Technical Backbone for the Democratization of Flexibility: Standards-based Demand Response Infrastructure

• Type: Article in International Conference Proceedings Book
• Date: 2019

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Keko, H (Author) Other; Keserica, H (Author) Other; Sucic, S (Author) Other; Vladimiro Miranda (Author) FEUP

Conference proceedings International

Title: 2019 16TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE EUROPEAN ENERGY MARKET (EEM)

16th International Conference on the European Energy Market (EEM)

Ljubljana, SLOVENIA, SEP 18-20, 2019

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Authenticus ID: P-00R-GSN

DOI: 10.1109/eem.2019.8916567

Abstract (EN): This paper describes an open standards-based information system that can support the democratization and consumer empowerment through flexibility activation in the distribution networks of the near future. The paper outlines a software infrastructure focused on technical issues, closely following the OpenADR standard and the corresponding IEC 62746-10 standard. The infrastructure represents a communication backbone allowing the connection, registering, activation and reporting for different types of granular consumer flexibility. The flexibility sources can be very diverse - from controllable charging set points of electric vehicle chargers and district-level storages such as stationary batteries, towards taking advantage of comparatively large time constants of thermal systems in residential and commercial buildings. In the viewpoint of the proposed system, all these flexibility provisions represent distributed energy resources in a wider sense. The system thus offers interoperable support for consumer-level integration of different energy systems (electricity, heat and gas), and additional flexibility sources are made available to the electric power system, all the time keeping the user comfort and avoiding service disruptions. The paper outlines the technical infrastructure as a backbone activating new sources of flexibility, helping the further proliferation of renewable energy sources and establishing new market actors.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 5