Smart TSO-DSO interaction schemes, market architectures and ICT Solutions for the integration of ancillary services from demand side management and distributed generation

Leader of WP Market architectures to integrate ancillary services from distributed energy resources: Juan Miguel Morales González

Acronym: SmartNet

Abstract: The SmartNet project arises from the need to find answers and propose new practical solutions to the increasing integration of Renewable Energy Sources in the existing electricity transmission network. The subsequent technological revolution is not only affecting the structure of the electricity markets, but also the interactions between TSOs and DSOs.

The SmartNet project aims to provide optimised instruments and modalities to improve the coordination between the grid operators at national and local level (respectively the TSOs and DSOs) and the exchange of information for monitoring and for the acquisition of ancillary services (reserve and balancing, voltage balancing control, congestion management) from subjects located in the distribution segment (flexible load and distributed generation). Different TSO-DSO interaction modalities are compared on the basis of national key cases (Italy, Denmark, and Spain); where physical pilots will be developed to monitor transmission’s distribution parameters and investigate modalities for the acquisition of ancillary services from specific resources located in distribution systems.