The European Technology & Innovation Platforms (ETIPs) have been created by the European Commission in the framework of the new Integrated Roadmap Strategic Energy Technology Plan (SET Plan) by bringing together a multitude of stakeholders and experts from the energy sector. The ETIP Smart Networks for Energy Transition (SNET) role is to guide Research, Development…
The important German magazine netzpraxis (https://www.energie.de/netzpraxis/aktuell/uebersicht) has published an interview with the FlexPlan coordinating person Gianluigi Migliavacca in its las issue (netzpraxis 05/2021, 29 April 2021). The interview (in German) clarifies the main motivations as well as the ambitions of the FlexPlan project. The FlexPlan interview can be downloaded here: https://flexplan-project.eu/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Projekt-FlexPlan-für-Projektseite-np21_5_32_Berger_Bhn.pdf.
A new ENLIT webinar is released today in the form of on demand video (https://www.enlit-europe.com/on-demand-library/flexibility-to-support-grid-planning) on the theme “Flexibility to support Grid Planning”. The webinar provides an overview of the activities of the FlexPlan H2020 project, aimed at establishing a new grid planning methodology considering the opportunity to introduce new storage and flexibility resources in…
The third issue of the FlexPlan Newsletter (M18 – March-April 2021) has been published today. As usually, these few pages feature short articles that point to the most important news on the achievements of the project during the last six months. The newsletter file can be downloaded from: https://flexplan-project.eu/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/FlexPlan-Newsletter-M18.pdf
The Chinese CEPRI (China Electric Power Research Institute), has joined the Advisory Board of the FlexPlan project as its 58th member. CEPRI (http://www.epri.sgcc.com.cn/html/eprien/index.html) is the research center affiliated to the Chinese vertically integrated utility, acting as national TSO and DSO. The person who joined FlexPlan Advisory Board is Ms. Dai Qian, project manager and team…
The comprehensive deliverable D1.2, which contains the overall innovative modelling framework of the FlexPlan project, has finally been published. It can be downloaded at the following link.
Electricity is a fundamental energy vector in the decarbonized RES-based energy system, but the intrinsic variability of renewables causes frequent and deep mismatches between local generation and load, calling for flexibility measures, system adaptation and integration with other energy vectors (i.e. gas, heat, hydrogen etc.). Most of the mechanisms for variable renewables integration have both…
A new comprehensive paper (30 pages!) has been published now with the aim to describe the full modeling and scenario framework of the FlexPlan project. It contains a complete overview of the main results achieved by the Horizon2020 project during the first one-and-a-half year of activities. The new paper, titled “The Innovative FlexPlan Grid-Planning Methodology:…
On 18th February 2021, the FlexPlan project coordinator, Gianluigi Migliavacca, had a bilateral meeting with ENTSO-E. The European Transmission System Operators organization is member of the FlexPlan Advisory Body. Additionally, is presently particularly interested in the assessment of flexibility solutions as part of the system planning process. That both for the fulfillment of the prescriptions…
BRIDGE (https://www.h2020-bridge.eu/) is a European Commission initiative which unites Horizon 2020 Smart Grid, Energy Storage, Islands, and Digitalisation Projects to create a structured view of cross-cutting issues which are encountered in the demonstration projects and may constitute an obstacle to innovation. Among others, being in the BRIDGE initiative maximizes Horizon2020 projects visibility towards those directorates…