Periodic Reporting for period 3 - CROSSBOW (CROSS BOrder management of variable renewable energies and storage units enabling a transnational Wholesale market)
Reporting period: 2020-11-01 to 2022-04-30
CROSSBOW (CROSS BOrder management of variable renewable energies and storage units enabling a transnational Wholesale market) is an EC funded project led by ETRA GROUP, whose goal is to propose the shared use of resources to foster cross-border management of variable renewable energies and storage units, enabling a higher penetration of clean energies whilst reducing network operational costs and improving economic benefits of clean energies and storage units.
These benefits will be achieved by fostering regional cooperation among the system operators in South Eastern Europe. The project will provide 9 different tools to help the Regional Coordination Center in the region to facilitate higher RES penetration, whilst reducing operational costs for individual operators – both at transmission and distribution layers.
The CROSSBOW results will be evaluated by 8 TSOs in South Easter Europe during 18 months, grouped to form clusters that will validate each of the projects outcomes in at least three different countries, demonstrating in all cases how CROSSBOW tackles the transnational challenges faced by the region.
These benefits will be achieved by fostering regional cooperation among the system operators in South Eastern Europe. The project will provide 9 different tools to help the Regional Coordination Center in the region to facilitate higher RES penetration, whilst reducing operational costs for individual operators – both at transmission and distribution layers.
The CROSSBOW results will be evaluated by 8 TSOs in South Easter Europe during 18 months, grouped to form clusters that will validate each of the projects outcomes in at least three different countries, demonstrating in all cases how CROSSBOW tackles the transnational challenges faced by the region.
The first phase of the project (preparation) has covered the first 18 months of the project. During this time, there are three main blocks of results:
FOUNDATIONS:
The Sub Project 1 of the project has been completely implemented at the end of this reporting period. The three Work Packages to set the foundations of CROSSBOW have delivered in time and have resulted into 9 deliverables that analyse the technical, legislative, ethical and social situation and existing business models in a regional and local level in the context of Transmission Networks (WP1); define the Use cases and demonstration activities of the project products, jointly with the classification of requirements (WP2); and elaborate the project architecture (WP3).
PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT:
Being a product driven project, the technical Work Packages, grouped in four sub-projects, have run in parallel from M13 – some of them started even earlier. The work in this Work Packages has followed an AGILE approach that provides immediate incremental results to the end-users to validate from the very beginning.
Moreover, most of the technical Work Packages shared a common milestone in M18 to deliver a first document advancing on the specifications and analysis of the state of the art relevant to each product. In total 7 deliverables have been released during the current reporting period.
ENABLERS:
Last but not least, the three horizontal Work Packages that provide support for the coordination (WP17) , exploitation (WP19), and dissemination and cooperation activities (WP18) of the project have been active in order to ensure the proper achievement of the project objectives and its proper promotion and further transfer to marketable and profitable solutions.
During this reporting period, the Enablers Sub Project has produced 10 deliverables (and 4 additional ones coming from the Ethics Work Package). In addition, the project has participated in 24 dissemination events – some of them organised by the consortium; has published 16 scientific publications and has organised 5 Plenary meetings.
FOUNDATIONS:
The Sub Project 1 of the project has been completely implemented at the end of this reporting period. The three Work Packages to set the foundations of CROSSBOW have delivered in time and have resulted into 9 deliverables that analyse the technical, legislative, ethical and social situation and existing business models in a regional and local level in the context of Transmission Networks (WP1); define the Use cases and demonstration activities of the project products, jointly with the classification of requirements (WP2); and elaborate the project architecture (WP3).
PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT:
Being a product driven project, the technical Work Packages, grouped in four sub-projects, have run in parallel from M13 – some of them started even earlier. The work in this Work Packages has followed an AGILE approach that provides immediate incremental results to the end-users to validate from the very beginning.
Moreover, most of the technical Work Packages shared a common milestone in M18 to deliver a first document advancing on the specifications and analysis of the state of the art relevant to each product. In total 7 deliverables have been released during the current reporting period.
ENABLERS:
Last but not least, the three horizontal Work Packages that provide support for the coordination (WP17) , exploitation (WP19), and dissemination and cooperation activities (WP18) of the project have been active in order to ensure the proper achievement of the project objectives and its proper promotion and further transfer to marketable and profitable solutions.
During this reporting period, the Enablers Sub Project has produced 10 deliverables (and 4 additional ones coming from the Ethics Work Package). In addition, the project has participated in 24 dissemination events – some of them organised by the consortium; has published 16 scientific publications and has organised 5 Plenary meetings.
CROSSBOW has identified nine different products:
*CROSSBOW ROC-BC.
CROSSBOW will propose a set of tools for regional management and operation that will build on/enhance existing regional structures.
*CROSSBOW RES-CC.
CROSSBOW will propose a Regional Coordination Centre platform to support TSOs in the region on the real-time supervision and control of large RES production units, achieving higher availability rates for installations.
*CROSSBOW RES-DU.
CROSSBOW will integrate non-dispatchable and dispatchable RES along with energy storage units. The combination of non-dispatchable RES, such as Wind and PV, with dispatchable RES, such as Biogas Turbine, Biomass or Hydro, and along with energy storage capability, leads to more secure, stable and cleaner electricity supply.
*CROSSBOW Regional Storage Coordination Centre (STO-CC).
As RES, storage units require specific real-time monitoring and control, especially when they become relevant to the operation of transmission networks. CROSSBOW proposes a Regional Storage Coordination Centre to provide, real-time supervision and control, incident management, seamless interaction with system operators and optimisation of installations.
*CROSSBOW VSP.
A VSP is a platform capable of integrating the characteristics and limitations of distributed individual storage units – using the same or different storage technologies - while maximizing their performance and reducing additional costs stemming from not-optimal usage. CROSSBOW will propose a framework for different stakeholders to promote and adopt the use of VSP.
