Webinar recording at https://youtu.be/xgfUd6acBfk
The CoordiNet project aims at demonstrating how Distribution System Operators (DSO) and Transmission System Operators (TSO) shall act in a coordinated manner to procure and activate grid services in the most reliable and efficient way through the implementation of three large-scale demonstrations.
AURES II - Renewable energy Auction Database and overview of auction schemes ...Leonardo ENERGY
Recording at https://youtu.be/gF-XicTOi2M
The project AURES II (Auctions for Renewable Energy Support) investigates design options for renewable energy auctions and gives recommendations on their use.
AURES II has collected data comprising the design elements, as well as the awarded auction prices and realisation rates in a single database based on the renewable energy auctions implemented in the EU. Based on this, our project aims to gain new quantitative insights on how design elements influence auction performance.
This webinar will present the Auction Database and a first, holistic overview of the design elements used in the various countries of the EU.
INTERPRETER – Local flexibility solutions leveraged by RD&I projects as syste...Leonardo ENERGY
Webinar recording at https://youtu.be/ueVkeVCbCCw
This presentation provides an introduction to flexibility solutions, focused on DSO and demand-side innovative service enabling solutions. This introduction will be followed by the presentation of ATTEST and INTERRFACE as examples of RD&I projects where these flexibility solutions are being developed at the European level.
Introducing the Global Observatory on Peer-to-Peer, Community Self-Consumpti...Leonardo ENERGY
Launched in September 2019, the Global Observatory is a three-year collaborative research project led by University College London (UCL) under the User-Centred Energy Systems Technical Collaboration Programme by the International Energy Agency (IEA). It represents a forum for international collaboration to understand the policy, regulatory, social and technological conditions necessary to support the wider deployment of peer-to-peer, community self-consumption and transactive energy models. It includes 130 participants from 10+ countries, representing a range of sectors (academia, industry, non-profits) and currently working on the researching and implementation of these new business models. To learn more, please visit: https://userstcp.org/annex/peer-to-peer-energy-trading/.
Time to step up performance-based energy efficiency measurement and verificat...Leonardo ENERGY
How can you know for sure the energy you’ve saved through your building renovation? The answer is that you can’t! But, by measuring energy consumption and taking account of other factors, such as the weather and building occupancy, you can make a much better estimate than by simply relying on installers’ claims of effectiveness. This is well understood in industry, where contracts for energy efficiency projects are routinely set up to reward energy service companies for the savings made, based on measurement and verification protocols such as IPMVP. This shifts much of the technical risk of underperformance onto the energy service contractor, aligning incentives and driving better performance. Policy makers in the US have begun to apply these principles to utility-delivered energy efficiency programmes in the buildings sector as part of efforts to drive up performance and provide better value for money for bill payers. The EU now has the opportunity to follow suit.
Electric vehicle grid integration policies to benefit consumersLeonardo ENERGY
Electric vehicles can unlock extensive value for consumers, the grid and the environment — if we integrate them strategically into the power system. This webinar explores three key strategies for EV grid integration: smart pricing, smart technology and smart planning. Presenters: Dr. Julia Hildermeier and Christos Kolokathis, RAP
Power to the people: shifting control over electricity to citizens and consumersLeonardo ENERGY
Efficient electricity prices are only the first step to unleashing the potential for consumers to help drive the energy transition. In this webinar, David Robinson from the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies will present on how consumers can help decarbonize the electricity system and how to engage the demand side through a combination of price and non-price incentives.
Overview of the FlexPlan project. Focus on EU regulatory analysis and TSO-DSO...Leonardo ENERGY
Webinar recording at https://youtu.be/4s2GGlu-ylc
The FlexPlan project (https://flexplan-project.eu/) aims at establishing a new grid planning methodology making use of storage and flexible loads as an alternative to the build-up of new grid elements. After introducing the project, the webinar will focus on pan-European grid planning regulation and present practices of TSOs and DSOs.
Subject: Ex-post impact evaluations of energy efficiency policies in EuropeLeonardo ENERGY
While we enter a transition in the European framework for energy efficiency, ex-post impact evaluations can bring facts and figures about current achievements towards the 2020 targets, and useful feedback to improve policies in view of the 2030 targets.
The Horizon 2020 EPATEE project analysed evaluation practices in EU countries and developed resources to help enhancing them. After a brief overview of these resources, we will present the main lessons learnt from exchanging with evaluation customers and evaluators, with a focus on how to integrate evaluation into the policy cycle. We will also discuss the conclusions from the final EPATEE conference about the challenges and possible developments for evaluation in the coming years.
AURES II - Renewable energy Auction Database and overview of auction schemes ...Leonardo ENERGY
Recording at https://youtu.be/gF-XicTOi2M
The project AURES II (Auctions for Renewable Energy Support) investigates design options for renewable energy auctions and gives recommendations on their use.
AURES II has collected data comprising the design elements, as well as the awarded auction prices and realisation rates in a single database based on the renewable energy auctions implemented in the EU. Based on this, our project aims to gain new quantitative insights on how design elements influence auction performance.
This webinar will present the Auction Database and a first, holistic overview of the design elements used in the various countries of the EU.
INTERPRETER – Local flexibility solutions leveraged by RD&I projects as syste...Leonardo ENERGY
Webinar recording at https://youtu.be/ueVkeVCbCCw
This presentation provides an introduction to flexibility solutions, focused on DSO and demand-side innovative service enabling solutions. This introduction will be followed by the presentation of ATTEST and INTERRFACE as examples of RD&I projects where these flexibility solutions are being developed at the European level.
Introducing the Global Observatory on Peer-to-Peer, Community Self-Consumpti...Leonardo ENERGY
Launched in September 2019, the Global Observatory is a three-year collaborative research project led by University College London (UCL) under the User-Centred Energy Systems Technical Collaboration Programme by the International Energy Agency (IEA). It represents a forum for international collaboration to understand the policy, regulatory, social and technological conditions necessary to support the wider deployment of peer-to-peer, community self-consumption and transactive energy models. It includes 130 participants from 10+ countries, representing a range of sectors (academia, industry, non-profits) and currently working on the researching and implementation of these new business models. To learn more, please visit: https://userstcp.org/annex/peer-to-peer-energy-trading/.
Time to step up performance-based energy efficiency measurement and verificat...Leonardo ENERGY
How can you know for sure the energy you’ve saved through your building renovation? The answer is that you can’t! But, by measuring energy consumption and taking account of other factors, such as the weather and building occupancy, you can make a much better estimate than by simply relying on installers’ claims of effectiveness. This is well understood in industry, where contracts for energy efficiency projects are routinely set up to reward energy service companies for the savings made, based on measurement and verification protocols such as IPMVP. This shifts much of the technical risk of underperformance onto the energy service contractor, aligning incentives and driving better performance. Policy makers in the US have begun to apply these principles to utility-delivered energy efficiency programmes in the buildings sector as part of efforts to drive up performance and provide better value for money for bill payers. The EU now has the opportunity to follow suit.
Electric vehicle grid integration policies to benefit consumersLeonardo ENERGY
Electric vehicles can unlock extensive value for consumers, the grid and the environment — if we integrate them strategically into the power system. This webinar explores three key strategies for EV grid integration: smart pricing, smart technology and smart planning. Presenters: Dr. Julia Hildermeier and Christos Kolokathis, RAP
Power to the people: shifting control over electricity to citizens and consumersLeonardo ENERGY
Efficient electricity prices are only the first step to unleashing the potential for consumers to help drive the energy transition. In this webinar, David Robinson from the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies will present on how consumers can help decarbonize the electricity system and how to engage the demand side through a combination of price and non-price incentives.
