This report is the fourth release of the Smart Grid Laboratories Inventory. It presents aggregated information about smart grid research topics and shows the tendencies of the research community. It shows information about the technologies used and also gives more detailed information for specific areas, like standards and infrastructure used by the participant organizations. Numerous smart grid laboratories have been contacted for this scope and information has been gathered about their research activities. In this release, we have joined forces under the EIRIE platform, and we obtained an updated database containing information in coherence with the ETIP SNET (European Technology and Innovation Platforms Smart Networks for Energy Transition) concept. This release is not only an update with respect to the previous ones, but it shows information in coherence with similar European incentives, thus helping the scientific community to comprehend better the state-of-the-art technologies.

This report is the third release of the Smart Grid Lab Inventory. It presents aggregated information about the smart grid topics of research, the technologies, the standards and the infrastructure used by top organizations that hold smart grid activities at a lab level. Several categories of smart grid research have been identified and information is provided with respect to standards and sub-topics of research. It is an update with respect to previous releases with the scope to present the state-of-the-art on smart grid research and increase the sample of participants.

The smart grid implies that a vast amount of information needs to be handled and requires an effective energy management. Assessing the new technological solutions that would best accommodate the needs of a smart grid is of vital importance. This report aims at collecting information about the smart grid topics of research, the technologies and the standards used by top organizations that hold smart grid activities at a laboratory level. For this purpose an online questionnaire has been used. The report presents aggregated results that give an insight into the state-of-the-art regarding the smart grid field.

A smart electricity grid opens the door to a myriad of new applications aimed at enhancing security of supply, sustainability and market competitiveness. Gathering detailed information about smart grid laboratories activities represents a primary need. In order to obtain a better picture of the ongoing Smart Grid developments, after the successful smart grid project survey initiated in 2011, we recently launched a focused on-line survey addressed to organisations owning or running Smart Grid laboratory facilities. The main objective is to publish aggregated information on a regular basis in order to provide an overview of the current facilities, to highlight trends in research and investments and to identify existing gaps.