Terni is a small sized city at the heart of Italy with 105 000 inhabitants. The local multi-utility operator (ASM) is fully owned by the municipality. As DSO, ASM Terni directly owns and operates the power distribution grid and distributes electricity from the MV-LV and HVMV substations to the end consumers‘ (65.000 Smart Meters). Over the time, the power grid of ASM has seen the construction of many photovoltaic power plants thanks to the incentives for renewable energy sources (RES). This fact has increased the not programmable power injected into the grid.
In 2010 the deployment throughout the power network of smart meters with four data acquisitions per hour (each 15 minutes) was completed, reaching all the 65,100 end users.
To develop new services and business model in the Smart Grid, the Unbundled Smart Meter concept has been developed under the H2020 Nobel Grid project http://www.nobelgrid.eu/ and applied to the existing smart meters.
In order to implement new approaches to regulation, in 2015, it was necessary to upgrade the remote control system with a new SCADA system.
In the last couple of months the project has organised 4 citizen engagement workshop in 4 different pilot sites in Greece, Spain, Belgium and Italy. These pilot site workshops were planned and designed to contribute to the overall project objectives to include citizens in the different decision-making processes. The community engagement workshops informed the citizens about the deployment of the WiseGRID tools in their neighborhood and provided a platform to ask questions and to give feedback and suggestions.
We gathered feedback of each workshop:
ASM Terni will deploy and operate charging electrical vehicles as well as battery energy storage along the Low Voltage branch of its owned smart grid, which will be able to mitigate and smooth the fluctuating power output generated by the nearby PV farm and try to forecast as much as possible and then avoid outage situation. The resulting configuration for the ASM Terni‘s pilot will be consisting accordingly of a 240 kW PV farm, connected to the LV branch of the network, which will be complemented by a 96 kWh battery energy storage situated close to the secondary substation (and immediately downward the secondary substation). Secondary substation is already equipped with power automation, supporting communication by using IEC61850 protocol.
Two PV arrays - 180 kWp and 60 kWp
96 kWh 2nd life Li-ion battery energy storage
ASM Terni buildings comprising i) a 4,050 m2 three-storey office building; ii) a 2,790 m2 single-storey building consisting of technical offices, a computer centre and an operation control centre and iii) a 1,350 m2 warehouse
Four electric vehicle (EV) charging stations and six EVs. A Renault Zoe R240 featuring a 22 kWh lithium-ion battery is already in use in ASM TERNI headquarters, fed by a SPOTLINK - EVO filling station. The other units will be put in operation over the WISEGRID project by the EMOTION partner.
2 May 2018 - 9 am: citizen’s engagement workshop.
More information can be found here!
21-22 September 2019: TerniOn city festival - a WiseGRID citizen engagement action
More information can be found here!
On 11th & 12th of April, WiseGRID partners gathered together in Terni, one of the project's pilot sites, to discuss together the status of the project.
In this meeting parallel sessions of technical and non-technical issues and two different WiseGRID tools were organised in order for all partners to be updated about each others progress.
ASM Terni, the partner that hosted the consortium, gave a highly interesting tour in their premises. The partners were privileged to visit the ASM Terni buildings, including the operation control center, solar panel arrays, 2nd life Li-ion battery energy storage and four electric vehicle (EV) charging stations.
The meeting was highly productive, enabling some important discussions that can push the project to the next level.
Workshop to explain and demonstrate the WiseGRID tools that will be deployed in Terni.
More information can be found here (English).
Ulteriori informazioni possono essere trovate qui (italiano).
After 4 years and 3 awards, the partners of WiseGRID are coming together to present their findings and showcase how the WiseGRID tools can enable a decentralised energy system where all market players, including cooperatives and small and medium-sized enterprises can equally participate in the energy market.
Register your attendance to the Final Conference! The event includes an overview of achievements, panel discussion and networking lunch. Participate in hands-on demonstrations of the tools and engage in discussions with fellow participants.
We look forward to seeing you there!