Overview of the FlexPlan project. Focus on EU regulatory analysis and TSO-DSO...Leonardo ENERGY
Webinar recording at https://youtu.be/4s2GGlu-ylc
The FlexPlan project (https://flexplan-project.eu/) aims at establishing a new grid planning methodology making use of storage and flexible loads as an alternative to the build-up of new grid elements. After introducing the project, the webinar will focus on pan-European grid planning regulation and present practices of TSOs and DSOs.
Subject: Ex-post impact evaluations of energy efficiency policies in EuropeLeonardo ENERGY
While we enter a transition in the European framework for energy efficiency, ex-post impact evaluations can bring facts and figures about current achievements towards the 2020 targets, and useful feedback to improve policies in view of the 2030 targets.
The Horizon 2020 EPATEE project analysed evaluation practices in EU countries and developed resources to help enhancing them. After a brief overview of these resources, we will present the main lessons learnt from exchanging with evaluation customers and evaluators, with a focus on how to integrate evaluation into the policy cycle. We will also discuss the conclusions from the final EPATEE conference about the challenges and possible developments for evaluation in the coming years.
New business models for distribution grid stakeholders under high penetration...Leonardo ENERGY
Webinar recording at https://youtu.be/F53mrwelvVI
The webinar mainly targets DSOs, and potential flexibility providers (VPPs, aggregators, flexible consumers), but it is also relevant to all other stakeholders with an interest in the topics of smart distribution grids, local flexibility services and aggregation. These includes, but is not limited to: regulators, academics and researchers on these topics, retailers, or software and data service providers.
Flexibility needs at system level and how RD&I projects are leveraging these ...Leonardo ENERGY
Recording at https://youtu.be/cd5bRnSM0zI
The presentation provides an introduction to flexibility solutions, which can be used to increase efficiency in power systems. The solutions considered for the webinar are network level solutions. This introduction is followed by the presentation of FlexPlan and CoordiNet as examples of RD&I projects where flexibility solutions are being developed to change the power system landscape.
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? The EU's energy efficiency policies scrutinise...Leonardo ENERGY
The European Court of Auditors (ECA) promotes accountability and transparency, and acts as the independent guardian of the financial interests of the EU citizens. ECA recently published two reports about EU energy efficiency policies (about appliances and buildings).
This webinar will present ECA’s role in the EU policy process, how it relates to evaluation, and the main conclusions from the two recent reports.
September 2019 edition of the DecarbEurope primer on electric vehicles, reviewing some of the major issues to address in the coming years:
* low-emission zones
* right-to-plug
* 150 kW network
Peer-to-Peer energy trading and community self-consumptionLeonardo ENERGY
Electricity markets are experiencing a shift to a more decentralized structure. While peer-to-peer (P2P) markets are a promising strategy to grant consumers and small-scale producers a more active role in energy markets, in reality they face multiple complex barriers. As one of the first local P2P energy markets worldwide actually deployed, the Quartierstrom project explores the feasibility and impact of a P2P energy market in the real world in a pilot with 37 households.
BACS requirements in the revised EPBD: How to check compliance?Leonardo ENERGY
To support EU Member States in implementing the revised Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD), eu.bac has created a compliance checklist for Building Automation and Control System requirements related to the mandatory capabilities listed in Art.14 and Art.15.
The checklist provides a necessary reference list and highly detailed tool for building owners and managers, compliance inspectors, building designers, installers and policymakers.
In this slide deck:
1. The revised EPBD and the need for a tool to verify BACS compliance (Simone ALESSANDRI)
2. The EPBD BACS Compliance Verification Package (Bonnie BROOK)
3. Compliant BACS: prerequisite to the digital transformation of EU’s built environment (Andrei LITIU)
Can artificial intelligence (AI) create every-day value in district heating a...Leonardo ENERGY
This presentation was used on 26 Sep 2019 during the online course in the BACS Academy. It sheds light on smart thermal networks. Learn about cutting-edge smart controllers for district heating and cooling networks, developed by EU-funded projects STORM and TEMPO and based on state-of-the-art research on AI. Speakers are Dirk Vanhoudth (VITO/Energyville) and Christian Johansson (NODA Intelligent Systems). This slide deck was used during the online course in the BACS Academy on 26 Sep 2019. Recordings are available here: https://youtu.be/FUFtkryqE7M
Webinar recording at https://youtu.be/Ph9AW2PEgBg
This webinar addresses the key drivers of the PV market and industry in the coming years based on the Trends 2019. Gaëtan Masson, Operating Agent of IEA PVPS Task 1, will look at the past developments and future scenarios, from a global market development point of view to some key price evolution features. From social aspects of PV, collective and decentralised self-consumption policies to floating PV, this webinar will browse the global landscape of PV development. Izumi Kaizuka, deputy chair of the IEA PVPS Task 1, will present the trends of the PV Industry. The production of polysilicon, ingots, wafers, PV cells and modules have been growing with the growth of the PV market. The gap between manufacturing capacity of PV module and the demand contributed to the recent price reduction thus resulted in lower LCOE of PV power. Across the value chain, the PV upstream sector makes efforts to improve efficiency, output and reliability. Further progress of cost reduction is expected. In the downstream sector, players are also applying various methods to reduce LCOE.
Smart4RES - Data science for renewable energy predictionLeonardo ENERGY
Recording at https://youtu.be/kn8X6kIfo6I
The prediction of Renewable Energy Source (RES) production is a worldwide challenge for Smart Grids. In this webinar, you will learn next-generation solutions proposed by the European Project Smart4RES:
· Future power system applications based on RES forecasting,
· Innovative weather and RES forecasting products to increase performance by 10-20%.
Regulatory Sandboxes in the Energy Sector | DSM UniversityLeonardo ENERGY
This presentation introduces the concept of regulatory sandboxes for the energy sector, compares a range of national approaches to the sandbox process and assesses what the benefits and shortcomings of sandboxes are in the heavily-regulated energy sector. Speaker: Alexandra Schneiders, University College London
The need to model coupled energy networks to transition to a decarbonized futureLeonardo ENERGY
Webinar recording at https://youtu.be/2A-aVb6OHTE
The coordination between planners and operators of coupled energy systems will allow the further integration of renewable energy sources in the electricity network by storing energy in fuel form over long periods of time using power-to-gas, the recovery and more efficient use of heat, and the decarbonization of industrial processes and transportation modes that can’t be electrified. Energy networks, such as electricity grids and natural gas pipeline networks, have traditionally been planned and operated independently. In order to enhance the integration and coordination of different energy networks, they must be planned and operated in coupled ways. Different energy networks have historically been and are still modelled by different tools. In this presentation we will discuss the need model coupled energy systems in a single framework and we will introduce encoord’s Scenario Analysis Interface for Energy Systems (SAInt), a software application to model, plan, and operate coupled energy networks.
Smart charging puts the pedal to the metal on e-mobilityLeonardo ENERGY
Smart charging represents the intersection where decarbonising power and electrifying transport meet. It creates a crucial building block for a sustainable energy system to power electric cars through solar and wind energy. Encouraging consumers to shift electric vehicle charging to hours when the power system is not under stress generates benefits for the grid, the environment and all electricity customers.
