DISPOWER Distributed Generation with High Penetration of Renewable Energy Sources

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DISPOWERDistributed Generation with High
Penetration of Renewable Energy Sources
Thomas Degner ISET e.V. Königstor 59, D-34131
Kassel Tel. [phone] Fax [phone]
200 Email tdegner_at_iset.uni-kassel.de
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• Future grids with Decentralised Power Production

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Objective and Approach

• Main objective
• Preparation of a new distributed generation
  structure of power supply in regional, local and
  island grids
• Approach
• Investigation on basic solutions for technical
  problems expected from more decentralised
  generation in distribution networks
• Demonstration of exemplary technical solutions in
  test centres and at selected sites
• Restriction on medium and low voltage grids

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DISPOWER

• 37 partners from 11 European countries
• 17 mio Euro overall budget
• Project duration Jan 2001 Dec 2005
• Work divided into 11 work packages

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DISPOWERConsortium

• 37 partners from 11 European countries
• utilities
• power industry and service companies
• research centres and universities

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DISPOWER research areas

• Grid stability and control
• Stable operation of networks with very high
  penetration of DG
• Control of DG and storage plant
• Hardware and control strategies for load
  management
• Advanced communication and metering
• Power quality and safety
• Power quality of LV connected DG
• Development of a power quality and management
  system for DG in LV networks
• Concepts and solutions for preventing unintended
  islanding
• Protection against overload and short circuits in
  DG networks
• Identification of requirements for new standards
  for DG

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DISPOWER research areas(continued)

• Socio-economic issues
• Evaluate the potential of the users as
  controllable load
• Influence of ICT and innovative distribution
  networks on the penetration of DG
• Effect of institutional changes in the
  electricity markets and strategic behaviour of
  incumbent utilities on the position of DG

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DISPOWER research areas(continued)

• Planning, trading and operation tools
• Adaptation of a simulation tool for load flow
  calculations in DG networks with wind power
  plants
• Development of software tools for optimisation of
  grid connection of wind farms
• SCADA system for DG and controllable loads
• Training facilities and programme for grid
  operator personal
• Information, communication, and electricity
  trading
• Standardised data structures and data bases for
  information services
• Wind power prediction tool for wind farms in UK
  to improve energy trading

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DISPOWER research areas(continued)

• Test facilities for grid stability, control and
  power quality
• Test facility for power quality at CESI, Milano
  (transient and energy flow analysis)
• Test facility for grid stability and control at
  ISET, Kassel (test of DG units, setup of
  laboratory DG grid)

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Test facility for grid stability and control at
ISET
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DISPOWER research areas(continued)

• Implementation of DG technology in regional power
  supply systems
• Case studies for DG in European interconnected
  networks
• Case studies for DG in European islands and weak
  grid
• Pilot installations and monitoring of DG in low
  voltage grids
• Solar Settlement Querdeich (PV/ micro turbine /
  battery storage)
• Technology Demonstration Centre San Agustin del
  Guadalix (PV/ Wind/ Battery)
• Stadtwerke Karlsruhe (Fuel cell, battery storage)

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DISPOWER document management system
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• DISPOWER CIRED 2003 contributions
• UOG_Massucco_A1. Stefano Massucco (University of
  Genova) Electrical energy distribution networks
  actual situation and perspectives for distributed
  generation
• ISE_Degner_A1. Thomas Degner (ISET)
  Effect of renewable
  energy sources on power quality -Recent research
  activities
• UMI_Bopp_A1. Thomas Bopp (UMIST)Commercial and
  technical integration of distributed generation
  into distribution networks
• UMI_Chilvers_A1. Ian Chilvers (UMIST)
  Development of distribution network protection
  schemes to maximise the connection of distributed
  generation

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• For further information and documents please
  visit
• dispower.org
• Thank you for your attention !
• We acknowledge the support of the project by the
  European Commission under contract No.
  ENK5-CT-2001-00522