Programme
10:30 - Registration and coffee
11:00 - Welcome and introduction to the WiseGRID project - Mr. Antonio Marqués, ETRA
11:15 - Project achievements - Álvaro Nofuentes and Esteban Pastor
11:45 - Panel discussion and questions from the audience
Moderated by Myriam Castanié, REScoop.eu
• Josh Roberts, Advocacy officer, REScoop.eu
• Ine Swennen, Pilot site representative, Ecopower cv
• Antonis Papanikolaou, WiseHOME developer, Hypertech
• Francesca Santori, DSO representative, ASM Terni
12:45 - Networking lunch
14:00 - Roundtables WiseGRID tools
| • WiseHOME, WiseCOOP | • WG Cockpit |
| • WiseCORP | • WG FASTV2G, WiseEVP |
| • WG STAAS/VPP | • WG RESCO |
15:30 - Closing - By Antonio Marqués, ETRA
15:40 to 16:00 - Networking drinks
When/Where
Monday April 6th from 10:30 until 16:00
Les Ateliers des Tanneurs, Rue des Tanneurs 60A, Brussels, Belgium
Contact
Website: www.wisegrid.eu
Mail: vaiva.indilaite@rescoop.eu
Register - Limited spaces!
BRIDGE is an initiative by the European Commission to bring together Horizon 2020 projects in the fields of smart grids and energy storage with its General Assembly taking place February 11th - 12th in Brussels.
One of the aims of the assembly is for the Working Groups to present their reports that cover cross-cutting issues such as Data Management, Business Models, Regulation and Customer Engagement along with the Task Forces who cover Energy Communities, Replicability/Scalability Analysis and Joint Communication.
Another aim is for projects to share what they are learning and to find any common ground between the findings of other projects. ETRA's Esteban Pastor Calatayud promoted the findings of WiseGRID to the assembly and shared recommendations for the future, seen here on Twitter.
Practicalities
The event will take place on Tuesday April 21st online.
Participation is free of charge but registration is mandatory since the number of participants is limited. Registration is on a first come, first served basis, so be sure to register if you would like a space.
Program
10.00 - 10.20
Welcome and introduction - Mr. Antonio Marqués, ETRA
10.20 - 10.40
Project achievements
Esteban Pastor Calatayud, Álvaro Nofuentes Prieto, ETRA
10.40 - 11.45
Panel discussion and questions from the audience.
Moderator: Myriam Castanié, REScoop.eu
Speakers:
• Josh Roberts, Advocacy officer, REScoop.eu
• Mariana Stantcheva, EU Commision (TBC)
• Vincent Dierickx, EnergieID
• Antonis Papanikolaou, WiseHOME developer, Hypertech
• Francesca Santori, DSO representative, ASM Terni
• Esteban Pastor Calatayud, ETRA
11.45 - 12.00
Offline Break
12.00 - 13.15
Presentation of WiseGRID tools
• WG Cockpit + StaaS/VPP - Alberto (ETRA), Francesca (ASM), Giusi (ENG)
• WiseCORP + WiseCOOP - Diego (ETRA), Vincent (EID
• WiseEVP + FASTV2G - Julio (ITE), Joachim (PARTA), Esteban (ETRA)
13.15 - 13.30
Conclusion - Antonio Marqués, ETRA
The Romanian Energy Center is pleased to invite you to the Stakeholders Consultation Event and synergies within the European H2020 Projects SOGNO, WISEGRID, PHOENIX, CROSSBOW and DEFENDER. The event will be organized as an Online Video-Conference, will stimulate discussions and will include Demonstrations of the Tools and Solutions developed within the EU Projects.
Objective: Dissemination of the Projects Solutions for the Management of Variable Renewable Energies and Storage Units enabling more Secure Smart Grid; Identify synergies within EU H2020 Projects, and Consultation with Stakeholders on the preliminary results on T&D grid operation, regulation, standardization, as well as New Solutions and Services proposed to TSOs and DSOs for improving the operation and security of the electricity grid; Presentation of integrated solutions and Business Models for the integration of more RES into the European Smart Grid with increased protection and fast mitigation of the Cyber-Attacks against assets and the Networks of the Future.
Do you have questions about the project, tools or pilot sites? Let us know.
