Bruxelles, June 1st, 2005 CESI 1 Electricity Sector A.Invernizzi (Italy) Future Needs for Research Infrastructures Energy.

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Electricity SectorA.Invernizzi (Italy)

Future Needs for Research Infrastructures Energy

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Several testing laboratories were created in the second part of the last century to support the development of electric network components (by manufacturers) and the integration into national electric systems (by utilities/companies)

Examples are CESI in Italy, KEMA in The Netherlands, FGH in Germany, etc.

Such labs were more components oriented (transformers, switchgears, isolators, etc). In the last years also the development of power electronic based devices (SVC, FACTS, ac/dc converters) was supported by such labs

Infrastructures created and used in the past to support the development of electric power systems

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Reduction of primary energy importation, reduction of dependence from fossil fuels, security of electricity supply are the main issues to be dealt with

New generating plants making use of non fossil fuels (RES, H2, solid waste) and based on new energy conversion technologies are to be integrated into the electric power systems. New interface devices are also required

Integration shall be at the transmission as well as at the distribution levels, just to promote the utilisation of locally available energy sources (DER)

New requirements to be faced by national/European electric power systems

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New concepts like Microgrids, Virtual Power Plants, Active Distribution Networks, Intelligent Grids have to be developed and applied

New control/automation systems, new management procedures have to be developed and applied to run bulk as well as small size generators; the use of ICT has to be more and more extended

New research system oriented infrastructures where energy conversion, electric and information & communication technologies can be developed and tested

The new infrastructures shall also allow the development of the needed knowledge to be shared among all the European operators of power electric systems

New requirements to be faced by national/European electric power systems (cont.)

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European Facility for Developing and Testing

DER/RES and Related Systems

Example of Research Infrastructures in Energy

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PV Load 7 kW

Control Room Loads

23 kV

Programmable load

100 kVA

Hybrid system

BIOMASS10 kW

Zebra battery 64 kW

Energy storage

(Pb) 100kW

Control Room House B2

ACCLoad133 kW+ 8,5

kVARACCLoad2

5kW

ACCLoad3 11kW

EURODISH 10 kWasynchronous

Flywheel100 kW

REDOX45 kW

PV Field 10 kW

PV roof Max 20

kW

MV/LV building B2

800 kVA

MV/LV building B1

800 kVA

Energy storage Area

Battery bank (Pb)

DIESEL7 kW

asynchronous

Simulated wind turbine 8kW

asynchronous

TURBEC T 105 kW

MCFC+T150 kW

CACPE

HE

HUB

Internet

SVCS Super Vision and Control System

CA

CA

AP

Remote HumanMachine Interface

ACCLoad460 kW

Control Building: switching and configuration board, measurement units and data acquisition

system

LAN

400 V400 V

CPE

CPECPE

CPE

CESI DER LV test facility CESI DER LV test facility 20042004

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Developing and installing new communication technologies (based on wireless or Power Line Carrier - PLC technology). The availability of appropriate and powerful communication infrastructure will allow to develop, test and demonstrate sophisticated automation to control generators and loads (DSM) in islanding or integrated operation.

Developing and installing a complete H2 supply and application chain. The new infrastructure will include different H2 generation devices, storage capabilities, mini-distribution grid; the infrastructure could also integrate a distribution grid for HYTHANE (H2 – natural gas mixture).

Proposal of future development

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CESI DG test facility

WirelessWireless

PowerlinePowerline

Frequency Frequency range 1-30 range 1-30 MHzMHz

CONTROL PCCONTROL PC

MA

INS

CONTROL PC

CPE

CPE

CA

HE

AP

HUB

BA

CK

BO

NE

CA

Microgrid Central Management SystemMicrogrid Central Management System - -

TLC technologiesTLC technologies

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Storage technologies to manage fluctuating feed-in from RES

Methodologies and tools for optimised management of power flows fluctuations caused by RES

ICT and innovative protection schemes to improve system security

European electric network simulator Forecasting for electricity infrastructure

including the impact of new technologies

Additional issues for new Research Infrastructure on Energy

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Support the creation of new infrastructures and the major upgrade of the existing ones

Support the costs for the utilisation by all the European researchers, engineers and electric system operators (by assuring the continuous availability of the infrastructures)

The 7th FP funding mechanism should: