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NOBEL GRID

Grant agreement ID: 646184

Project website

Status

Closed project

Start date

1 January 2015
End date

30 June 2018

Funded under:

H2020-EU.3.3.4.

Overall budget:

€ 13 864 309,48
EU contribution

€ 11 725 973,15

Coordinated by:

ETRA INVESTIGACION Y DESARROLLO SA

Spain

Objective

NOBEL GRID will develop, deploy and evaluate advanced tools and ICT services for energy DSOs cooperatives and medium-size retailers, enabling active consumers involvement –i.e. new demand response schemas – and flexibility of the market – i.e. new business models for aggregators and ESCOs.

Through the dual-use of telecommunication networks, and validating the integration of renewable generation presence and demand response systems, NOBEL GRID will offer advanced services to all actors in the retail markets of the electricity system in order to ensure that all consumers will benefit from cheaper prices, more secure and stable grids and low carbon electricity supply.

The project results will be demonstrated and validated in real world environments with active involvement of all the actors, and based on the new business models defined during the project.

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Programme(s)

H2020-EU.3.3.4. - A single, smart European electricity grid

Topic(s)

LCE-07-2014 - Distribution grid and retail market

Call for proposal

H2020-LCE-2014-3

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Funding Scheme

IA - Innovation action

Coordinator

ETRA INVESTIGACION Y DESARROLLO SA

Address

Calle Tres Forques 147
46014 Valencia

Spain

Activity type

Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)

EU Contribution

€ 1 446 443,96

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SUMINISTROS ESPECIALES ALGINETENSES COOP. V.

Spain

EU Contribution

€ 203 750

FRAUNHOFER GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V.

Germany

EU Contribution

€ 320 000

AIT AUSTRIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GMBH

Austria

EU Contribution

€ 541 875

ENGINEERING - INGEGNERIA INFORMATICA SPA

Italy

EU Contribution

€ 620 375

ASM TERNI SPA

Italy

EU Contribution

€ 313 978,88

ECOPOWER

Belgium

EU Contribution

€ 489 437,38

European Distributed Energy Resources Laboratories e.V.

Germany

EU Contribution

€ 720 707,50

RISE SICS AB

Sweden

EU Contribution

€ 738 500

ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS - RESEARCH CENTER

Greece

EU Contribution

€ 385 500

ECRO SRL

Romania

EU Contribution

€ 230 986,43

FUNDACIO EURECAT

Spain

EU Contribution

€ 357 500

FUNDACIO PRIVADA BARCELONA DIGITAL CENTRE TECNOLOGIC

Spain

EU Contribution

€ 357 500

HYPERTECH (CHAIPERTEK) ANONYMOS VIOMICHANIKI EMPORIKI ETAIREIA PLIROFORIKIS KAI NEON TECHNOLOGION

Greece

EU Contribution

€ 607 687,50

THE SOCIETY FOR THE REDUCTION OF CARBON LIMITED

United Kingdom

EU Contribution

€ 601 610,41

FINNOVAREGIO

Belgium

EU Contribution

€ 417 266,25

SURTEL ELECTRONICA SL

Spain

EU Contribution

€ 251 909

INSTITUTE OF COMMUNICATION AND COMPUTER SYSTEMS

Greece

EU Contribution

€ 920 000

KEMA NEDERLAND BV

Netherlands

DNV GL NETHERLANDS B.V.

Netherlands

EU Contribution

€ 283 500

THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER

United Kingdom

EU Contribution

€ 675 375

VAYON ENERGY STORAGE LIMITED

United Kingdom

EU Contribution

€ 305 839,59

UNINOVA-INSTITUTO DE DESENVOLVIMENTO DE NOVAS TECNOLOGIAS-ASSOCIACAO

Portugal

EU Contribution

€ 469 125

ALGINET DISTRIBUCION ENERGIA ELECTRICA SOCIEDAD LIMITADA

Spain

EU Contribution

€ 448 375

UNIVERSITATEA POLITEHNICA DIN BUCURESTI

Romania

EU Contribution

€ 285 625

EXENIR SRL

Romania

EU Contribution

€ 90 606,25

Project information

NOBEL GRID

Grant agreement ID: 646184

Project website

Status

Closed project

Start date

1 January 2015
End date

30 June 2018

Funded under:

H2020-EU.3.3.4.

