Project description
Preparing today's electricity grid for the future
Today's flexible electric resources are increasingly connected to the distribution grid. To ensure a high level of service there is a need to manage their level of consumption / injection to the grid. What this means is that electricity usage or production of these resources can be curtailed, advanced or postponed based on the needs of the grid. Funded by the European Innovation Council, the Flex4Scale project will integrate a series of low-powered flexible resources into the electricity system. Specifically, it will develp a modular and intelligent software platform that efficiently controls a diverse network of flexible resources in multiple markets and countries. In turn, the resource owners will be paid for contributing to the stability of the electricity system.
Objective
Our solution prepares the electricity grid for a 100% renewable future. It manages the power consumption of connected electric devices in real-time to ensure that electricity supply and demand remain closely matched. This is achieved by temporarily curtailing, advancing, or postponing the electricity usage of these devices depending on the availability of electricity in the grid. Importantly, by using relatively simple and low-cost hardware to integrate the devices into a large network that is driven by our powerful cloud-based intelligent software platform, our technology can (cost)effectively control large and diverse networks of electric devices, even those with relatively low power consumption (down to 10kW). The owners of these electrical devices in turn get paid for contributing to grid stability. As our solution will exist of a modular framework it allows rapid expansion to different flexibility products and adjustment to national technical and regulatory requirements in Europe.
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- natural sciences computer and information sciences software
- engineering and technology electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering electrical engineering power engineering electric power transmission
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HORIZON.3.1 - The European Innovation Council (EIC)
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HORIZON-EIC-ACC-BF - HORIZON EIC Accelerator Blended Finance
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Call for proposal
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(opens in new window) HORIZON-EIC-2021-ACCELERATORCHALLENGES-01
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