Extracting value from data sharing for RES forecasting: Privacy aspects & dat...Leonardo ENERGY
Recording at: https://youtu.be/cXWOE7RDO6M
Recent works in renewable energy sources (RES) forecasting, have shown the interest of using spatially distributed time series and assumed that data could be gathered centrally and used, either at the RES power plant level, or at the level of a system operator. However, data is distributed in terms of ownership, limitation in data transfer capabilities and with agents being reluctant to share their data anyway.
Electrification in the energy transition: towards net-zero emissions by 2050Leonardo ENERGY
The European Green Deal envisions a carbon neutral Europe by 2050. Electrification is a powerful tool that can help catapult Europe’s energy transition forward. Accelerated changes are needed in the power, buildings and transport sectors, but they will fail to emerge without robust policies closely aligned with the decarbonisation goal.
In this webinar, Wouter Nijs of the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission and David Farnsworth of RAP delve into the role that electrification plays in different scenarios for meeting Europe’s climate goals.
This workshop will focus on how this new tool supports innovation in the energy transition and on analysing the innovative experimentation tools available and their application in Europe. A round table with regulatory authorities, companies, and research centres will provide leads on the relevance of Energy Regulatory Sandboxes to facilitate the market launch of innovations helpful to move towards a decarbonized economy. This Workshop runs as part of the European cooperation TR@NSNET project.
Assessment of smart grid initiatives: the ISGAN smartgrideval toolkitLeonardo ENERGY
Webinar recording at https://youtu.be/nUEP6WQ8aUg
Smart grid initiatives have grown the complexity of planning activities, the related wide-range impacts require broad approaches for being properly accounted. The webinar analyses current practices and use cases of the assessment approaches. The advantages of combining Cost-Benefit and Multi-Criteria analyses are presented. A tutorial on the smartgrideval software developed as a part of ISGAN activities is provided.
This workshop will focus on how this new tool supports innovation in the energy transition and on analysing the innovative experimentation tools available and their application in Europe. A round table with regulatory authorities, companies, and research centres will provide leads on the relevance of Energy Regulatory Sandboxes to facilitate the market launch of innovations helpful to move towards a decarbonized economy. This Workshop runs as part of the European cooperation TR@NSNET project.
This workshop will focus on how this new tool supports innovation in the energy transition and on analysing the innovative experimentation tools available and their application in Europe.
A round table with regulatory authorities, companies, and research centres will provide leads on the relevance of Energy Regulatory Sandboxes to facilitate the market launch of innovations helpful to move towards a decarbonized economy.
This Workshop runs as part of the European cooperation TR@NSNET project.
Many new business models and types of entrepreneurs are emerging to accelerate the energy transition. We will share first findings on how these new business models look like and the new type of entrepreneurs and entrepreneurial capabilities needed to operate successfully in the complex, uncertain energy transition, and of course reflect briefly on what this means for policy.
Dynamic Line Rating: Principles - Applications - BenefitsLeonardo ENERGY
Video recording at https://youtu.be/xzWoQkVVhFc
This webinar introduces the physics of Dynamic Line Rating (DLR), and calculation methods based on CIGRE and IEEE standards. Various approaches are discussed: direct measurement technologies (sensors) as well as weather model-based simulations. We describe applications implemented by grid operators for some years already. These illustrate how Dynamic Line Rating data have been integrated into grid operators’ tools and processes, in particular how forecasts are used. Furthermore, some analytics will be shared that demonstrate the benefits of Dynamic Line Rating for reducing OPEX and CAPEX. This includes examples on increasing cross-border trading, reducing investment on new line infrastructure and reducing congestions, which helps to make decisions on reinforcement and investment.
Reference Architectures in the Energy systemsOPEN DEI
OPEN DEI Webinar "The role of the Reference Architectures in Data-oriented Digital Platforms"
28 May 2020
Antonello Monti (Institute Director, RWTH Aachen University)
How to Replicate solutions for the flexibility challenge? ReFlex Guidebook pr...Leonardo ENERGY
This webinar provides guidance on characteristics and specificities of replication of Flexibility Use-Cases aimed at end-user’s services, supply side services, infrastructure modifications and direct energy storage. It highlights insights from the forthcoming ReFlex Replicability-Guidebook, drawing on the learning experience form ReFlex partners’ 8 demo sites in 4 countries (AT, CH, DE and SE) and a comprehensive socio-technical replicability concept, including the levels of technical functionality, market institutions and regulation, social and political practices, social networks and micro- and macro-economy.
The ReFlex-Guidebook include 4 Use-Cases. We will outline which socio-technical context factors are to be looked at before prospective replication projects are planned and implemented. The webinar will provide a checklist and information on some tools to support demo regions and the wider group of stakeholders in smart grid and smart energy system in co-creating and advancing their smart grid initiatives and replication projects.
New business models for distribution grid stakeholders under high penetration...Leonardo ENERGY
Webinar recording at https://youtu.be/F53mrwelvVI
The webinar mainly targets DSOs, and potential flexibility providers (VPPs, aggregators, flexible consumers), but it is also relevant to all other stakeholders with an interest in the topics of smart distribution grids, local flexibility services and aggregation. These includes, but is not limited to: regulators, academics and researchers on these topics, retailers, or software and data service providers.
Flexibility needs at system level and how RD&I projects are leveraging these ...Leonardo ENERGY
Recording at https://youtu.be/cd5bRnSM0zI
The presentation provides an introduction to flexibility solutions, which can be used to increase efficiency in power systems. The solutions considered for the webinar are network level solutions. This introduction is followed by the presentation of FlexPlan and CoordiNet as examples of RD&I projects where flexibility solutions are being developed to change the power system landscape.
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? The EU's energy efficiency policies scrutinise...Leonardo ENERGY
The European Court of Auditors (ECA) promotes accountability and transparency, and acts as the independent guardian of the financial interests of the EU citizens. ECA recently published two reports about EU energy efficiency policies (about appliances and buildings).
This webinar will present ECA’s role in the EU policy process, how it relates to evaluation, and the main conclusions from the two recent reports.
September 2019 edition of the DecarbEurope primer on electric vehicles, reviewing some of the major issues to address in the coming years:
* low-emission zones
* right-to-plug
* 150 kW network
Peer-to-Peer energy trading and community self-consumptionLeonardo ENERGY
Electricity markets are experiencing a shift to a more decentralized structure. While peer-to-peer (P2P) markets are a promising strategy to grant consumers and small-scale producers a more active role in energy markets, in reality they face multiple complex barriers. As one of the first local P2P energy markets worldwide actually deployed, the Quartierstrom project explores the feasibility and impact of a P2P energy market in the real world in a pilot with 37 households.
BACS requirements in the revised EPBD: How to check compliance?Leonardo ENERGY
To support EU Member States in implementing the revised Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD), eu.bac has created a compliance checklist for Building Automation and Control System requirements related to the mandatory capabilities listed in Art.14 and Art.15.
The checklist provides a necessary reference list and highly detailed tool for building owners and managers, compliance inspectors, building designers, installers and policymakers.
