Journal article
An integrated pan-European research infrastructure for validating smart grid systems
Austrian Institute of Technology1
Ricerca Sul Sistema Energetico S.p.A.2
Department of Electrical Engineering, Technical University of Denmark3
Energy System Management, Center for Electric Power and Energy, Centers, Technical University of Denmark4
Center for Electric Power and Energy, Centers, Technical University of Denmark5
Automation and Control, Department of Electrical Engineering, Technical University of Denmark6
University of Strathclyde7
Institut National de l’Energie Solaire8
Centre of Renewable Energy Resources and Saving9
Université Grenoble Alpes10
Ormazabal Corporate Technology11
DNV GL Group12
SINTEF13
Hellenic Electricity Distribution Network Operator S.A.14
European Distributed Energy Resources Laboratories e.V.15
TECNALIA16
National Technical University of Athens17
OFFIS - Institute for Information Technology18
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd.19
Delft University of Technology20
Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft21
...and 11 moreA driving force for the realization of a sustainable energy supply in Europe is the integration of distributed, renewable energy resources. Due to their dynamic and stochastic generation behaviour, utilities and network operators are confronted with a more complex operation of the underlying distribution grids.
Additionally, due to the higher flexibility on the consumer side through partly controllable loads, ongoing changes of regulatory rules, technology developments, and the liberalization of energy markets, the system’s operation needs adaptation. Sophisticated design approaches together with proper operational concepts and intelligent automation provide the basis to turn the existing power system into an intelligent entity, a so-called smart grid.
While reaping the benefits that come along with those intelligent behaviours, it is expected that the system-level testing will play a significantly larger role in the development of future solutions and technologies. Proper validation approaches, concepts, and corresponding tools are partly missing until now.
This paper addresses these issues by discussing the progress in the integrated Pan-European research infrastructure project ERIGrid where proper validation methods and tools are currently being developed for validating smart grid systems and solutions.
Language: | English |
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Publisher: | Springer Vienna |
Year: | 2018 |
Pages: | 616-622 |
ISSN: | 16137620 and 0932383x |
Types: | Journal article |
DOI: | 10.1007/s00502-018-0667-7 |
ORCIDs: | 0000-0002-6415-766X , 0000-0002-2834-306X , 0000-0003-3963-0862 , 0000-0002-1229-0530 , Heussen, K. , Gehrke, O. , 0000-0003-3182-7820 and 0000-0002-8576-3693 |