Bruxelles, June 1st, 20051CESI
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: