- Innovative load prediction
The near real-time forecasting of key parameters is critical for the DRIvE platform, which is based on the recording and observation of electricity generation and consumption. The near real-time information is utilised to perform the day-ahead forecasting and to detect any abnormal conditions at the building level. This information is utilised as a prior knowledge for the other DRIvE agents such as the optimiser, device and communication components.
- Optimisation Algorithms
MAS offers a distributed optimization of energy usage resulting in optimal energy schedules for flexible devices. These schedules are used for control actions that underlie an intelligent behaviour of the grid. The optimisation seeks to reduce the energy costs by taking advantage of locally produced renewable energy. An integrated community optimisation provides a collective energy management that accounts for goals shared among community members as opposed to individual ones. This enables the community to act as a stronger market participant and provide important services to DSO
- Interoperability:
As three of the pilots were running in the Netherlands and because the current regulatory framework in Spain doesn’t allow for explicit demand response projects, the choice was made to follow the European USEF standard which is the emerging standard on the market in the Netherlands for demand response between aggregators, DSO, BRP and TSO.
This choice will vastly improve the marketability of future findings in the DRIvE project.
The findings of DRIvE can thus also influence the standardization efforts for USEF, mainly in the area of BRP and TSO where the standardization is still incomplete.
For the fast operational services in the Netherlands we chose to explore the novel aFRR standard in cooperation with Tennet.
- Low cost solutions:
To keep the cost of the project low we are re-using as much as possible the infrastructure as elaborated for a previous EU project of Enervalis ( REnnovates 680603). We are reusing extending and adapting the HW platform and basic firmware of the Local Energy Gateway (LEG) and the Enervalis Smartpower Suite. The LEG HW is mass produced by ABB (one of the Enervalis shareholders) to keep the cost low enough for implementation in residential projects.
Furthermore, the Hardware In the Loop emulators for distributed energy resources of Typhoon Hil, combined with the Enervalis Smartpower Suite will create the opportunity to test complex smart grids without major HW investments.
- Design & development of cyber-security components for Smart Grids:
Secure communications in smart grids rely on the deployment of the CymID product, an IAM solution, the development of the Security Module embedded into every LEG and the development and the integration of the Secure Cloud Gateway.The enrolment of the LEG is initiated by the Security Module towards CymID. Once the certificate is obtained by the LEG, the communication between le LEG and the backend through the Secure Cloud Gateway is encrypted and authenticated.Additionally the access rights of the LEG can be managed directly from CymID on the Secure Cloud Gateway to make sure that only authorized devices can communicate.
