Having obtained a comprehensive picture of Smart Grid standardization procedures, STARGRID identified existing obstacles to smart grid deployment and formulated recommendations for industry, standardization organizations and policy makers. The final STARGRID report provides a set of six recommendations with respect to Smart Grid standardization and regulation:
1. Provision of harmonized core regulations at national / local level
2. Preparation of new standards and regulations for system integration
3. Prioritization of interoperability tests specifications in Smart Grids standards
4. Augmentation of information and communication security and privacy
5. Augmentation of the stakeholders’ participation in the standardization processes
6. Harmonization of the regulation and standardization framework for DER interconnection rules
These recommendations are addressed to standardization bodies, policy makers, regulatory authorities and Smart Grid stakeholders, such as manufacturers and grid operators, generation operators, prosumers, energy services providers, and others.
Furthermore, the report pinpoints the most relevant obstacles to a large scale deployment of Smart Grid technologies related to standardization and regulation and indicates possible solutions.
You can find the complete STARGRID Final Recommendations on Integrating Smart Grids in Distribution Networks for free download here.
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In its major publication, DERlab, the association of leading research institutes and companies in the field of distributed energy resources equipment and systems, presents the final outcome of the STARGRID project – six recommendations regarding the standardisation process addressed to policy makers, regulation authorities (EU and national), industry and standardisation bodies.
You can find the entire DERlab Activity Report online here.
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The objective of STARGRID is to support the EC standardisation policy regarding the Smart Grid evolution by providing improvement suggestions and recommendations concerning the various standardisation initiatives that are currently in progress. STARGRID carried out an extensive analysis of these initiatives (real standards, regulation codes, position papers, industry documents, etc.) focusing on the standardisation process in the field of Smart Grids. The workshop “Standards Hub for Smart Grid Industries: Recommendations for the Standardisation Framework”, the final event of the STARGID project, took place in Brussels on the 23rd January, 2015. The participants discussed the outcomes of the project and perspectives of standardisation for smart grids.
Here you can find the presentations held at the event:
STARGRID Project (Christoph Nölle, Fraunhofer IWES)
Smart Grid Stakeholders’ Requirements (Diana Dorobanţu & Doina Dragomir ASRO)
STARGRID Recommendations: Standardisation & Regulation (Christoph Nölle, Fraunhofer IWES)
STARGRID Recommendations: System Interfaces (Christoph Nölle, Fraunhofer IWES)
STARGRID Recommendations: Security and Privacy (Emilio Rodríguez, TECNALIA)
STARGRID Recommendations: Participation in the standardisation process (Mihai Calin, DERlab)
STARGRID Recommendations: Interoperability Recommendations (Giorgio Franchioni, RSE)
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EEPOS project has launched a survey on demand response systems and invites everyone with background in distributed energy systems to share their vision.I would like to complete the Survey (15 minutes)
Developing an electricity load management (demand response) system on the electricity distribution grid level, the project aims to foster the transformation of current electricity systems towards Smart Grids. EEPOS will employ your input in the development of a demand response system in two field tests in Finland and in Germany.
Do you know anyone with background in distributed energy systems? We warmly encourage you to forward them this survey.
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12 June, 2014. TECNALIA and FUTURED (Spanish Technological Platform of Electrical Grids) with the support of the Spanish standardization body AENOR organized the fifth national STARGRID workshop Smart Grids Standardization: Current Landscape and Future Challenges in Madrid, Spain. Nearly 40 experts gathered to discuss the status of the standardization work in the field of Smart Grids and the associated issues. The workshop presented recent progress and current activities in Smart Grids standardization and analyzed their impact on the main stakeholders of the electrical sector.
Among the various issues discussed were:
• Interoperability among different smart metering systems at the data model level (DLMS)
• Delay of normative development and its effects on the Smart Grids roll-out
• Smart Grids security: data privacy, equipment access, communication access
• Relation and differences between regulation and standardization
Numerous participants of the workshop represented most of the field: DSOs (Gas Natural Fenosa, IBERDROLA, ENDESA, EON), TSO (REE), manufacturers and suppliers of electrical equipment and ICT systems (ZIV, ORMAZABAL, ARTECHE, INGETEAM, GE Digital Energy, INDRA, ATOS Worldgrid), standardization organizations (AENOR), universities (Carlos III University, University of Seville, University of Leuven, University of Comillas), associations (UNESA, SERCOBE, UNEF), research, testing and certification organizations (TECNALIA, ITE, CENER, SGS TECNOS, DNV-KEMA, Spanish Hydrogen Centre).
