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Grid management solutions: Final Results of the H2020 INTERPRETER Project

 

The Final Conference and the 6th and final General Assembly of the European-funded project H2020-INTERPRETER was held on the 28th and 29th of September in Brussels, Belgium.

 

INTERPRETER's successfully implemented a modular grid management solution consisting of a set of 10 software applications for an optimal design, planning, operation and maintenance of the electricity grid - with a special focus on the distribution network . The various modules will be accessed by network operators through an interoperable platform. These tools will support TSOs and DSOs in the transition from "traditional" network management to more active management, considering the rapid development of distributed energy sources as well as a growing concern for the environment.

INTERPRETER involves 9 partners from 6 countries: ATOS, CARTIF,CIRCE and CUERVA, from Spain; CERTH from Greece; DTU from Denmark; EuroQuality from France; R&D Nester from Portugal and ORES from Belgium.

The events held in September served to showcase the final stages of the tools and to discuss lessons learnt, exploitable results and potential future work. The Final Conference was kicked-off by the INTERPRETER project managers, CIRCE's Alfonso Bernard and Hans Bludszuweit, welcoming the Consortium and opening the discussions. The presentations for this conference were divided in two sessions, one for Operational tools and the other for Planning tools, with tools presented being:


Operational tools:

  • Detection of non-technical losses: CIRCE (Hans Bludszuweit)
  • Optimal grid reconfiguration & self-healing: CARTIF (Marian Gallego)
  • Predictive maintenance strategies for grid assets: CERTH (Angelina Bintoudi)
  • Grid congestion and Voltage balancing: TT (Óscar García)
  • DSO and TSO service coordination tool: DTU (Haris Ziras)

 

Planning tools:

  • Optimal Reactive Power Compensation: CIRCE (Noemi Galan)
  • Planned phase balancing: CIRCE (Noemi Galan)
  • Nodal Capacity Allocation: R&D Nester (Alexandre Gouveia)
  • Optimal location of dispersed storage: R&D Nester (Nuno Fulgêncio)
  • Environmental & economic assessment: CERTH (Ioannis Mamounakis)

 

Photos of the planning tools panel, introduced by project manager Alfonso Bernard (CIRCE) with speakers Nuno Fulgêncio (R&D Nester), Ioannis Mamounakis (CERTH) and Alexandre Gouveia (R&D Nester)

After the presentations of the tools, a session on the end-users feedback was held with open discussion, where representatives from the DSO that took part in this project (ORES and CUERVA) gave their opinion and feedback on the tools developed for this project. Both system operators pointed-out the importance of the tools developed at R&D Nester, confirming the value of its application and possible future exploitation.

The Final Event continued towards the end with several panel discussions addressing horizontal topics as Energy Communities and Policy Making, with invited representatives from other H2020 and Horizon Europe funded projects , including MERLON, RENAISSAINCE, TALENT and PARITY.

The second day was reserved to the internal 6th and final General Assembly of the project. The meeting served to wrap-up all project operational activities related with each of the Work Packages, and to set up the final management activities to close the project.


More information:

 

 

INTERPRETER website

INTERPRETER @ R&D Nester website

INTERPRETER @ LinkedIn

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