Overall budget:

€ 13 864 309,48
EU contribution

€ 11 725 973,15

Coordinated by:

ETRA INVESTIGACION Y DESARROLLO SA

Spain

Project information

NOBEL GRID

Grant agreement ID: 646184

Project website

Status

Closed project

Start date

1 January 2015
End date

30 June 2018

Funded under:

H2020-EU.3.3.4.

Overall budget:

€ 13 864 309,48
EU contribution

€ 11 725 973,15

Coordinated by:

ETRA INVESTIGACION Y DESARROLLO SA

Spain

Periodic Reporting for period 2 - NOBEL GRID (New Cost Efficient Business Models for Flexible Smart Grids)

Reporting period: 2016-07-01 to 2017-06-30

Summary of the context and overall objectives of the project

"H2020 NOBEL GRID project, with a budget of € 14M, 21 institutions from 11 countries and led by the company ETRA, is developing new tools and business models to allow all European citizens to benefit from a more secure and stable distribution network, promoting the integration of distributed, renewable energy sources and greater participation of consumer and final ""prosumer"" in the energy market. During this second period, the consortium of NOBEL GRID has finalized with the design and development of the second prototype of the project results and started with the deployment and demonstration activities.

NOBEL GRID provides solutions for all the actors in order to share the benefits of the Smart Grid in a fair, sustainable and efficient way. NOBEL GRID promotes collective schemes and community initiatives, giving power and protection to the final consumer, contributing to a more competitive and well-functioning internal energy market, and help address serious social problems of vulnerable consumers.

Specifically, the project has three main objectives:
1. Development and demonstration of innovative solutions and tools to improve medium and low voltage electricity distribution networks, providing secure, stable and robust smart grids allowing DSOs to mitigate costs of management, replacement and maintenance of the grid in presence of very large share of renewable energy.
2. Development, integration and real demonstration of new services for next generation distributed renewable energy integration and active demand response. Three different applications are being developed for the different actors: G3M Framework, EMA App, DRFM cockpit.
3. Deployment and demonstration of innovative solutions to lower the cost of the development and deployment of smart metering systems.

All these three actions are being deployed and tested at large scale in five different sites in five EU members’ states in Belgium, United Kingdom, Italy, Spain and Greece.
"

Work performed from the beginning of the project to the end of the period covered by the report and main results achieved so far

The main results that have been achieved during the 2nd period of the NOBEL GRID project are summarised below:

a. Architecture
The NOBEL GRID architecture has been specified using the Smart Grid Architecture Model (SGAM) Framework by CEN-CENELEC-ETSI. In order to manage the scale and complexity of the architecture we have used the SGAM toolbox, an extension for the Enterprise Architect software for UML modelling. A complete architecture has been modelled including the business context associated, the use cases that support the project's business goals, and the ICT architecture that underpins the implementation of these use cases.

b. The Unbundled Smart Meter (SLAM)
In the second project period project partners have been focused on the development of SLAM final version through different tasks. Moreover, the work considered also the compatibility of SLAM’s SMX with the general Unbundled Smart Meter concept and with the implementation of SMX as stand-alone product. During this period, the precertification activities of the SLAM has started, which are the previous stage before the the final certification, that will take place during the final period.

c. G3M (Grid Management and Maintenance Master framework)
The G3M Framework embraces different applications and services for the DSO in order to better manage and maintain the MV/LV grid –especially in the low-voltage region–, ensuring secure and sustainable electricity supply throughout Europe, taking advantage of new technologies, and complying with new policy imperatives and changing business frameworks. During this period the project partners have provided the final version of the G3M in order to be deployed and tested during the final period for the DSOs of the project.

d. Demand Response Flexibility Market (DRFM) cockpit
The DRFM cockpit is a proven platform that allows Aggregators, Retailers, energy cooperatives and ESCOs to manage all aspects of their demand response (DR) programs to support, prosumers monitoring and demand response strategies optimization through the effective utilization of aggregated demand flexibility. During this period the final version of the DRFM has been submitted, in order to be installed and tested by the project partners.

e. Energy Monitoring and Analytics Application (EMA App)
EMA App provides domestic and industrial prosumers with real time data visualization and recommendations to improve energy efficiency, maximize use of renewables and minimize energy bills according to user’s profile, giving them more power and protection.
The project consortium has submitted during the period the final version of the EMA App.