*CROSSBOW WAMAS
WAMAS consist of an advanced real-time central system and a number of time synchronised acquisition units. The system will be used for real-time data exchange between TSOs, DSOs, RESs and storage devices and will provide information about storage availability, congestions, and warnings. It will also perform control actions to maintain stable operation of the power system. The goal is to ensure the stable power system operation with integration or RES and storages in dynamic electricity market conditions.
*CROSSBOW DSM-IP.
CROSSBOW will propose a framework for the integration of Demand Side Management existing solutions into the regional Transport Network. The platform will enable the cooperation, between TSOs and DSOs, informing the amount of available energy from accessible controllable loads and the availability of services that can be offered from DSOs to TSOs.
*CROSSBOW AM.
CROSSBOW will propose a novel market design for ancillary services and wholesale electricity market aligned with the latest grid code and market development to enhance the integration of RES and DR.
*CFP.
An innovative business model for Cooperative Ownership of the Flexibility Assets will be specified, developed, demonstrated and validated in CROSSBOW. The cooperative ownership concept will be aligned with existing regulation and general enough to support existing flexibility assets, like VPPs and DR systems. Furthermore, it will by design enable multinational ownership of flexibility assets.
EXPECTED IMPACTS:
- Enhanced coordination proposed by the project through most of its products –i.e. ROC-BC, RES-CC, STO-CC, and AM - will reduce the overall cost of the systems in an estimated 10%.
- CROSSBOW will introduce short-term electricity markets, rewarding in this way flexibility in the market both for generation, demand or storage.
- CROSSBOW will support EU leadership by promoting the shared used of RES resources with the CROSSBOW Regional RES-Control Center.
- CROSSBOW will support job creation at two different levels: 1) with the creation of more than 600 new direct jobs and 70.000 indirect jobs five years after CROSSBOW commercialization; and 2) with the development of a Wholesale and Ancillary Market toolset supporting the last Energy Package in the clear definition of market rules, leading to a more appealing landscape for investors and thus contributing to the ultimate achievement of the 900.000 job creation target.
- CROSSBOW will reduce external energy dependence with the optimization of TN and Wholesale market to enable the penetration of higher shares of RES (50%).
*CROSSBOW ROC-BC.
CROSSBOW will propose a set of tools for regional management and operation that will build on/enhance existing regional structures.
*CROSSBOW RES-CC.
CROSSBOW will propose a Regional Coordination Centre platform to support TSOs in the region on the real-time supervision and control of large RES production units, achieving higher availability rates for installations.
*CROSSBOW RES-DU.
CROSSBOW will integrate non-dispatchable and dispatchable RES along with energy storage units. The combination of non-dispatchable RES, such as Wind and PV, with dispatchable RES, such as Biogas Turbine, Biomass or Hydro, and along with energy storage capability, leads to more secure, stable and cleaner electricity supply.
*CROSSBOW Regional Storage Coordination Centre (STO-CC).
As RES, storage units require specific real-time monitoring and control, especially when they become relevant to the operation of transmission networks. CROSSBOW proposes a Regional Storage Coordination Centre to provide, real-time supervision and control, incident management, seamless interaction with system operators and optimisation of installations.
*CROSSBOW VSP.
A VSP is a platform capable of integrating the characteristics and limitations of distributed individual storage units – using the same or different storage technologies - while maximizing their performance and reducing additional costs stemming from not-optimal usage. CROSSBOW will propose a framework for different stakeholders to promote and adopt the use of VSP.
*CROSSBOW WAMAS
WAMAS consist of an advanced real-time central system and a number of time synchronised acquisition units. The system will be used for real-time data exchange between TSOs, DSOs, RESs and storage devices and will provide information about storage availability, congestions, and warnings. It will also perform control actions to maintain stable operation of the power system. The goal is to ensure the stable power system operation with integration or RES and storages in dynamic electricity market conditions.
*CROSSBOW DSM-IP.
CROSSBOW will propose a framework for the integration of Demand Side Management existing solutions into the regional Transport Network. The platform will enable the cooperation, between TSOs and DSOs, informing the amount of available energy from accessible controllable loads and the availability of services that can be offered from DSOs to TSOs.
*CROSSBOW AM.
CROSSBOW will propose a novel market design for ancillary services and wholesale electricity market aligned with the latest grid code and market development to enhance the integration of RES and DR.
*CFP.
An innovative business model for Cooperative Ownership of the Flexibility Assets will be specified, developed, demonstrated and validated in CROSSBOW. The cooperative ownership concept will be aligned with existing regulation and general enough to support existing flexibility assets, like VPPs and DR systems. Furthermore, it will by design enable multinational ownership of flexibility assets.
EXPECTED IMPACTS:
- Enhanced coordination proposed by the project through most of its products –i.e. ROC-BC, RES-CC, STO-CC, and AM - will reduce the overall cost of the systems in an estimated 10%.
- CROSSBOW will introduce short-term electricity markets, rewarding in this way flexibility in the market both for generation, demand or storage.
- CROSSBOW will support EU leadership by promoting the shared used of RES resources with the CROSSBOW Regional RES-Control Center.
- CROSSBOW will support job creation at two different levels: 1) with the creation of more than 600 new direct jobs and 70.000 indirect jobs five years after CROSSBOW commercialization; and 2) with the development of a Wholesale and Ancillary Market toolset supporting the last Energy Package in the clear definition of market rules, leading to a more appealing landscape for investors and thus contributing to the ultimate achievement of the 900.000 job creation target.
- CROSSBOW will reduce external energy dependence with the optimization of TN and Wholesale market to enable the penetration of higher shares of RES (50%).