In this slide deck:
1. The revised EPBD and the need for a tool to verify BACS compliance (Simone ALESSANDRI)
2. The EPBD BACS Compliance Verification Package (Bonnie BROOK)
3. Compliant BACS: prerequisite to the digital transformation of EU’s built environment (Andrei LITIU)
Can artificial intelligence (AI) create every-day value in district heating a...Leonardo ENERGY
This presentation was used on 26 Sep 2019 during the online course in the BACS Academy. It sheds light on smart thermal networks. Learn about cutting-edge smart controllers for district heating and cooling networks, developed by EU-funded projects STORM and TEMPO and based on state-of-the-art research on AI. Speakers are Dirk Vanhoudth (VITO/Energyville) and Christian Johansson (NODA Intelligent Systems). This slide deck was used during the online course in the BACS Academy on 26 Sep 2019. Recordings are available here: https://youtu.be/FUFtkryqE7M
Webinar recording at https://youtu.be/Ph9AW2PEgBg
This webinar addresses the key drivers of the PV market and industry in the coming years based on the Trends 2019. Gaëtan Masson, Operating Agent of IEA PVPS Task 1, will look at the past developments and future scenarios, from a global market development point of view to some key price evolution features. From social aspects of PV, collective and decentralised self-consumption policies to floating PV, this webinar will browse the global landscape of PV development. Izumi Kaizuka, deputy chair of the IEA PVPS Task 1, will present the trends of the PV Industry. The production of polysilicon, ingots, wafers, PV cells and modules have been growing with the growth of the PV market. The gap between manufacturing capacity of PV module and the demand contributed to the recent price reduction thus resulted in lower LCOE of PV power. Across the value chain, the PV upstream sector makes efforts to improve efficiency, output and reliability. Further progress of cost reduction is expected. In the downstream sector, players are also applying various methods to reduce LCOE.
Smart4RES - Data science for renewable energy predictionLeonardo ENERGY
Recording at https://youtu.be/kn8X6kIfo6I
The prediction of Renewable Energy Source (RES) production is a worldwide challenge for Smart Grids. In this webinar, you will learn next-generation solutions proposed by the European Project Smart4RES:
· Future power system applications based on RES forecasting,
· Innovative weather and RES forecasting products to increase performance by 10-20%.
Regulatory Sandboxes in the Energy Sector | DSM UniversityLeonardo ENERGY
This presentation introduces the concept of regulatory sandboxes for the energy sector, compares a range of national approaches to the sandbox process and assesses what the benefits and shortcomings of sandboxes are in the heavily-regulated energy sector. Speaker: Alexandra Schneiders, University College London
The need to model coupled energy networks to transition to a decarbonized futureLeonardo ENERGY
Webinar recording at https://youtu.be/2A-aVb6OHTE
The coordination between planners and operators of coupled energy systems will allow the further integration of renewable energy sources in the electricity network by storing energy in fuel form over long periods of time using power-to-gas, the recovery and more efficient use of heat, and the decarbonization of industrial processes and transportation modes that can’t be electrified. Energy networks, such as electricity grids and natural gas pipeline networks, have traditionally been planned and operated independently. In order to enhance the integration and coordination of different energy networks, they must be planned and operated in coupled ways. Different energy networks have historically been and are still modelled by different tools. In this presentation we will discuss the need model coupled energy systems in a single framework and we will introduce encoord’s Scenario Analysis Interface for Energy Systems (SAInt), a software application to model, plan, and operate coupled energy networks.
Smart charging puts the pedal to the metal on e-mobilityLeonardo ENERGY
Smart charging represents the intersection where decarbonising power and electrifying transport meet. It creates a crucial building block for a sustainable energy system to power electric cars through solar and wind energy. Encouraging consumers to shift electric vehicle charging to hours when the power system is not under stress generates benefits for the grid, the environment and all electricity customers.
Extracting value from data sharing for RES forecasting: Privacy aspects & dat...Leonardo ENERGY
Recording at: https://youtu.be/cXWOE7RDO6M
Recent works in renewable energy sources (RES) forecasting, have shown the interest of using spatially distributed time series and assumed that data could be gathered centrally and used, either at the RES power plant level, or at the level of a system operator. However, data is distributed in terms of ownership, limitation in data transfer capabilities and with agents being reluctant to share their data anyway.
Electrification in the energy transition: towards net-zero emissions by 2050Leonardo ENERGY
The European Green Deal envisions a carbon neutral Europe by 2050. Electrification is a powerful tool that can help catapult Europe’s energy transition forward. Accelerated changes are needed in the power, buildings and transport sectors, but they will fail to emerge without robust policies closely aligned with the decarbonisation goal.
In this webinar, Wouter Nijs of the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission and David Farnsworth of RAP delve into the role that electrification plays in different scenarios for meeting Europe’s climate goals.
This workshop will focus on how this new tool supports innovation in the energy transition and on analysing the innovative experimentation tools available and their application in Europe. A round table with regulatory authorities, companies, and research centres will provide leads on the relevance of Energy Regulatory Sandboxes to facilitate the market launch of innovations helpful to move towards a decarbonized economy. This Workshop runs as part of the European cooperation TR@NSNET project.
Assessment of smart grid initiatives: the ISGAN smartgrideval toolkitLeonardo ENERGY
Webinar recording at https://youtu.be/nUEP6WQ8aUg
Smart grid initiatives have grown the complexity of planning activities, the related wide-range impacts require broad approaches for being properly accounted. The webinar analyses current practices and use cases of the assessment approaches. The advantages of combining Cost-Benefit and Multi-Criteria analyses are presented. A tutorial on the smartgrideval software developed as a part of ISGAN activities is provided.
This workshop will focus on how this new tool supports innovation in the energy transition and on analysing the innovative experimentation tools available and their application in Europe. A round table with regulatory authorities, companies, and research centres will provide leads on the relevance of Energy Regulatory Sandboxes to facilitate the market launch of innovations helpful to move towards a decarbonized economy. This Workshop runs as part of the European cooperation TR@NSNET project.
This workshop will focus on how this new tool supports innovation in the energy transition and on analysing the innovative experimentation tools available and their application in Europe.
A round table with regulatory authorities, companies, and research centres will provide leads on the relevance of Energy Regulatory Sandboxes to facilitate the market launch of innovations helpful to move towards a decarbonized economy.
This Workshop runs as part of the European cooperation TR@NSNET project.
Many new business models and types of entrepreneurs are emerging to accelerate the energy transition. We will share first findings on how these new business models look like and the new type of entrepreneurs and entrepreneurial capabilities needed to operate successfully in the complex, uncertain energy transition, and of course reflect briefly on what this means for policy.
Dynamic Line Rating: Principles - Applications - BenefitsLeonardo ENERGY
Video recording at https://youtu.be/xzWoQkVVhFc
This webinar introduces the physics of Dynamic Line Rating (DLR), and calculation methods based on CIGRE and IEEE standards. Various approaches are discussed: direct measurement technologies (sensors) as well as weather model-based simulations. We describe applications implemented by grid operators for some years already. These illustrate how Dynamic Line Rating data have been integrated into grid operators’ tools and processes, in particular how forecasts are used. Furthermore, some analytics will be shared that demonstrate the benefits of Dynamic Line Rating for reducing OPEX and CAPEX. This includes examples on increasing cross-border trading, reducing investment on new line infrastructure and reducing congestions, which helps to make decisions on reinforcement and investment.
