Increasing the penetration of renewable energy sources in the distribution grid by developing control strategies and using ancillary services.


Dear readers,

The FP7 project INCREASE (Increasing the penetration of renewable energy sources in the distribution grid by developing control strategies and using ancillary services) was initiated in September 2013. The project duration is 40 months, the project focuses on how to manage renewable energy sources in LV and MV networks and provide ancillary services (towards DSOs but also TSOs). More information at: http://www.project-increase.eu.

This newsletter will not only give you information on ongoing initiatives, policy news, past and upcoming events but also an overview of the project results.

With best regards and best wishes for the Christmas period.
The INCREASE dissemination team




INCREASE Policy Brief No.2 - THE INCREASE SIMULATION PLATFORM


This policy brief presents the INCREASE simulation platform, a novel software platform for the analysis of smart grids. Offering some unique features like a modular, flexible structure, an easy to use graphical user interface and an open source architecture, it allows the easy integration of models of any novel smart grid component.

The policy brief can be downloaded here: PDF-file
   



INCREASE Final technical workshop in Duiven, Netherlands


INCREASE had its final technical workshop on the 28th November 2016 in Duiven, at the Alliander Office, entitled: Increasing the penetration of distributed renewable energy sources in the distribution grid - Experience from field trials. This final workshop aimed to share the experiences in the field trials of the project as well as with similar smart grid (demonstration) projects. The focus was on technological solutions to increase the hosting capacity of the infrastructure to integrate more Distributed Renewable Energy Sources (DRES).
 
You can download more information here.
   



I
NCREASE meetings and presentations during the past 3 months


The Mediterranean Conference on Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution and Energy Conversion belongs to a series of conferences that have established a major energy platform in the region. The conference focused on topics of interest to the Electric Power Industry. It intends to address the significant technological changes in all areas of the electric energy including business, products, equipment and methods.

INCREASE was present with a panel session on the 7th of November 2016 entitled Testing voltage control solutions in the lab: what are the challenges?

For further information about this session click
here.



INCREASE was also be present at the Barcelona Utility Week in Spain from the 15th-17th of November 2016. At this conference INCREASE gave a presentation during the session INNOVATION IN GRIDS: ACTIVE NETWORK MANAGEMENT, FROM CONCEPT TO REALITY on the 17th of November 2016.



Upcoming events



Check our events webpage for more


CIGRE 2017 17th-21st May 2017, Dublin, Ireland

2017 5th International Istanbul Smart Grid and Cities Congress and Fair (ICSG)

19th-21st April 2017, Istanbul , Turkey



Contacts & imprint



Project Coordinator

Dr. Ir. Bart Meersman
Mail: bart.meersman@ugent.be
Phone: +32 497 66 71 68

Dominique Dhondt
Mail: Dominique.Dhondt@UGent.be
Phone: +32 486 950 970


Dissemination Leader

Mag. Andreas Tuerk, MBA
Mail: andreas.tuerk@joanneum.at
Phone: +43 316 876 1337


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