DRIvE is an EU H2020 consortium project with 9 partners from 7 European countries. It aims to penetrate EU demand response markets by linking cutting-edge Multi-Agent System science, forecasting and cyber security with emerging innovative SMEs. At its core are the development and validation of a fully-integrated ICT infrastructure. This will consist of interoperable demand response-enabling…
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Smart Solar Charging, is a consortium project in Utrecht, Netherlands. During periods of high solar production and low demand, surplus energy is stored in (pool) electric vehicle batteries. By the end of 2018, DSO, Stedin, will be able to call on this, via an Aggregator, in periods of congestion or high market prices. While the project…
USEF’s DSO Workstream has been working since November 2016 to assess the challenges faced by European DSOs as a result of energy system transition. The primary challenge identified was how to manage current and future network congestion on the distribition grid as a result of more renewables and increased energy electrification. This report presents an…
Colin Taylor and Alex Walmsley work at SP Energy Networks in the UK. The company operates as both a DSO and TSO in central and southern Scotland and, as a DSO, also covers Merseyside, Cheshire, North Wales and North Shropshire. Coin is Engineering Services Director, with overall responsibility for network innovation. Alex is the project…
Lineke Goorix works at Liander, the Dutch network operator. The company manages a distribution network serving more than 3 million domestic and commercial customers and is heavily focused on technical innovation. She has project management responsibility for one of its innovation projects, DYNAMO flex market development, which aims to establish and utilise a real-life flexibility…
Helle Juhler-Verdoner is managing director of Danish Intelligent Energy Alliance, part of Danish Energy Association. The alliance’s vision is to bring together and encourage collaboration between all stakeholders in the future smart energy system. The aim is to create a cohesive plan for the efficient integration of all system users, their behaviour and actions, and…
USEF Foundation deeply regrets the unexpected passing away of Peter Schell. Peter has been involved with USEF from its early days and we have benefited a lot from his subject matter expertise, his personal passion and his commitment to the industry. Like no other, Peter could argue the benefits of flexibility from different angles, working…
The UK Office of Gas and Electricity Markets and National Regulatory body Ofgem has approved funding for SP Energy Networks five-year innovation project, called FUSION, a submission under the 2017 Electricity Network Innovation Competition (NIC). FUSION plans to implement and trial a USEF-based local flexibility market, as an economic alternative to manage DSO network constraints….
We have had so many interesting discussions last week at the European Utility Week – and have met with so many energy professionals who, like us, are passionate to help the smart energy industry move forward. Stronger than ever do we feel the need to work together along a common standard. Sharing knowledge is an…
USEF’s Aggregator Workstream has been running for over a year now and its in-depth analysis has resulted in a final set of defined models for the effective implementation of Aggregators, in both the Commerce & Industrial and the Residential domains. Addressing the Residential segment separately was considered crucial as it differs distinctly from C&I in…