Reference Architectures in the Energy systemsOPEN DEI
OPEN DEI Webinar "The role of the Reference Architectures in Data-oriented Digital Platforms"
28 May 2020
Antonello Monti (Institute Director, RWTH Aachen University)
How to Replicate solutions for the flexibility challenge? ReFlex Guidebook pr...Leonardo ENERGY
This webinar provides guidance on characteristics and specificities of replication of Flexibility Use-Cases aimed at end-user’s services, supply side services, infrastructure modifications and direct energy storage. It highlights insights from the forthcoming ReFlex Replicability-Guidebook, drawing on the learning experience form ReFlex partners’ 8 demo sites in 4 countries (AT, CH, DE and SE) and a comprehensive socio-technical replicability concept, including the levels of technical functionality, market institutions and regulation, social and political practices, social networks and micro- and macro-economy.
The ReFlex-Guidebook include 4 Use-Cases. We will outline which socio-technical context factors are to be looked at before prospective replication projects are planned and implemented. The webinar will provide a checklist and information on some tools to support demo regions and the wider group of stakeholders in smart grid and smart energy system in co-creating and advancing their smart grid initiatives and replication projects.
Shared Economy & Open Data in #EnergyEfficiency MarketsUmesh Bhutoria
Paper orginally written for presentation at the AEEE Conclave. It failed to make the cut for final round, we thought we would still let people review it and engage!
Paper talks about our path-breaking work on helping open up data for greater good and value creation
FIWARE Global Summit - Mission Support Committees: Smart EnergyFIWARE
Presentation by Prof. Antonello Monti
Professor and Institute Director, RWTH Aachen University
FIWARE Global Summit
23-24 October 2019 - Berlin, Germany
Ensuring European Energy Transition: key research and innovation actions need...Leonardo ENERGY
Konstantin Staschus and Sophie Dourlens will present the new ETIP SNET Implementation Plan (IP) 2017-2020 which is to be released on 5 October 2017
The Implementation Plan aims at listing the short-term priorities for R&I in ETIP SNET’s scope and as defined by the action 4 of the EU’s Strategic Energy Technology Plan: Increase the resilience, security and smartness of the energy system. It is based upon the ETIP-SNET R&I roadmap 2017-2026 which specifies the long-term R&I activities for the evolution of the European energy system and published in January 2017.
The Implementation Plan is the result of a long and comprehensive stakeholders consultation process which makes it widely recognised by all the European energy transition stakeholders.
Replicable NAMA Concept - Promoting the Use of Energy Efficient Motors in Ind...Leonardo ENERGY
* Introduces Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs).
* Proposed structure and design of the NAMA.
* Template for countries wishing to adopt the NAMA concept.
Kostas STAMATIS
Directorate-General for Energy
European Commission
WORKSHOP: “DEFINING SMART GRIDS: CONDITIONS FOR SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTATION”
Session 1: Technical and regulatory aspects and recommendations for effective smart grids deployment under the provisions of the winter package
Barcelona, 9th February 2017
Organised by TR@NSENER Consortium.
TR@NSENER - European cooperation Network on Energy Transition in Electricity
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Energy sufficiency refers to a situation where everyone has access to the energy services they need, whilst the impacts of the energy system do not exceed environmental limits. The level of ambition needed to address energy sufficiency is higher than in the case of energy efficiency.
This is the 13th edition of the Odyssee-Mure on Energy Efficiency Academy, and number 519 in the Leonardo ENERGY series. The recording of the live presentation can be found on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEAdYbI0wDI&list=PLUFRNkTrB5O_V155aGXfZ4b3R0fvT7sKz
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Link to the recordings: https://youtu.be/ZCFhmldvRA0
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A recording of this presentation can be viewed at:
https://youtu.be/aC0h4cXI9Ug
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This presentation was used during the 18th webinar in the Odyssee-Mure on Energy Efficiency Academy on February 3, 2022.
A link to the recording: https://youtu.be/4pw_9hpA_64
How auction design affects the financing of renewable energy projects Leonardo ENERGY
Recording available at https://youtu.be/lPT1o735kOk
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This is the 17th webinar in the Odyssee-Mure on Energy Efficiency Academy.
Recordings are available on: https://youtu.be/KIewOQCgQWQ
(see updated version of this presentation:
https://www.slideshare.net/sustenergy/energy-efficiency-funds-in-europe-updated)
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This is the 17th webinar in the Odyssee-Mure on Energy Efficiency Academy.
Recordings are available on: https://youtu.be/KIewOQCgQWQ
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During the first year of the H2020 project streamSAVE, multiple activities were organized to support countries in developing savings estimations under Art.3 and Art.7 of the Energy Efficiency Directive (EED).
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AGENDA
14:00 Introduction to streamSAVE
(Nele Renders, Project Coordinator)
14:10 Views from the EU Commission and the link with Fit-for-55 (Anne-Katherina Weidenbach, DG ENER)
14:20 The streamSAVE guidance and its platform illustrated (Elisabeth Böck, AEA)
14:55 A view from industry: What is the added value of streamSAVE (standardized) methods in frame of the EED (Conor Molloy, AEMS ECOfleet)
14:55 Country experiences: the added value of standardized methods (Elena Allegrini, ENEA, Italy)
The recordings of the webinar can be found on https://youtu.be/eUht10cUK1o
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Laura Sudries, Senior Energy Efficiency Analyst, Enerdata
Bruno Lapillonne, Scientific Director, Enerdata
The recordings of the presentation (webinar) can be viewed at:
https://youtu.be/8RuK5MroTxk
Energy and mobility poverty: Will the Social Climate Fund be enough to delive...Leonardo ENERGY
Prior to the current soaring energy prices across Europe, the European Commission proposed, as part of the FitFor55 climate and energy package, the EU Social Climate Fund to mitigate the expected social impact of extending the EU ETS to transport and heating.
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Watch the recordings of the webinar:
https://youtu.be/i1Jdd3H05t0
Does the EU Emission Trading Scheme ETS Promote Energy Efficiency?Leonardo ENERGY
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The main task consists in isolating those factors that contribute to the change in energy consumption of industrial branches covered by the EU ETS, and the energy transformation sector (mainly the electricity sector).
Speaker:
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The recordings of this webinar can be watched via:
https://youtu.be/TS6PxIvtaKY
Energy efficiency, structural change and energy savings in the manufacturing ...Leonardo ENERGY
The first part of the presentations presents the energy efficiency improvements in the manufacturing sector since 2000, and the role of structural change between the different branches and energy savings. It will compare the improvements in Denmark and other countries with EU average. This part is based on ODYSSEE data.
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Recordings of the live webinar are on https://youtu.be/VVAdw_CS51A
The Super-efficient Equipment and Appliance Deployment (SEAD) Initiative Prod...Leonardo ENERGY
The Super-efficient Equipment and Appliance Deployment (SEAD) Initiative Product Efficiency Call to Action, by Melanie Slade - IEA and Nicholas Jeffrey - UK BEIS
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By highlighting the potential advantages and challenges of integrating AI with XML development tools and languages, the presentation seeks to inspire thoughtful conversation around the future of XML development. We’ll not only delve into the technical aspects of AI-powered XML development but also discuss practical implications and possible future directions.
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A tale of scale & speed: How the US Navy is enabling software delivery from l...sonjaschweigert1
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- How to deliver security artifacts that matter for ATO’s (SBOMs, vulnerability reports, and policy evidence)
- How to streamline operations with automated policy checks on container images
Unlock the Future of Search with MongoDB Atlas_ Vector Search Unleashed.pdfMalak Abu Hammad
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* What is Vector Search?
