DREAM
Type
applied research project
Start Date
01 September 2013
End Date
31 August 2016
URI
Status
ongoing
Keywords
smart grid
ICT for electricity networks
Description
DREAM - Distributed Renewable resources Exploitation in electric grids
through Advanced heterarchical Management

The DREAM project (2013-2016) is a collaborative research project funded by the European Union Framework Programme 7. It will lay the foundations for a novel heterarchical management approach of complex electrical power grids, providing new mechanisms for stable and cost effective integration of distributed renewable energy sources, as well as for enhanced consumer involvement in economic and ecological electricity use.

Applying the principles of autonomous agent-based systems to the control and management of the electricity distribution grid will allow the system to constantly adjust to current operational conditions and make it robust to exogenous disturbances. In turn, this will allow for greater penetration of intermittent resources and will make the distribution grid more resilient to failures. DREAM will include several layers of controls for normal, congested and post-contingency situations that will use different coordination strategies ranging from market-based transactions to emergency demand response and create ad-hoc federations of agents that will flexibly adjust their hierarchy to current needs.

The system will transition smoothly between control layers depending on local operational conditions, so that responses to disturbances will be sized precisely, margins will be used parsimoniously and full network flexibility will be tapped. The system will involve only limited data transfers and no centralized control, promoting extensibility, heterogeneity and easy deployment across countries with different network architectures and hardware manufacturers.

DREAM will demonstrate the economic and technical feasibility of these novel control mechanisms thanks to several real-world small-scale pilots dedicated to different use-cases, and computer simulations will be used to study further scalability.

Furthermore, economic viability will be modeled and examined for the various actors in the grid taking into account the unpredictability of consumer power production, market dynamics, novel regulation schemes and the adoption of DREAM mechanisms over time.
Member contributor(s)
Partner(s)
Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP)
Electricité de Strasbourg (ES)
University of Kassel (UNI KASSEL)
Fraunhofer Institute for Material Flow and Logistics (Fraunhofer IML)
Hellenic Electricity Distribution Network Operator (HEDNO)
ICCS/NTUA (ICCS)
SEA Group (SEA)
ActValue Consulting & Solutions (ACT)
Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific research (TNO)
DNV GL
Telvent (part of Schneider Electric (TEL))
University of St.Gallen, Institute of Information Management (IWI-HSG)
Funder(s)
Topic(s)
smart grid
ICT for electricity networks
market mechanisms for electricity markets
agent-based technology
Method(s)
design science
case study research
Range
HSG Internal
Range (De)
HSG Intern
Principal
EU
Division(s)
Eprints ID
231626
Reference Number
609359

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Classifying Flexibility Types in Smart Electric Distribution Grids: a Taxonomy

2016-06-14 , Bärenfänger, Rieke , Drayer, Elisabeth , Daniluk, Damian , Otto, Boris , Vanet, Emmanuelle , Caire, Raphael , Shamsi Abbas, Tayyab , Lisanti, Bruno

This paper proposes a classification scheme for the different types of flexibilities that are used in electric grids. This classification scheme, which is called a taxonomy, helps to convey the meaning of different concepts of flexibility in research and industrial projects. It also allows to compare the sources and uses of flexibility in conventional vs. smart grid situations to highlight the evolving nature of the power system.

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Extending the Electricity Marketplace to Distribution Entities

2014-06-11 , Bärenfänger, Rieke , Lisanti, Bruno , Kamphuis, René , Caire, Raphael , Otto, Boris , Daniluk, Damian

The DREAM FP7 RTD project develops solutions for active distribution energy networks with integrated distributed renewable energy resources. It is a collaborative research project with a project duration of 36 months (2013 - 2016) involving R&D institutions, ICT and manufacturing industry partners, and DSOs. Over the course of the project, 12 partners from seven European countries work on the foundations for a novel heterarchical management approach of electric power grids based on agent systems and considering current and future designs of electricity market systems. The present paper describes market specific results from the initial phase of the project and discusses challenges and solution approaches associated with the creation of a new electricity distribution scenario. [http://www.cired.net/publications/workshop2014/papers/CIRED2014WS_0312_final.pdf Paper download link] [http://www.cired2014-workshop.org/ CIRED workshop 2014 link]

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