PREMIO

PREMIO is primarily a technical proposal created to address the following goals: – to develop a dynamic Demand-Response specifically for peak shaving purposes, – to increase the flexibility of the power system, – to promote a new energy culture which encourages energy efficiency, – to integrate Distributed Generation and particularly renewable energies, – to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from polluting power plants, especially during peak load times, – to manage regional electrical energy from a wide range of local actors. PREMIO combines the control of installed Distributed Resources for optimal use with an awareness campaign promoting Demand Side Management (DSM). The PREMIO platform includes a Virtual Power Plant (VPP) which integrates approximately fifty Distributed Resources, all of which are Distributed Generation, storage technologies and customers’ curtailable loads. The limited number of installations suggests that project results will be qualitative rather than quantitative.