* Importance and benefits of vector search
* Practical use cases across various industries
* Step-by-step implementation guide
* Live demos with code snippets
* Enhancing LLM capabilities with vector search
* Best practices and optimization strategies
Perfect for developers, AI enthusiasts, and tech leaders. Learn how to leverage MongoDB Atlas to deliver highly relevant, context-aware search results, transforming your data retrieval process. Stay ahead in tech innovation and maximize the potential of your applications.
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Pushing the limits of ePRTC: 100ns holdover for 100 daysAdtran
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Essentials of Automations: The Art of Triggers and Actions in FMESafe Software
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Alt. GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using ...James Anderson
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The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
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Do you want to learn how to model and simulate an electrical network from scratch in under an hour?
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During the webinar, you will discover the PowSyBl ecosystem as well as handle and study an electrical network through an interactive Python notebook.
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- Visualization tools to display your network;
- Grid simulation tools, such as power flows, security analyses (with or without remedial actions) and sensitivity analyses;
The framework is mostly written in Java, with a Python binding so that Python developers can access PowSyBl functionalities as well.
What you will learn during the webinar:
- For beginners: discover PowSyBl's functionalities through a quick general presentation and the notebook, without needing any expert coding skills;
- For advanced developers: master the skills to efficiently apply PowSyBl functionalities to your real-world scenarios.
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2. ISGAN in a Nutshell
Created under the auspices of:
the Implementing
Agreement for a
Co-operative
Programme on Smart
Grids
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Strategic platform to support high-level government
knowledge transfer and action for the accelerated
development and deployment of smarter, cleaner
electricity grids around the world
International Smart Grid Action Network is
the only global government-to-
government forum on smart grids.
an initiative of the
Clean Energy
Ministerial (CEM)
Annexes
Annex 1
Global
Smart Grid
Inventory Annex 2
Smart Grid
Case
Studies
Annex 3
Benefit-
Cost
Analyses
and
Toolkits
Annex 4
Synthesis
of Insights
for
Decision
Makers
Annex 5
Smart Grid
Internation
al
Research
Facility
Network
Annex 6
Power
T&D
Systems
Annex 7
Smart Grids
Transitions
Annex 8:
ISGAN
Academy
on Smart
Grids
5. Gonca Gürses-Tran (RWTH Aachen)The Use Case Methodology applied to TSO-DSO platform demonstrations3
Kris Kessels (VITO)Grid services, products and market models2
Marco Baron (ENEL)Introduction to the CoordiNet project1
Agenda
6. Gonca Gürses-Tran (RWTH Aachen)The Use Case Methodology applied to TSO-DSO platform demonstrations3
Kris Kessels (VITO)Grid services, products and market models2
Marco Baron (ENEL)Introduction to the CoordiNet project1
Agenda
7. Introduction
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CoordiNET at a glance
Project Timeline: 1° of January 2019 – 30° of June 2022
Project Budget and funding : 19.2M€ - 15.1M€
Total number of partners: 23 + 10 Linked Third Parties
Large-scale TSO-DSO-Consumer demonstrations of innovative network
services through demand response, storage and small-scale distributed
generation
Objectives:
Demonstrate the activation and provision of services through a TSO-
DSO coordination
Define and test standard products that provide services to the network
operators
Develop a TSO-DSO-consumer collaboration platform in demonstration
areas to pave the way for the interoperable development of a pan-
European market
Demo areas
Countries involved
8. The Consortium
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Type of company Number of
participants
Company logo
TSO 3
DSO 5
Research Centres and Universities 8
DSO associations 1
Technology provider 1
Flexibility providers and
aggregators
3
Solution providers 2
10. Differences among DERs
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Aggregation is important to
foster LV DER service provision.
Still incipient in the 3 demo countries
11. Coordination
schemes
According to current
market features and
expected products
and services
Economic
assessment
Through demo
results, market
simulations and
business cases
Scalability &
replicability:
Recommendations
& Roadmap for an
adapted market
design at EU-level
ICT
requirements
for platforms
standardization
or integration
Main activities
12. Gonca Gürses-Tran (RWTH Aachen)The Use Case Methodology applied to TSO-DSO platform demonstrations3
Kris Kessels (VITO)Grid services, products and market models2
Marco Baron (ENEL)Introduction to the CoordiNet project1
Agenda
13. Grid services and products
• Grid services are “services provided to Distribution System Operators (DSOs)
and Transmission System Operators (TSOs) to keep the operation of the grid
within acceptable limits for security of supply and are delivered mainly by third
parties” (adapted from CEDEC et al., 2019)
• Standard products are “harmonized products for the exchange of grid service(s)
with common characteristics across Europe (i.e. shared by all TSOs or by all
DSOs or by all TSOs and DSOs)” (adapted from EBGL)
• Specific Products are “products different from standard products” (adapted from
EBGL)
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Sources:
• CEDEC, EDSO, ENTSO-E, Eurelectric, GEODE, 2019. TSO-DSO Report An integrated approach to active system management with the focus on TSO-
DSO coordination in congestion management and balancing.
• EBGL. Commission regulation (eu) 2017/2195 of 23 november 2017 establishing a guideline on electricity balancing (No. L312/6).
14. Possible grid services in CoordiNet
Balancing
Inertial response
Congestion management
Voltage control
Black start
Controlled islanding
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FSP
TSO
DSO
EV
FSP Flexibility Service Provider
TSO Transmission System Operator
DSO Distribution System Operator
15. From grid services towards products
• Definition of one or more standard products for each of the grid services
considered with some commonly defined attributes
• Not all product attributes are fixed
• Some common attributes for different services
• Currently no specific products, but can be defined when needed
• For each service a capacity product can be defined next to the energy
products
We assembled feedback based on a questionnaire and received feedback
from 16 partners
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16. Standard products - characteristics
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Preparation
period (1)
Ramping
period (2)
Full
activation
time (3)
Quantity (4)
Delivery
period (5)
Deactivation
period (6)
Granularity
Validity
period
Recovery
period
Mode of
activation
Pricing Divisibility
Location Aggregation
Product
symmetry
18. Market models - coordination schemes
• A coordination scheme is defined as “the relation between TSO and DSO, defining the
roles and responsibilities of each system operator, when procuring and using system
services…” (Gerard et al., 2018).”
