Periodic Reporting for period 3 - GIFT (Geographical Islands FlexibiliTy)
Période du rapport: 2022-01-01 au 2023-06-30
GIFT addressed the energy issues on the demonstration sites in a holistic way. High energy costs on the islands mostly depend on the undesirable situations on the grid, caused mostly by the volatile supply through the renewables. In order to achieve high level of RES penetration, the grid needs to become more dynamic. We deployed several solutions for monitoring the local grid that allowed us to make real time predictions on the operational states of the grid. We used this information to construct a bid for flexibility, which allowed the island to balance the grid in real time. The central part of the project is flexibility marketplace, which allows many different prosumers to participate in a uniform way. This generalization layer allows for construction of several different business cases for participating players. With unique approaches to storage, such as multi vector and virtual storage, we demonstrate a comprehensive integrated solution of different technologies, all working together in a coordinated manner.
Norway demo site demonstrated use of 9 flexible and Italian demo site in Procida demonstrated 12 flexible prosumers.
Replication studies included the data collection to build the energy profiles of two follower islands. In parallel, some actions regarding communication with additional follower islands were initiated and organized. As a results, a total number of 15 follower islands provided technical details that could be used in the replicability and scalability analysis.
GIFT results were disseminated through social media, the project website, partners’ participation in events, and the organisation of a replication board with 92 participants. 12 KERs were identified, and individual exploitation & business strategy were developed for the resuslts, as well as a strategy for the integrated GIFT solutions.
Overview of results :
* Researched, developed and deployed 12 new technologies on demo sites (Grid observability, Prediction system, Data analytics and visualization, Digital twin, Enterprise service bus, Virtual power system, Flex agent, Harbour EMS, EV charging EMS, Factory EMS, Hbr storage, Smart energy hub storage)
* Harmonized integration and trading flexibility with FlexOffer format and protocol
* Completely automated process to trade with flexibility
* Improved machine learning algorithms for grid forecast and modelling
* Obtained investment for several millions € by some GIFT SME partners
* Strategic cooperations with „big players“ on energy market
* Collaboration between the DSO and the municipality and spin-off start-up was created
* Competing on public tenders for new flexibility services
* Empowering local actors to collectively address energy transition targets and encourage municipalities to implement energy communities
* Increase the cooperation between local/regional authorities and citizens
The HBr flow battery targets to enable electric energy storage at a cost level that presently cannot be reached by any storage solution available on the market (50 €/MWh). Through such innovations, the GIFT project developed energy systems that are cheaper than diesel generation, and enhance autonomy for islands that are grid connected to the mainland. So far, the project’s impact is mainly a socio-economic impact on the consumers that have been contacted on the demonstration islands: the aim is to turn these consumers into active prosumers.