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Winter 2019 European Energy Innovation 27

COMMUNICATION

In order to reduce greenhouse
gas emissions and mitigate the
effects of climate change, the
future energy production will be
increasingly based on renewable
energy sources,

A challenge to be solved before
the full benefits of renewables can
be obtained, is that these systems
(mainly photovoltaic and wind
turbine plants) are intermittent and
volatile and this determines possible
imbalances on the electric grid.

An appropriate solution can be found
in the synergy between the different
networks (electricity, district heating,
and natural gas), which can be
obtained by the optimised use of
conversion and storage technologies
such as heat pumps, power to gas
and cogeneration systems, through a
smart control systems that take into
consideration the whole energy system.

These are the main topics studied
within the PLANET Horizon2020
European project, by 11 partners from
7 different countries and coordinated
by the Energy Department of the
Politecnico di Torino (Italy).

PLANET will develop a holistic and conversion/storage technologies, Finally the project will further
Decision Support System (DSS) e.g. power-to-gas (P2G), power-to- investigate the possible economic
integrated in a ICT monitoring and heat (P2H) and virtual thermal energy impact of this a approach, the new
orchestration cockpit for utilities, storage (VES). business opportunities in electricity,
policy makers and network operators. natural gas and district heating
The DSS will aid them to leverage Application of the developed tools markets as well as the necessary
innovative energy conversion in two different test cases in Italy adaptations of the regulatory and
in alternative carriers & storage and France will showcase their standardization landscape to facilitate
technologies in order to explore, benefits and also reveal potential the adoption of these technologies. l
identify, evaluate and quantitatively grid stability issues and effective
assess optimal grid planning and countermeasures. https://youtu.be/gy4kxplMSZk
management strategies for future
energy scenarios that target full
energy system decarbonisation.

A robust analysis of the possible
synergies between electricity, gas and
heat networks will be carried out by
creating simulation models for the
integration between energy networks

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