• No one-size-fits-all coordination scheme
• A mapping of coordination schemes and a common nomenclature is proposed
• Proposition of a categorization structure to group similar coordination needs together
• Only “market coordination” (procurement phase)
• Approach:
• Starting basis: five coordination schemes (CSs) as introduced by the H2020 the SmartNet
project (Gerard et al., 2018)
• Complimented with: literature on new coordination schemes and reports that cover certain
aspects of coordination
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Source: Gerard, H., Rivero Puente, E.I., Six, D., 2018. Coordination between transmission and distribution system operators in the electricity sector: A
conceptual framework. Util. Policy 50, 40–48. https://doi.org/10/gc49cb
19. Assessment of coordination schemes
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Reference Alternative coordination scheme
(Gerard et al., 2016) Centralized AS market model
Local AS market model
Shared balancing responsibility model
Common TSO-DSO AS market model
Integrated flexibility market model
(Kristov et al., 2016)
(Martini et al., 2015)
Total TSO model
Minimized or minimal DSO model
Market DSO model C1 (and C2) or Total DSO model
(Neuhoff and Richstein, 2017) Full integration market model
(Kim et al., 2018) System Balancing Cost Allocation based on the Cost-Causality Principle
(Burger et al., 2018) Enhanced Bulk Balancing Authority (BA) Model variant A
Enhanced Bulk BA Model variant B
Hybrid model
(Brazier et al., 2019)
(CEDEC et al., 2018)
Separated TSO and DSO congestion management
Combined TSO and DSO congestion management, with separated balancing
Combined balancing and congestion management for all system operators together
(ENTSO-E, 2017a) Single Flexibility Market Place
(Vicente-Pastor et al., 2019) Sequential Design, TSO-DSO Mechanism, and TSO-DSO-Retailer Mechanism
(Ecofys and Fraunhofer IWES, 2017) Regional Reserve MarketPlus (‘RegelenergiemarktPlus’)
Cascade model (‘Kaskadenmodell’)
Regional IntradayPlus market
New flexibility platform (‘neue Flexibilitätsplattform’)
Full sources available within: Vanschoenwinkel, J., Delnooz, A., Kessels, K., & Puente, E. R. (2019). Definition of scenarios and products for the demonstration
campaigns (H2020 CoordiNet Report No D1.3).
20. Coordination schemes within CoordiNet
20
Central & Local
DSO&TSO
DSO & TSO & External
Stakeholder
Peers
𝟏𝟏 > 𝟏
Yes Yes No
Fragmented
Yes
Central
TSO
𝟏
Yes No
Local
Peers DSO
𝟏≥ 𝟏 ≥ 𝟏
Where is the need located in the system?
Who is the primary buyer of the flexibility?
Common
Integrated
Multi-Level
Distributed
Central
Local
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How many markets are utilized to buy flexibilities?
Resulting Market Model
Does the TSO have access to assets on the distribution level?
21. Coordination schemes within CoordiNet
21
Central & Local
DSO&TSO
DSO & TSO & External
Stakeholder
Peers
𝟏𝟏 > 𝟏
Yes Yes No
Fragmented
Yes
TSO
𝟏
Yes No
Local
Peers DSO
𝟏≥ 𝟏 ≥ 𝟏
Who is the primary buyer of the flexibility?
Common
Integrated
Multi-Level
Distributed
Central
Local
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How many markets are utilized to buy flexibilities?
Does the TSO have access to assets on the distribution level?
Need Central
Resulting Market Model
22. Coordination schemes within CoordiNet
22
Central & Local
DSO&TSO
DSO & TSO & External
Stakeholder
Peers
𝟏𝟏 > 𝟏
Yes Yes No
Fragmented
Yes
TSO
𝟏
Yes No
Local
Peers DSO
𝟏≥ 𝟏 ≥ 𝟏
Common
Integrated
Multi-Level
Distributed
Central
Local
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How many markets are utilized to buy flexibilities?
Does the TSO have access to assets on the distribution level?
Need
Buyer
Central
Resulting Market Model
23. Coordination schemes within CoordiNet
23
Central & Local
DSO&TSO
DSO & TSO & External
Stakeholder
Peers
𝟏𝟏 > 𝟏
Yes Yes No
Fragmented
Yes
TSO
𝟏
Yes No
Local
Peers DSO
𝟏≥ 𝟏 ≥ 𝟏
Common
Integrated
Multi-Level
Distributed
Central
Local
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Does the TSO have access to assets on the distribution level?
Need
Buyer
# Markets
Central
Resulting Market Model
24. Coordination schemes within CoordiNet
24
Central & Local
DSO&TSO
DSO & TSO & External
Stakeholder
Peers
𝟏𝟏 > 𝟏
Yes Yes No
Fragmented
Yes
TSO
𝟏
Yes No
Local
Peers DSO
𝟏≥ 𝟏 ≥ 𝟏
Common
Integrated
Multi-Level
Distributed
Central
Local
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Need
Buyer
# Markets
Access?
Market
models
Central
25. Gonca Gürses-Tran (RWTH Aachen)The Use Case Methodology applied to TSO-DSO platform demonstrations3
Kris Kessels (VITO)Grid services, products and market models2
Marco Baron (ENEL)Introduction to the CoordiNet project1
Agenda
26. The Use Case Methodology IEC 62559-2
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• Objective: Fostering a common
understanding of functionalities,
actors and processes across
different stakeholders
• A single layer of the SGAM is a two-
dimensional plane
• Domains: electrical energy
conversion chain from generation to
consumption
• Zones: task distribution towards
management of technical and
business processes Smart Grid Architecture Model (SGAM) (Gottschalk et al. 2017)
Premises
27. Top-Down Approach
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1. Compiled first information from
templates
2. Short recap and feedback in
workshop groups
3. Each BUC detailed out and re-
arranged
4. Mapping coordination schemes &
products
5. Diagram creation
6. Final Document
https://private.coordinet-project.eu//files/documentos/5d724207ca982Coordinet_Deliverable_1.5.pdf
28. Terminologies
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The CoordiNet platform is intended…
… to form an interface to manage interactions
between the TSO, DSOs and FSPs,
… to coordinate the functions necessary to
perform the Use Cases,
… to support: data exchange between actors
related to market bids, technical limitations
on networks, market clearing functions,
market results.
…
…
…
30. Greek Business Use Cases
30G. GÜRSES-TRAN | RWTH AACHEN
Connected with Hedno
31. Actors and Objectives in GR-1a&b
31
DSO
• Keep voltage level in acceptable limits
• Minimize renewable energy curtailment
• Improve grid efficiency and guarantee secure operation
• Use flexibility from distribution network for voltage control
• Enable non-discriminatory market access (local & TSO ancillary...)
TSO
• Keep voltage level in acceptable limits
• Minimize renewable energy curtailment
• Flexibility from transmission (and distribution) for voltage control
• Improve system efficiency and guarantee secure operation
• Enable non-discriminatory market access (TSO ancillary services)
Aggregator
• Achieve more revenue streams by
increasing the attractiveness for flex.
providers to participate
Service Provider
(separate for transmission, distribution
and flexibility)
• Optimize flexible resources
management business
a)Multi-level
b)Fragmented
G. GÜRSES-TRAN | RWTH AACHEN
33. Actors and Objectives in ES-1
33
DSO
• Procure flexibility from resources connected at both transmission
and distribution network
• Solve temporary congestions that can occur in both networks using
a common and local ancillary services market
TSO
• Procure flexibility from resources connected at both transmission
and distribution network
• Solve temporary congestions that can occur in both networks using
a common ancillary services market
Aggregator
• Achieve more revenue streams by
increasing the attractiveness for flex.
providers to participate
Service Provider
(separate for transmission, distribution
and flexibility)
• Optimize flexible resources
management business
a)Common
G. GÜRSES-TRAN | RWTH AACHEN
b)Local
34. Actors and Objectives in ES-4
34
DSO
• To operate in islanding mode during outages
• To operate in islanding mode during planned maintenance
• To maintain uninterrrupted power supply
TSO
• To evaluate the effect of the DSO’s islanding operation on
balancing
Aggregator
• Achieve more revenue streams by
increasing the attractiveness for flex.
