R&D Nester contributes to the creation of new grid planning and operation tools in the Interpreter project
R&D NESTER is contributing to the
creation of new grid planning and operation tools, in the scope of the
INTERPRETER project, financed by the H2020 programme. This project aims at developing
a modular platform that allows including multiple tools for grid operation and
planning. In the project scope, and to demonstrate the capabilities of the
developed platform, 10 different tools are currently under development, to be
later on provided to system operators. Some of these tools are only applicable
to distribution systems, while others are applicable also to transmission
systems, which is the case of the tools developed by R&D NESTER.
Results already obtained include the
design of the platform architecture to be implemented and the definition of the
functionalities of the different tools, through the creation of use cases.
R&D NESTER is responsible for the development of two tools, which can be
used in grid planning processes:
· Nodal Capacity calculation - optimization
of the process of nodal capacity calculation in a network, aimed at received
new generation units. The tool will follow a stochastic approach, as an example
in contingency analysis, contrasting with the commonly used N-1 criterion.
· Optimal size and siting of energy storage
units for congestion management - this tool uses an optimization algorithm to
calculate optimal size and siting of energy storage units considering
congestion management situations. Its solutions allow to have a direct
comparison between costs for these storage solutions and grid expansion
measures.
The project INTERPRETER started in October
2019 and has t duration of 36 months. The project activities are developed in a
consortium, which besides R&D NESTER has 8 partners from Spain, Belgium,
Greece, Denmark and France, including 2 DSO's from Belgium and Spain.
More information about the project can be checked at https://www.interpreter-h2020.eu/