You can find the workshop’s presentations (in Spanish) linked in the agenda:
• Welcome and Introduction
• Presentation “Standardization landscape for Smart Grids” (Carmen Martín, AENOR) with a focus on the activities of the Smart Grid Coordination Group (SGCG) and with observations from the international perspective (IEC)
• Presentation “STARGRID project” (Emilio Rodríguez, TECNALIA-STARGRID) evaluating the European and the international status of Smart Grids standards
• Presentation “Smart Grid Standardization” (Enrique García, IBERDROLA-EDSO4SG) explaining the work of the SGCG from an internal viewpoint
• Presentation “Electrical networks standardization: challenges” (Txetxu Arzuaga, ZIV) presenting ZIV’s approach to implementing this type of standards and challenges of this process from the manufacturers’ perspective
• Coffee break
• Round-table discussion “Impact and challenges of Smart Grid standardization in the Spanish electrical sector”
• Final round of questions and conclusions
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10 April, 2014. STARGRID organized two workshops at Hannover Fair, which presented recent progress and current activities related to the European Smart Grid standardization framework.
The first workshop Standardizing the Smart Grid Vision. Is the Smart Grid Standardization Framework ready for the Smart Grid Roll Out? was organized jointly with the CEN-ENELEC-ETSI Smart Grid Coordination Group (SGCG). It presented the recent progress and current activities in the European Smart Grid standardization framework. The workshop presented the results of the SGCG’s recent gap prioritization survey and STARGRID’s stakeholder survey on standardization awareness and perceived gaps. The discussion was centered around the topics of the standards regulation, awareness raising, the influence of standards and regulatory provisions on the Smart Grid roll-out and policy recommendations.
Addressing researchers and representatives of industrial initiatives and standardizations bodies, the second workshop Lessons learned from Smart Grid demonstration projects reviewed standards related to applied technologies and ICT systems implemented in these projects.
You can find the workshops’ agendas here.
Workshops’ presentations
Workshop Standardizing the Smart Grid Vision. Is the Smart Grid Standardization Framework ready for the Smart Grid Roll Out?
- Smart Grid Coordination Group: scope; objectives; workplan (Johannes Stein, DKE)
- STARGRID short overview: scope; objectives, workplan (Christoph Nölle, Fraunhofer IWES)
The European Smart Grid standardisation framework: current Status I
- Methodology (Johannes Stein, DKE)
- Interoperability (Andre Postma, Enexis -tbc)
The European Smart Grid standardisation framework: current status II
- Smart Metering and Smart Home – the M/441 mandate (David Johnson, SMCG)
- Telecommunication standards for the Smart Grid (Patrick Wetterwald, CISCO)
Industry initiatives on SG standardisation issues
- IEC 61850 communication and CIM data base management applied for Smart Distribution (Bernd Buchholz, NTB Technoservice)
- The Universal Smart Energy Framework (USEF) (Marten van der Laan, ICT Automatisering)
Standardisation awareness and perceived gaps
- Updated gap prioritisation and work programme (Laurent Guise, Schneider Electric)
- STARGRID questionnaire results (Giorgio Franchioni, RSE)
Discussion
Workshop Lessons learned from Smart Grid demonstration projects
- PowerMatching City (Marten van der Laan, ICT Automatisering)
- Smart PV (Dr.Venizelos Efthymiou, Research Centre for Sustainable Energy FOSS)
- iGreenGrid (Dr. Paolo Mora, Ricerca sul Sistema Energetico – RSE)
- DISCERN (Dr Mathias Uslar, OFFIS)
- COTEVOS “EV systems Interoperability with Smart Grids – Smart Charging or more?” (Joost Laarakkers, TNO)
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