PowerMatching City 2

Start and end dates:
January, 2011 to December, 2014
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Prevailing Stage of Development:
Demonstration
Brief description and/or other information regarding the project:
Goal:To demonstrate the energy system of the future with related smart energy services, as well as the validation of costs and benefits of this system in practice in order to enable the energy transition.Issues: The integration of smart grids in the existing energy market and implementation in the operations of the various businesses; testing of energy services and validations of demands and requirements of end-users; capacity management with a smart grid; and smooth integration of innovative smart energy consumer products.Timeline: PowerMatching City started in 2007 as part of the EU research programme, FP6 INTEGRAL. The first households were connected to this smart grid in 2009. Phase I ended in the first half of 2011. The second phase started in September 2011 as part of the Dutch smart grid pilot projects programme, IPIN, and will last three years. The extension with households started in June 2013.
Project full name:
PowerMatching City 2
Countries involved:
Project Main Application:
Smart Network Management
Integration of DER
Aggregation (Demand Response; VPP)
Smart Customer and Smart Home
Electric Vehicles and Vehicle2Grid applications
Smart metering
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