Tenders Are Invited For Research And Experimental Development Services – Toolkit For Active Distribution Network Management

Research And Experimental Development Services – Toolkit For Active Distribution Network Management. In The Future Electricity System, Low-Voltage Networks Will Become The Bottleneck Of The Energy Transition. Dsos Have To Safely And Economically Integrate And Control More And More Flexible Systems With Sometimes Non-Correlated Generation And Consumption Profiles. Active Distribution Network Management In Low Voltage Is Therefore Essential. While The Medium-Voltage Networks Are Already Well Monitored Thanks To Scada Systems, The Low-Voltage Networks Remain Largely “Blind”. The Reason For This Is, On The One Hand, That The Networks Are Not Yet Adequately Measured And, On The Other Hand, That The Underlying Data Sets At The Dsos Are Often Heterogeneous, Incomplete, Uncorrelated And Only Structured To A Limited Extent. This Means That The Creation Of Consolidated And Computationally Capable Network Models As A Basis For Active Distribution Network Management Currently Involves Considerable Manual Effort On The Part Of The Dso. There Is Also A Lack Of Standardized Interfaces And Uniform Information Models To Bring Together Measurement, Network And Master Data Efficiently And Calculably And Use It Across The Network. The Market Consultation And The Expert Discussions Confirm This Picture: The Central Challenge Is Not Seen In The Lack Of Algorithms For Individual Tools For Active Distribution Network Management In Low Voltage, But In The Creation Of Reliable Network Models Based On Available Data. However, These Are A Central Requirement For Many Current Algorithms. This Issue Is Often Viewed As An Obstacle To Their Scalability. Experts See Possible Technical Solutions On The One Hand In Researching Innovative Approaches To Data Preparation And Modeling - Including The Automated Creation Of Network Models - And On The Other Hand In The Development Of Model-Free Algorithms For Individual Tools. Without These Approaches, Tools For Processing Typical Tasks Of Active Low-Voltage Network Operation - Such As Status Assessment, Forecasts Or Congestion Management - Remain Of Only Limited Use For Many Small And Medium-Sized Network Operators. Another Challenge For Dsos Is The Operation Of Tools For Active Distribution Network Management In Low Voltage Due To A Lack Of Human Resources. At The Same Time, There Is A Need To Clarify How The Further Development, Maintenance And Organizational And Control Model (Governance) Of Such Digital Solutions Can Be Designed Organizationally And With Regard To Permanent Financing (E.G. Distribution Of Operating, License And Maintenance Costs). Several Experts Also Point Out The Need To Consistently Use Established International Information Models (E.G. Cim/Cgmes) And To Embed The Solutions In Higher-Level Data Ecosystems For Energy Industry Applications. The Aim Of This Pcp Is To Develop A Prototype Of A Scalable Digital Tool