F IRED2007 CS3 - EnerSearchMICROGRIDS Large Scale Integration of Micro-Generation to Low Voltage Grids EU Contract No. ENK5-CT2002-00610 Co-ordinator: ICCS/NTUA, Greece Nicholas Hatziargyriou

European Research Cluster of Projects: Integration of Renewable Energy Sources and Distributed Generation

IRED is funded by the European Commission Contract No. SES6-CT-2004-503770

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SCIENTIFIC OFFICER - Dana DutianuEUROPEAN COMMISSION – DG Research Energy DirectorateBrussels

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CO-ORDINATOR OF THE CLUSTERJürgen Schmid, Philipp Strauss, ISET / Germany

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as Power quality, reliability and securityNikos Hatziargyriou, NTUA, Greece [email protected]

ICT relevant for the operation of the electricity grid, power sources and consumersHans Akkermans, EnerSearch, The Netherlands [email protected]

Laboratory activitiesPhilipp Strauss, ISET, Germany [email protected]

Pilot installations and fi eld testsBritta Buchholz, MVV, Germany [email protected]

Socio-economic issuesFrits van Oostvoorn, Martin Scheepers, ECN, The Netherlands

[email protected]@ecn.nl

Co-ordination with regional research programs on DERRaul Reyero, CIDAE, Spain [email protected]

FEN

IX Flexible Electricity Networks to Integrate the eXpected Energy Evolution

EU Contract No. SES6-51827210/2005 - 09/2009

Co-ordinator: IBERDROLA, SpainJose M. CoreraJavier Villalba

22 partners14.8 mio. Euro

e-mail: [email protected]

www.fenix-project.org

Main objectives:To enable Distributed Energy Resources (DER) to make the EU electricity supply system cost-effi cient, secure and sustainable through aggregation into Large Scale Virtual Power Plants (LSVPP).

• Development of intelligent interfaces for commercial and grid integration of DER into LSVPP.

• Development of novel network services and new DMS and EMS applications to include LSVPP in system operation.

• Development of new commercial and regulatory solutions to support LSVPP.

• Validation through 2 large fi eld tests in Spain and UK.

• Interact with stakeholders through an advisory group.

SOLI

D-D

ER

Coordination Action to Consolidate RTD Activities for Large-Scale Integration of DER into the European Electricity Market

EU Contract No. 019938

Co-ordinator: ECN, The NetherlandsFrits van Oostvoorn

15 partners1.89 mio. Euro10/2005 - 10/2008


www.solid-der.org

Main objectives:• Identify, evaluate and assess the critical

developments, innovations and fi ndings in EU R&D on large-scale integration of DER.

• Mitigate barriers for and assess costs and benefi ts of the application of DER supply solutions in the different Member States and recommend applicable concepts of regulation, policies and business models for integrating more DER.

• Identify system management improvements such as pro-active networks securing viable business and operation for both networks and DER operators.

• Raise the awareness of benefi ts of DER in general and organising dissemination and transfer of knowledge from EU-15 R&D community and stakeholders towards the stakeholders in the New Member States (NMS).

DER

-LA

B Network of Excellence for Decentralised Energy Resources Laboratories and Preparation of Standards

EU Contract No. SES6-CT-2005-518299

Co-ordinator: ISET, GermanyThomas Degner

11 partners4.12 mio EUR11/2005 - 10/2011


www.der-lab.net

Main objectives:DERlab is the European Network of Excellence (NoE) of independent laboratories, working in the area of the integration of DER into electricity grids and the preparation of related standards and test procedures.

• Setup a distributed, independent world-class DER laboratory for Europe.

• Develop European and international standards concerning connection, safety, operation and communication of DER components and systems.

• Achieve a durable networking between European laboratories.

R U N N I N G P R O J E C T S

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IDS Large Scale Integration of Micro-Generation

to Low Voltage Grids

EU Contract No. ENK5-CT2002-00610

Co-ordinator: Nicholas Hatziargyriou ICCS/NTUA, Greece



http://microgrids.power.ece.ntua.gr

Main objectives:• Investigation of new micro source, storage

and load controllers to provide effi cient operation of Microgrids.

• Development of alternative control strate-gies (centralised versus decentralised)

• Alternative Network designs.• Technical and commercial integration of

Multi-Microgrids.• Field trials of alternative control and

management strategies.• Standardisation of technical and commer-

cial protocols and hardware.• Investigate impact on power system

operation.• Investigate impact on the development

of electricity network infrastructures.

Our Vision: A major contribution coming from Renewable Energy

Sources (RES) and other sources of Distributed Generation (DG) to the European electricity network within the fi rst quarter of this century.

Our Mission: To facilitate the integration of Renewable Energies and

Distributed Generation into the future European electricity network and to create a competitive European industry for a sustainable and reliable future power supply.

Objectives:• Increase stakeholders awareness of the growing importance

of RES and DG.• Contribute to remove technical, economical and regulatory

barriers for the grid connection of RES and DG.• Create a favourable environment for socio-economic ac-

ceptance of intermittent RES and DG without risks to qual-ity or safety.

• Create a knowledge infrastructure for design, realisation and operation of the future European smart electricity grid.