providers to participate
Service Provider
(separate for transmission, distribution
and flexibility)
• Optimize flexible resources
management business
Local
G. GÜRSES-TRAN | RWTH AACHEN
35. Swedish Business Use Cases
35
G. GÜRSES-TRAN | RWTH AACHEN
Connected with Vattenfall
Connected with Eon
36. Actors and Objectives in SE-2
36
Local DSO
• To connect new renewable energy sources
• To improve power quality and security of supply
Local & Regional DSO
• To unlock flexibility and increase attractiveness for flexibility
service providers to participate on the CoordiNet platform
TSO
• To increase the liquidity of the manual frequency restoration
reserve market
Aggregator
• Achieve more revenue streams by
increasing the attractiveness for flex.
providers to participate
Service Provider
(separate for distribution and flexibility)
• Optimize flexible resources
management business
G. GÜRSES-TRAN | RWTH AACHEN
Local
37. Actors and Objectives in SE-3
37
Local & Regional DSO
• To give customers opportunity to optimize their resources
• To meet grid needs with a market opportunity
TSO
• To increase the liquidity of the manual frequency restoration
reserve market
Aggregator
• Achieve more revenue streams by
increasing the attractiveness for flex.
providers to participate
Service Provider
(separate for distribution and flexibility)
• Optimize flexible resources
management business
G. GÜRSES-TRAN | RWTH AACHEN
Multi-level
39. Baron, Marco; Kessels, Kris; Gürses-Tran, Gonca
• marco.baron2@enel.com
• Kris.kessels@vito.be
• GGuerses@eonerc.rwth-aachen.de
CoordiNet has received funding from the
European Union’s Horizon 2020 research
and innovation programme under grant
agreement No 824414
40. Assessment of coordination schemes
5 possible coordination schemes from SmartNet project
• Centralized AS market model
• Local AS market model
• Shared balancing responsibility model
• Common TSO-DSO AS market model
• Integrated flexibility market model
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Source: Gerard, H., Rivero Puente, E.I.,
Six, D., 2018. Coordination between
transmission and distribution system
operators in the electricity sector: A
conceptual framework. Util. Policy 50, 40–
48. https://doi.org/10/gc49cb
41. Product characteristics
Characteristic Definition
Preparation period The period between the request by the SO and the start of the ramping period.
Ramping period The period during which the input and/or output of power will be increased or decreased until the requested amount is reached.
Full activation time The period between the activation request by the SO and the corresponding full delivery of the concerned product.
Minimum/maximum quantity The power (or change in power) which is offered and which will be reached at the end of the full activation time. The minimum quantity represents the
minimum amount of power for one bid. The maximum quantity represents the maximum amount of power for one bid.
Min/max duration of delivery
period
The minimum/maximum length of the period of delivery during which the service provider delivers the full requested change of power in-feed to, or the full
requested change of withdrawals from the system.
Deactivation period The period for ramping from full delivery to a set point, or from full withdrawal back to a set point.
Granularity The smallest increment in volume of a bid.
Validity period The period when the bid offered by the service provider can be activated, where all the characteristics of the product are respected. The validity period is
defined by a start time and an end time.
Mode of activation The mode of activation of bids, i.e. manual or automatic. Automatic activation is done automatically during the validity period, whereas a manual activation is
done at the request of the SO.
Availability price Price for keeping the flexibility available (mostly expressed in € /MW/hour of availability)
Activation price Price for the flexibility actually delivered (mostly expressed in € /MWh)
Divisibility The possibility for a system operator to use only part of the bids offered by the service provider, either in terms of power activation or time duration. A
distinction is made between divisible and indivisible bids.
Locational information included This attribute determines whether certain locational information needs to be included in the bid (e.g. identification of LFC area, congested area...)
Recovery period Minimum duration between the end of deactivation period and the following activation.
Aggregation allowed This attribute determines whether a grouped offering of power by covering several units via an aggregator is allowed.
Symmetric/asymmetric product This attribute determines whether only symmetric products are allowed. For a symmetric product upward regulation volume and for downward regulation
volume has to be equal.
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Editor's Notes
ISGAN activities build a global understanding of smart grid, address gaps in knowledge and tools, improve peer-to-peer exchange and recognize excellence
No direct technology development or demonstration activities
Develop protocols, tools and best practices, identify environmental issues and mitigation options
Focus on exchange and dissemination of information and perspectives
A global benchmark and collaborative attitude among participating countries
Indicate to emerging economies the technological alternatives available for their own development
-the Greek energy market is still centralized, only the day-ahead market exists.
- Hence, the Greek electricity market operates as a mandatory pool in which scheduled demand and supply are matched exclusively on a day-ahead market with the closure time being 12:00 of the previous day.
-now four markets evolve: forward, day-ahead (DA), intraday (ID) and the balancing market(IPTO).
-In Kefalonia and Mesogeia Area, over-voltages are mainly detected due to the increased penetration of RES, especially during the hours of low consumption. In Kefalonia, congestions are also detected due the increased penetrations of RES
The distribution companies in Spain generally own and operate the distribution network in below 110 kV.
Above that, i.e. for balancing REE runs different ancillary service markets which include a congestion management market to solve the possible technical problems coming from the DA energy market. In this technical congestion management market, which is only open for generators, participants are remunerated following the pay-as-bid system
Between ID sessions, an additional balancing market is performed (solves deviation applying a marginal pricing clearing).
Currently, in Spain, there is not a voltage control services market, only power factor control. Therefore, a suitable market mechanism has to be designed from scratch.
(the TSO might find it appropriate to contract additional reserves and runs therefore the Additional Upward Reserve (AUR) market if reserves are expected to be low. This market opens at 4 p.m. of the day before the day when low reserve margins are detected and closes 20 minutes later.
Subsequently the secondary (4 – 5.30 p.m.) and tertiary reserves (up until 20 min before real time) reserves are contracted. As all the prequalified generators with available tertiary reserve are obliged to provide their capacity in this market.)
TSO manages network congestions that occur both at transmission and distribution levels.
This is done through a technical constraint management market by re-dispatching generation units connected at transmission,
More active participation of resources, including DER, in the congestion management market, as well as more frequent procurement of flexibility by DSOs require a rework of the current congestion management market and operational procedures so that processes that are currently performed manually can be performed in a semi-automated manner ensuring that the needed information is available to both the TSO and the affected DSOs.
TSO manages network congestions that occur both at transmission and distribution levels.
This is done through a technical constraint management market by re-dispatching generation units connected at transmission,
More active participation of resources, including DER, in the congestion management market, as well as more frequent procurement of flexibility by DSOs require a rework of the current congestion management market and operational procedures so that processes that are currently performed manually can be performed in a semi-automated manner ensuring that the needed information is available to both the TSO and the affected DSOs.
In Sweden there are two levels of DSOs
Today the markets are mFRR (Nordic energy activation market), aFRR (capacity market), FCR-N for normal operation and FCR-D for disturbances.
SvK mechanisms: The usage agreement governs how much transmission capacity the customer subscribes to. (Norwegian TSO, Statnett, SvK )
After the identification of the grid needs, the local and regional DSO each use the (local and) regional market place to buy the needed services
The intention is to use existing markets rules. Today these products are managed by TSO not by the regional DSOs in Sweden. The existing products and related processes might not specifically work for the grid situation of an island like Gotland. This applicability is part of the analysis that is the basis to realize the presented BUC
unused bids after the DA and ID market that meet the conditions for the balancing service mFRR are forwarded to the TSO balancing market.
The bids are activated in the same manner as other mFRR bids.