In Deliverable D1.1 (both core document and document of the Appendices) we have described the conceptual technical and commercial architectures developed in the ADDRESS project to enable AD and exploit its benefits, and more specifically:
1. the participants and other components of the architectures, 2. the participants’ needs and expectations with respect to AD,
3. the services that could be provided by AD and the markets interactions,
4. the different interactions between the participants and the signals exchanged between them in relation to the provision of these services,
5. the functions and activities of the aggregator and its relationship with the consumers, 6. the consumers’ flexibility from the technical point of view,
7. a process for the calculation of the price and volume signals exchanged,
8. the overall system behaviour both from the commercial and technical points of view, 9. the corresponding basic requirements for the implementation of the architectures, 10. the issues to be solved and potential barriers to be removed.
Deliverable D1.1 gives the vision of the ADDRESS project and provides the foundations on which the other WPs are going to build/develop the ADDRESS solutions. From now on the other WPs are going to work in parallel on parts of the architectures. Therefore one of the objective of this Deliverable is to be a reference document for these activities and be a “tool” to ensure their coherence, complementarity and completeness.
However this does not mean that it will not evolve. Indeed, the future work in those WPs may reveal needs for adaptations, modifications and/or complements of the ADDRESS technical and commercial architectures, due for instance to technical feasibility issues, social acceptance aspects or regulatory constraints. In such a case, Deliverable D1.1 will need to be revised.
As mentioned above the work on the ADDRESS architectures (developed conceptually in WP1) will continue now the other WPs of the project and more precisely:
- in WP2 regarding:
o The aggregator: strategies, algorithms, tools, signals exchanged with consumers, etc.
o The Energy Box, the control and optimisation of consumers’ appliances and possible DG and storage equipment and the interactions with the meter.
o The other deregulated participants in a simplified way: algorithms and processes.
- In WP3 regarding:
o The DSO, TSO and grid operation: strategies, algorithms, tools for them to be able to carry out their functions and activities in the context of the ADDRESS architectures. They shall be compatible with the existing systems of the DSO and TSO where they will be integrated.
o The developments will be carried out in detail for the DSO and the distribution system but in a simplified way for the TSO and the transmission system.
- In WP4 regarding:
o The communication technologies and infrastructure.
o The information model and interoperability of the different systems.
o Guidelines for the implementation of the communication architecture.
- In WP5 regarding:
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o Accompanying measures for social acceptance.
o Market and regulatory mechanisms, as well as contractual structures for the exploitation of AD benefits
o Benefits models and business cases.
- In WP6 regarding:
o Installation of the prototypes at the field test sites
o Validation of the ADDRESS solutions by carrying out (depending on the nature of the solutions): prototype field tests in the test sites, software simulations and hybrid tests using real-time digital simulations coupled with actual equipment.
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Assess the test results and performance of the prototypeso Evaluation of project outcomes In particular the next steps are the following:
- In WP1, the second deliverable Deliverable D1.2 – “Application of the conceptual architecture in 4 or 5 specific scenarios”, will describe:
o 4 or 5 scenarios chosen to reflect different sufficiently representative European electricity system situations relevant for the ADDRESS future at the horizon of 2020 and
o the application of the technical and commercial architectures to the scenarios
- In WP2, WP3 and WP4, detailed specifications will be defined for the developments carried out in the WPs, on the basis of the technical and commercial architectures and the corresponding requirements described here.
- In WP4, activities have started on the collection and analysis of the needs in terms communication technologies and infrastructure. The work done on the cases will be continued and will lead to the information model.
- In WP5, activities will start on the study of:
o appropriate market and regulatory mechanisms and contract structures,
o consumer engagement ,
o benefits models.
- In WP6, work has started on the selection the test sites, the definition of the tests to be performed, and the elaboration of the process for the recruitment of consumers on the test sites.
Finally, in parallel to the conceptual work carried out, a more concrete activity also started in WP1: the development of an integrated toy example on ADDRESS market simulation. The first objectives of the toy example are to simulate ADDRESS market, be able to “play with numbers” and acquire a better understanding of its functioning and at the same time to illustrate the concepts of ADDRESS and be able to communicate more easily on the results (pedagogical purposes).
In this first stage the toy example is very simple: it simulates the provision of AD services by aggregators to retailers and DSOs only, considers one type of products (“Scheduled re-profiling” or SRP) and implies several simplifying assumptions.
The development of the toy example will be continued in the other WPs of the project. More realistic and complex conditions will be considered and it will be extended and complemented to reflect the developments made in these WPs.
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