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.

INTEGRIS project proposes the development of a novel and flexible ICT infrastructure based on a hybrid Power Line Communication-wireless integrated communications system able to completely and efficiently fulfill the communications requirements foreseen for the Smart Electricity Networks of the future.

IMPROSUME will establish a better understanding of the prosumer’s role in the future power market supported by a Smart Grid and associated technologies. The project will address stimuli that are likely to motion consumers to take an active role in the market also as suppliers.

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.

Optimizing green energy and grid load by geographical steering of energy consumption.Abstract. Projects aims at bringing another approach to energy balance and overall power system stability. Introducing a concept of mobile consumer, it considers consumption mobility both in terms of time and space. In particular, electric vehicles and Data Centers processing tasks, as typical cases of mobile consumers and their impact on power grid, better energy usage efficiency, grid stability and picks shaving will be considered.

Migros, the Swiss supermarket, is part of a project involving electricity utility BKW and national grid operator Swissgrid, which aims to use the warehouses as a buffer to cope with the unpredictability of renewable energy sources. The firms have formed a consortium, called Flexlast, which is working on developing analytical models that predict the energy needs of a warehouse, and allow the electricity provider to divert resources elsewhere at times of lower consumption. In simple terms, when the wind blows and the sun shines, there will be abundant energy that Migros can use.

Conducting a field experiment to provide basic data for decision making whether or not to roll out home applications.

This project proposes an advanced ICT and control framework for ancillary services (reserve capacity) which allows a more intelligent solution by giving consumers and producers clear, real-time financial incentives to adapt their consumption/production according to the actual needs of the power system. This demand-side management is being made possible by the large scale introduction of Smart meters. This design is based on a distributed control structure. enabled by a fast ICT infrastructure and advanced control theory to reliably and economically deal with the necessary ancillary services.

The project focuses on a smart demand side management of household consumers. Mod-ern communication technology enables the management of large groups of distributed loads under a single innovative control schemes to use the flexibility of electrical loads for power system purposes.

Objectives: a) to address the problems related to balancing power in a system with a substantial part of fluctuating renewable power sources and b) to develop planning methods and operational strategies for the future European energy system incorporating the needs of balancing power using modeling concepts like Power Node combined with MPC.