BRIDGE (https://bridge-smart-grid-storage-systems-digital-projects.ec.europa.eu/) is a European Commission initiative which unites Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe Smart Grid, Energy Storage, Islands, and Digitalisation projects. FlexPlan is part of the BRIDGE initiative. BRIDGE is now organizing a series of knowledge sharing webinars. Each webinar usually lasts one hour and covers two BRIDGE member projects. In this space, each…
Starting from today, a demo version of the FlexPlan tool can be requested to N-SIDE. The goal of this reduced version is to give the possibility to external stakeholders such as TSOs, DSOs and regulators to access and test the tool with reduced data visibility and capabilities. Compared to the full version, the demo version…
The Grid Expansion Tool is the “core” of the FlexPlan toolbox. In order to make it as easy-to-use and close to System Operators necessities , an ergonomic graphic user interface has been created, as the result of a tight interaction with the System Operators members of the Consortium. This VIDEO allows to have a “look…
The FlexPlan project will be present with a stand in the EU Zone of the ENLIT Europe conference (Frankfurt am Main, 29 November – 1 December 2022). The project will be presented in the session “Flexibility and resilience” which will be held on day 2 of the conference: 30th November – h 09.50 – EU…
A new issue of the Newsletter of the project FlexPlan has been published. This will also be the last issue of this newsletter because our project will finish on 31st March 2023. You can download it HERE. On 14th February 2023 we are organizing the FlexPlan Final Workshop in Brussels and all the European stakeholders…
The Final Workshop of the FlexPlan project will be held in Brussels on 14th February 2023 at the following location: https://www.l42.be/portfolio-item/live/ So, it will be a physical meeting, because we think that the physical presence in a room stimulates the debate much more than any remote participation. The location in the heart of Brussels…
The FlexPlan project will participate in the CIGRE Session 2022 event in Paris with two papers: “The innovative FlexPlan methodology to reap the benefits of including storage and load flexibility in grid planning: methodology and regional study cases” (C1-PS3-10786) “Storage and Demand Response inclusion in the network extension planning process” (C1-PS2-11029) The former paper provides…
Beyond organizing one of the most significant yearly events in Europa, ENLIT also hosts a comprehensive web site, constantly publishing contributions to feed the debate on the future of the energy system, in Europe and around the world. The FlexPlan project was recently asked to provide a contribution on how flexibility can support grid planning.…
Every year, the largest Portuguese DSO E-REDES organises an annual event at the presence of a representative of the European Commission, to disseminate, internally and externally, their achievements in the European R&D Projects. External project relevant to themes of interest are invited as well. This year, such event, taking place on May 10th, will be…
ENLIT, formerly European Utility Week and PowerGen Europe, is one of the most important events in Europe in the field of energy. The 2021 edition was organized as a physical event, which took place at the important hub of “Fiera di Milano” in the days 30th November- 2nd December 2021. In this framework, the…