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SMART GRIDS

standards and architecture model created a Digital Energy task force 2. Considering IT as the platform for
will enable the development of open with the objective to identify new growth and innovation,
interoperable solutions to implement services that could emerge in this
innovations. context and develop use cases and 3. Enabling the digital disruption
benefits of the digital transformation across the value chain with a
Learning from other industry of the energy system. The results will deployment of high security
transformation cycles, the energy be summarized in a white paper in standards.
digital transformation will go through April 2016 addressing policy makers.
the same disruptive journey making Hereafter the main use cases identified The digital energy journey starts now!
the status quo not anymore an option. are summarised in the table below. All the energy stakeholders, operators,
Digital energy transformation will help technology providers and researchers
system operators making rational To implement the listed use cases, top should collaborate jointly to make it
decisions and in the same time 3 decision imperatives are needed to happen with the right speed and the
customers getting every day benefits transform the energy sector: right sense of urgency in order to deliver
and value added services. 1. Building new business models the highest benefits to the European
consumers, consumers and citizens. l
The stakeholders of the SmartGrids by re-imagining the end to end
European Technology Platform have business processes and the 1 See: www.ev-merge.eu
customer centricity, 2 See : www.flexiciency-h2020.eu

General Use Description Detailed Use Cases Expected benefits
case

Predictive maintenance (predicting the loss of Increase reliability of supply,
Reduce cost of Operations
life of assets, e.g. transformers) and Capex, Improve quality of
service
Transmission & Distribution Networks and Power Collaborative Asset Management using Cloud
(Asset Intelligence networks) Provide real time Asset
Generators’ Assets new models: Smart products, Cockpits reducing incidents
and outages
Asset management Data-driven business models, Technology-driven
customer engagement and New alliances. (80%

of companies who invested in IOT increased their Asset Information and Health
revenues.)

Dynamic line rating Defer grid upgrades

Improved digital options for network planning Digital planning of grid reinforcements Decrease grid upgrade costs
Smart operation of the network using IT & OT
Network planning integration, Big Data and Predictive Services Demand-driven predictive planning , voltage Increase DER penetration,
and Operations (a large Dutch DSO collects 1.5 billion Grid control and smart grid re-configuration reliability of supply and better
sensor measurements to forecast the required Network usage
operations in real time)

Customer Full Customer Energy Management using Big Smart Metering 15’ data Energy Efficiency
participation Data and IOT (800 million estimated installed Building Energy Data Analysis Cleaner energy consumption
smart devices by 2020 to understand customer Demand Response Reduced bills
behavior by Utilities) Peak load management
Real time energy visibility
Peer to Peer comparison to change behavior

Digital tools allow the TSO and DSO to balance IOT big data collection from end customers and Better matching of demand
the network more efficiently
Balancing data aggregation balancing. and supply across the energy

Islanding operation using DER, Micro-grids mix

Integration of EV Storage assets and EVs can become part of the V2G Services Increase reliability of supply
and storage solution to integrate DER (estimated total world Use cases defined by the “Merge” project1 Decreasing grid upgrade costs
energy storage market by the year 2020 is 50 Avoid over-voltages
billion $) EV coordination schemes Peak shaving for the consumer

Use cases described by the market model to Enable flexibility to enter the
facilitate the market market

Market Facilitation The data that market facilitator provides (e.g. Strengthen case for building
energy management
(e.g. DSOs) DSO) can be offered to other commercial parties technologies

Data Hubs to facilitate market operation Increase Energy Efficiency and
collaboration services between
Use cases defined by the “Flexiciency” H2020 Distributors and Retailers
project2

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