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%).