During the final period of the project, the project partners will installed and demonstrated these project solutions in real conditions in the five pilot sites (Alginet (Spain), Flanders (Belgium), Manchester (UK), Terni (Italy) and Meltemi (Greece)) to evaluate the technical, economical and social impact of the project.

Progress beyond the state of the art and expected potential impact (including the socio-economic impact and the wider societal implications of the project so far)

European leaders committed themselves to reduce 20% EU greenhouse gas emissions from 1990 levels, raising the share of EU energy consumption produced from renewable resources to 20 % and achieving 20% improvement in energy efficiency.
NOBEL GRID will address the above mentioned challenges by means of diverse tools, ICT services and business models, as described in the previous sections of this document.
In summary, the expected impact of NOBEL GRID, it is summarised below:
a. Environmental impact
NOBEL GRID main challenge is to contribute to the EU’s goal of CO2 reduction of minimally 80% by 2050, towards an optimal smart energy system with flexibility in demand and generation by 2035. NOBEL GRID will contribute to the smoothly integration of the DER in the distributions grid by means of technologies and services that will make possible more stable and secure grids. This will contribute in the enhancement of the European energy mix, with the reduction of the emissions, resulting in a notable improvement on quality of life for EU citizens.
b. Social impact
NOBEL GRID demonstration will be focused mainly in electric cooperatives, and other non-profit organization actors. As companies focused on the community, cooperatives allow the democratic control by the people of the area. One of the main elements that define the way the majority of electric cooperatives is its support for renewables. Good part of the resources obtained with the activity of the cooperative has invested in facilities to obtain a clean and renewable production, this is the clean and sustainable electricity that is physically produced by co-operators in the same population and distributed to their partners.
c. Economic impact
The distribution grid technologies and energy services constitute a profitable market, also for exports. This market has a 26% average annual growth. That global market forecast volume increases from 17.295 M€ in 2010 to 90.471 M€ in 2017.
Related to the SLAM designed and developed in NOBEL GRID, European Union’s directive pushes smart meters deployment to most of its member countries’ residents by 2020. Adding commitments made by other EU member nations, smart metering investments will reach at least 30€ billion by 2020, with 170 million to 180 million smart meters installed. Moreover, it is estimated that over the next 18 years, with an investment of 15.000 M€ install 53 million smart meter of gas and electricity, would be obtained profits of 23.000 M€, which would mean a net profit of 8.000 M€.

EMA App

G3M cockpit

NOBEL GRID Unbundled Smart Meter

SLAM picture

DRFM cockpit

NOBEL GRID stakeholders and solutions schema

SLAM Fact_sheet

NOBEL GRID architecture schema

Project information

NOBEL GRID

Grant agreement ID: 646184

Project website

Status

Closed project

Start date

1 January 2015
End date

30 June 2018

Funded under:

H2020-EU.3.3.4.

Overall budget:

€ 13 864 309,48
EU contribution

€ 11 725 973,15

Coordinated by:

ETRA INVESTIGACION Y DESARROLLO SA

Project information

NOBEL GRID

Grant agreement ID: 646184

Project website

Status

Closed project

Start date

1 January 2015
End date

30 June 2018

Funded under:

H2020-EU.3.3.4.

Overall budget:

€ 13 864 309,48
EU contribution

€ 11 725 973,15

Coordinated by:

ETRA INVESTIGACION Y DESARROLLO SA

Spain

Project information

NOBEL GRID

Grant agreement ID: 646184

Project website

Status

Closed project

Start date

1 January 2015
End date

30 June 2018

Funded under:

H2020-EU.3.3.4.

Overall budget:

€ 13 864 309,48
EU contribution

€ 11 725 973,15

Coordinated by:

ETRA INVESTIGACION Y DESARROLLO SA

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Record number: 194422

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