Most Important Initiatives • International exchange and conferences in 2004, 2006 and

2008. • Set-up of the European Technology Platform “Smart Grids”

for the electricity networks of the future.

Integration of Renewable

Energy Sources and

Distributed Generation

into the European

Electricity Grid

European

Research

Cluster

DISPOWER2001 – 2005

INVESTIRE2001 – 2003

CRISP2001 – 2006

DG NET2001 – 2004

SUSTELNET2002 – 2004

MICROGRIDS2003 – 2005

DG Facts2003 – 2005

DER-LAB

2005 – 201111 partners

4.12 mio EUR

SOLID-DER

2005 – 200815 partners

1.89 mio EUR

FENIX

2005 – 200922 partners

14.8 mio EUR

MORE MICROGRIDS2006 – 200922 partners

7.85 mio EUR

www.IRED-cluster.org

CR

ISP


Co-ordinator:ECN, The NetherlandsGerrit Jan Schaeffer

10 partners3 mio. Euro10/2001 - 06/2006

www.ecn.nl/crisp/

Main emphases:• Design and testing of new operating strat-

egies for distributed power generation. • As enabled by recent advances in ICT

technologies for distributed intelligence. • Focusing on practical scenarios for sup-

ply-demand matching, intelligent load shedding, fault detection and diagnostics and network security.

Distributed Intelligence in Critical Infrastructures for Sustainable Power

DG

FAC

TS

EU Contract No. ENK5-CT-2002-00658

Co-ordinator:Labein, SpainEduardo Zabala

12 partners3.25 mio Euro01/2003 - 12/2005

http://dgfacts.labein.es/dgfacts/index.jsp

Main emphases:• To extend the use of the FACTS concept

to distribution networks by designing a set of modular systems, so called DGFACTS systems.

• To optimally improve the stability and quality of supply of each distribution network, allowing a high degree of RES and DG penetration.

Improvement of the Quality of Supply in Distributed Generation Networks Through the Integrated Application of Power Electronic Techniques

DG

NET

European Network for Integration of RES and DG


Co-ordinator:Iberdrola, SpainPedro Martinez Cid


www.dgnet.org

Main emphases:To advocate the concept of distributed generation (DG) and Renewable Energy Sources (RES) integration in Europe by:

• Making stakeholders aware of the increasing effi ciency and sustainability of RES and DG new technologies.

• Removing technical, business practice, regulatory and cost-related intercon-nection barriers to the grids.

• New electricity grids ability to absorb intermittent RES and DG without risks to quality or safety.

INV

ESTI

RE Investigation on Storage Technologies for

Intermittent Renewable Energy


Co-ordinator:CEA/Genec, FrancePhilippe Malbranche


www.ired-cluster.org

Main emphases:Review and assessment of all possible existing storage technologies in the context of renewable energy applications (such as wind and photovoltaic systems), to facilitate exchange of information between main actors and to propose a 5-10 year RTD roadmap.

SUST

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Policy and Regulatory Roadmaps for the Integration of Distributed Generation and the Development of Sustainable Electricity Networks


Co-ordinator:ECN, The NetherlandsMartin J.J. Scheepers


www.solid-der.org

Main emphases:Policy and regulatory roadmaps for the transition to an electricity market and net-work structure that creates a level playing fi eld between centralised and decentral-ised generation and network development, and the integration of renewable energy sources, within the framework of the liber-alisation of the EU electricity market.

DIS

POW

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Distributed Generation with High Penetration of Renewable Energy Sources


Co-ordinator:ISET, GermanyPhilipp StraussVice Co-ordinator:FhG-ISE, GermanyTim Meyer


www.dispower.org

Main emphases:• Strategies and concepts for grid stability

and system control in DG networks. • Preparation of safety and quality standards. • Investigations on power quality improve-

ments and requirements. • Development of management systems for

local grids with high penetration of DG units.

• Assessment of impacts to consumers by ICTs, energy trading and load manage-ment.

• Planning tools to insure reliable and cost effective integration of DG components in regional and local grids.

• Internet-based systems for communication, energy management and trading.

• Investigations on contract and tariff issues regarding energy trading and wheeling and ancillary services.

• Improvement and adaptation of test facili-ties, experiments for further development of DG components, control systems and design tools.

• Dissemination and implementation of concepts.

MIC

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IDS Large Scale Integration of Micro-Generation

to Low Voltage Grids


Co-ordinator: ICCS/NTUA, GreeceNicholas Hatziargyriou


http://microgrids.power.ece.ntua.gr

Main emphases:• Increasing penetration of RES and other

micro-sources in order to contribute for the reduction of GHG emissions.

• To study the operation of MicroGrids in parallel with the mains and in islanding conditions that may follow faults.

• To defi ne, develop and demonstrate control strategies that will ensure the most effi cient, reliable and economic operation and management of Micro-Grids.

• To defi ne appropriate protection and grounding policies that will assure safety of operation and capability of fault detection, isolation and islanded operation.

• To identify needs and develop the telecommunication infrastructures and communication protocols required.

• To determine economic benefi ts, to propose systematic methods and tools to quantify these benefi ts and to pro-pose appropriate regulatory measures.

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