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).

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.

MetaPV is the first project world-wide that will demonstrate the provision of electrical benefits from photovoltaics (PV) on a large scale. Additional benefits for active grid support from PV will be demonstrated at two sites: a residential area of 128 households with 4 kWp each, and an industrial zone of 31 PV systems with 200 kWp each. The enhanced control capacities to be implemented into PV inverters and demonstrated are active voltage control, fault ride-through capability, autonomous grid operation, and interaction of distribution system control with PV systems.

The project objective is the development of a system prototype for control of industrial loads and dispersed electrical power plants on a distribution electrical grid

The main purpose of the project is to build active network concepts based on new technological solutions and to test these solutions in actual power networks. In the frame of the project a number of demonstration projects in the field of active networks will be carried out. These demonstrations will include systems for increasing power system energy efficiency. implementations of virtual power plant. upgrade of the distribution remote control centre and automatic demand response of domestic consumers.

The IMPONET project is scoped to provide essential cornerstones in order to achieve a comprehensive. flexible and configurable information system to support the most complex and advanced requirements in Energy Management. This includes the modelling. design and implementation of the two main targets of IMPONET: power quality monitoring and the remote control and smart metering platform

The development and prototypically implementation of new methods and tools is the major goal of the ICOEUR project. New technologies like Wide Area Monitoring. Control and Protection as well as advanced network controllers (FACTS) and HVDC systems will be considered. Envisioned ICOEUR goals can be achieved only in close cooperative work of experts. with extensive knowledge of EU and Russian power systems as well as manufacturers and network operators.

The aim of this research project is to develop a new generation of distribution network management systems that exploits novel near to real-time HPC solutions with inherent security and intelligent communications for smart distribution network operation and management. Cost effective scalable HPC solutions will be developed and initially demonstrated for realistic distribution network data traffic and management scenarios via off-line field trials involving several distribution network owners and operators.

The objective of FENIX is to boost DER (Distributed Energy Resources) by maximizing their contribution to the electric power system. through aggregation into Large Scale Virtual Power Plants (LSVPP) and decentralized management. The project is organized in three phases: § Analysis of the DER contribution to the electrical system. assessed in two future scenarios (Northern and Southern) with realistic DER penetration; § Development of a layered communication and control solution validated for a comprehensive set of network use cases . including normal and abnormal operation.

DCN (data communication network) IP/MPLS data communication system for Smart Grid TSO operations and management. DCN system will enable smart protection, metering, energy management, automation and data exchange with other european TSO using standard protocols.