Smart grids in Europe: recent

developments and challenges ahead

Gianluca Fulli

Vienna 16/10/18

As the science and

knowledge service of the

European Commission, the

JRC supports EU policies

with independent evidence

throughout the whole policy

cycle

JRC Smart Electricity Systems and

Interoperability team

Joint Research Centre (JRC)

• Market reform

• Access to information

• Consumer choices

• Consumer rights

• Poor and vulnerable protection

• Energy communities

Power to consumers

JRC mapping smart grid R&I projects

• 950 smart grid projects

• ~5 billion EUR investment

• UK, Germany and France lead

Reports & datasets online:

ses.jrc.ec.europa.eu/

smart-grids-observatory

Applications of smart grid R&I projects

• Most targeted applications:

smart network mgmt &

demand side mgmt…

• …with an eye at system

integration and

interoperability

JRC Smart grid project outlook 2017

How is smart grid R&I being financed?

Private investment:

• highest source for R&D

and demo projects

• shrank after 2011, partly

compensated by EU funding

Let’s focus on consumers and communities

Demand side management in smart grid R&I

Local energy communities in smart grid R&I

• Include several end-use sectors

(residential, commercial, public,…)

• Address multiple services

(electricity, water, gas,…)

• From individual to community

behaviours change

Demand side management in smart grid R&I

Projects addressing

multi-services

Exploring Community-Oriented Approaches in Demand Side Management Projects in Europe, Sustainability 2016

Projects addressing

multiple end-use sectors

Local energy communities in smart grid R&I

Local energy communities: an insight from European smart grid projects, CIRED Workshop 2018

Organizations involved in Local energy communities Emerging stakeholders in Local energy communities

Challenges on the deployment path

• Consumers involvement/protection

• Local communities/markets

• Systems integration/Interoperability

Thank you for your attention!

gianluca.fulli@ec.europa.eu

JRC Smart Electricity Systems and Interoperability

http://ses.jrc.ec.europa.eu/