 April 2020

www.erigrid.eu erigrid-mgt@list.ait.ac.at

Involved Partners and Laboratories

The ERIGrid project aims to provide to scientists and companies involved in the development of smart grid concepts and solutions with access to concentrated know-how and European research infrastructures

Motivation and Main Goals

• Support the technology development as well as the roll-out of smart grid approaches, solutions and concepts in Europe with a holistic, cyber-physical systems approach

• Integration of major European research centres with outstanding smart grid research infrastructure to jointly develop common methods, concepts, and procedures

• Integrate and enhance the necessary research services for analysing, validating and testing smart grid configuration

• Provide system level support and education for industrial and academic researchers in smart grid research and technology development

Validated Smart Grid System

Configurations· Validated

concept / architecture

· Substantiated comparision

· Test report· Improvement

and innovation potential

· Certificate

Smart Grid Configurations(Power + ICT system)

Optimization

Control

(e.g., SCADA)

DER

DER

Tap

Changer

Communication

Network

Power Distriubtion Grid

System Validation and

TestingApproaches

(cyber-physical systems based)

· Virtual-based methods

· Real-world-based methods

· Combination of virtual & real-world-based methods (HIL)

Holistic Validation Procedure (NA5)(iterative process)

Trans-national Access to

ERIGrid Research Infrastructure

(NA3, TA1, TA2)· Industrial user

groups / vendors

· Academic user groups

· Project consortia (European & national projects)

Liaison with Initiatives and Associations

(NA1)

Dissemination and

Communication (NA2)

International Cooperation

(NA2)

Staff Exchange, Education

and Training (NA4)

Distributed and Integrated Research Infrastructure (JRA1, JRA4)

Installations for· Component characterication and small-

scale system evaluation (Micro Grids)· System integration and large-scale

system testing

Improved Methods and Tools (JRA2, JRA3)· Co-simulation / simulator coupling· Integrated power system and ICT models· Controller & Power HIL· Laboratory experiments· Cyber-security analysis and ICT-based

assement methods

Networking Activities (NA) Joint Research Activities (JRA) Trans-national Access (TA)

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Joint Research Activities (JRA)

• Technology development and roll-out support

• Development of advanced system validation method and tools

• Common models, harmonised validation and deployment procedures

• Implementation of advanced services in the integrated research infrastructure

Trans-national Access Activities (TA)

• Provision of user access to research infrastructure of the main players in the European smart grids research area

• Attraction of industry-related user projects

Networking Activities (NA)

• Integration of European smart grid research infrastructure

• Reinforced collaboration of key research institutions and industry and utilities

• Staff exchange of researchers, technicians and research infrastructure managers

• Training and education of power system and ICT professionals

• International collaboration

Supported by the H2020 Programme under Contract No. 654113. The content of this poster does not reflect the official opinion of the European Union. Responsibility for the information expressed therein lies entirely with the ERIGrid consortium.

(Coordinator)

Expected Results and Outcomes

• Extensive overview of various European research possibilities based on the services of ERIGrid partners

• Optimisation of laboratories interconnection

• Minimisation of testing services duplication in Europe

• Addressing the gaps in system integration and validation

• Harmonised procedures, common modelling approaches and standardised representation of results from simulation and laboratory-based experiments

• Dissemination of the gained data to external users and stakeholder groups

• Open access of the user projects’ results to the public

• More efficient usage of smart grid research infrastructures in Europe