Internationational Smart Grids Action Network

1. ISGAN:
INTERNATIONAL
SMART GRIDS
ACTION NETWORK
ACTION NETWORK
Michele de Nigris
Mi h l d Ni i
RSE – Italy
ISGAN Chairman
ISGAN Chairman

2. TRANSMISSION ISSUES
RENEWABLES
OPEN RESILIENT

3. DISTRIBUTION ISSUES
RES DG
ICT
Distribution E‐
E
priorities Mobility
consumer

4. Italy starting point on smart grids
Network operator
• 32 million smart meters + network automation
32 million + network automation
Regulator
• Open to innovation
Research community
• National R&D funds; active and competitive
Academia
on new
• Proactive on new skills
Supply chain
• SMEs developing breakthrough technologies

5. Path to the Clean Energy Ministerial (& ISGAN)
L’Aquila (IT) –
2009 Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate (MEF)
• Global Partnership for low-carbon and climate-friendly technologies
p y g
July 2
• Technology Action Plans: 10 technologies, 80% CO2 reduction potential
Decembe 2009
Copenhagen (DK) –
Public release of Tech. Action Plan on Smart Grids
• Led by IT and KR (with support from U S )
U.S.)
er
• www.majoreconomiesforum.org
• Menu of options to accelerate deployment
• Promotes multilateral partnership on Smart Grids ISGAN
D
Washington, DC (USA) –
July 2010
First Clean Energy Ministerial (C.E.M)
2
• Energy Ministers from 23 Countries + EC
• Collaborate on policy and programs that accelerate the world’s
transition to clean energy technologies
• Goal is action – policy a d p og a co abo a o
Goa s ac o po cy and program collaboration

6. International Smart Grid Action Network (ISGAN)
Bringing high‐level government attention and action to accelerate
world‐wide development and deployment of smarter electricity grids
ISGAN…
• Facilitates dynamic knowledge sharing, technical assistance,
peer review and, where appropriate, project coordination
• Sponsors activities that accelerate smart grid deployment
and address knowledge gaps
• Builds on the momentum of and knowledge created by the
Builds on the momentum of and knowledge created by the
substantial investments being made in smarter grids globally
• Fulfills a key recommendation in the Smart Grids Tech. Action Plan
• Leverages cooperation with the International Energy Agency,
Global Smart Grid Federation, and other relevant stakeholders

7. ISGAN Foundational Projects
• “Global Smart Grid Inventory”
1 of enabling programs and policies
of enabling programs and policies
• Smart Grid Case Studies
2 using a common framework and metrics
• Benefit/Cost Methodologies
3 (bottom‐up & top‐down) and related policy
(b tt &t d ) d l t d li
toolkits to assess smart grid investments
•Synthesis of Insights for
S nthesis of Insights for
4 High‐level Decision Makers
(e.g., CEM Ministers) from ISGAN and other
related projects

8. Other Areas of Activity by ISGAN
S a t G d te at o a esea c ac ty et o (S
Smart Grid International Research Facility Network (SIRFN)
)
C ti ith ASEI/ADB
Cooperation with ASEI/ADB
Coordination with the Demand Side Management IA
C di ti ith th D d Sid M t IA
Closely Tracking the NIST Interoperability Standards Development
Close Coordination with the ENARD IA
(Electricity Networks, Analysis, Research & Development)

9. A great opportunity for Italy
Optimize costly
demonstrators
Learn from
Build‐up skills
confrontation
Promote
Educate pro‐
standardisation of
sumers
solutions
Promote national
technology

10. Michele.denigris@rse‐web.it