The objective of REALISEGRID is to develop a set of criteria. metrics. methods and tools to assess how the transmission infrastructure should be optimally developed to support the achievement of a reliable. competitive and sustainable electricity supply in the European Union (EU).

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

PEGASE is a four year project dealing with the High and Extra High Voltage transmission and sub-transmission networks in Europe (designated as ETN) and implemented by a Consortium composed of 20 Partners including TSOs. expert companies and leading research centre’s in power system analysis and applied mathematics. Its overall objectives are to define the most appropriate state estimation, optimization and simulation frameworks. Their performance and dataflow requirements to achieve an integrated security analysis and control of the ETN.

OpenNode project is focused on the electrical distribution grid operation and explores answers on the three challenges introduced: • How to improve the distribution grid monitoring to cope with volatile states in the grid • How to integrate the “smart” substation automation devices to increase the efficiency of the distribution grid • How to interoperate with the different roles e.g. operation of the smart meters. power and grid operation

The main objective of the OPEN meter project is to specify a comprehensive set of open and public standards for Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) supporting multi commodities (Electricity, Gas, Water and Heat), based on the agreement of the most relevant stakeholders in the area.

The Night Wind project proposes to design grid architectures for Wind Power Production combined with Energy Storage means of load management of Refrigerated Warehouses (Cold Stores). Refrigerated Warehouses are constant power users. day and night.

The aims of this Test Facility is to: • Test centralized and decentralized control strategies in grid interconnected mode; • Test communication protocols and components including aspects related to energy trading; • A control and monitoring system built around IEC 61850 standard designed and prototyped; • Control strategies resulting from agent software to make use of these control and monitoring functions; • Development of intelligent modules embedding the required functions to allow a full integration of each generating/load unit into the system.

Demonstrate an earlier tested proof-of-concept (PoC) for demand response with one EV on multiple EVs and charge spots in one location based on individual driver demands.

The project’s main goal is to develop a concept for flex-offers that specify electricity demand and supply which is flexible in time and amount and an infrastructural approach to process lots of these flex-offers issued by small consumers and producers in near real-time.The possibility to shift demand within the mass of households developed within the MIRACLE project will allow for a higher share of fluctuating renewable energy sources in the energy mix on the grid and reduce the peak demand.

Insight into the workings of technology incentives and interaction in order to mobilize flexibility from customer’s electricity usage in the city of Zwolle. participants will be provided with products and services to enable them to choose their preferred times to use electricity. Equipped with a special display and a smart washing machine, users will be able to choose whether they want to run their washing machine during times when their local sustainable electricity is produced by PV panels or at those when the cost of electricity is low on the wholesale market.