An integrated pan-European research infrastructure for validating smart grid systems

Strasser, Thomas I. and Pröstl Andrén, F. and Widl, E. and Lauss, G. and De Jong, E. C.W. and Calin, M. and Sosnina, M. and Khavari, A. and Rodriguez, J. E. and Kotsampopoulos, P. and Blank, M. and Steinbrink, C. and Mäki, K. and Kulmala, A. and van der Meer, A. and Bhandia, R. and Brandl, R. and Arnold, G. and Sandroni, C. and Pala, D. and Morales Bondy, D. E. and Heussen, K. and Gehrke, O. and Coffele, F. and Tran, Q. T. and Rikos, E. and Nguyen, V. H. and Orue, I. and Degefa, M. Z. and Manikas, S. (2018) An integrated pan-European research infrastructure for validating smart grid systems. Elektrotechnik und Informationstechnik, 135 (8). pp. 616-622. ISSN 1613-7620 (https://doi.org/10.1007/s00502-018-0667-7)

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Abstract

A 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.

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