1. Research: Energy supply and retail: Acknowledgement
University of Manchester, EDF-SA, Enel Distributie Dobrogea The ADDRESS project, co-funded by the European Community’s
Universidad Pontificia Comillas, Electric equipment manufacturers: Seventh Framework Program (FP7/2007-2013) for Research and Development
Università di Siena, Università di ABB, Landis+Gyr, ZIV with up to 9 M€ (out of a total budget of about 16 M€), under grant
Cassino, Enel Produzione, VTT, VITO, agreement n° 207643, addresses to the AREA ENERGY.7.1: “DEVELOPMENT
Fundación Labein, KEMA, Consentec Home appliances and white goods OF INTERACTIVE DISTRIBUTION ENERGY NETWORKS”. Topic ENERGY.2007.7.1.1.
manufacturers and consultants: Develop and validate innovative control strategies and network architectures
Distribution and transmission Philips, Electrolux, RLtec
network operators: for active networks with large-scale penetration of renewable sources
Enel Distribuzione, EDF Energy, Communication and ICT providers: and distributed generation.
Iberdrola Distribución Eléctrica, Ericsson España, Alcatel-Lucent, This project started on June 2008, will last four years and will contribute
Vattenfall Current to the SmartGrids vision by building on the work already done in other EU
projects and by demonstrating how active distribution networks may
to be based on an active participation of consumers and on an intelligent
The Netherlands: Sweden: and distributed control approach.
Kema Vattenfall
Philips
Finland:
United Kingdom: VTT
UNIMAN
Belgium:
EDF En
VITO
RLTec
Germany:
France:
Consentec
EDF-SA
L+G Romania:
Dobrogea
Switzerland:
ABB Italy:
CTI Enel Distr.
Electrolux
Spain: Alcatel
Iberdrola Enel Prod.
Comillas UNICAS
EE UNISI
LABEIN
ZIV
consortium active demand
Experience, competence, knowledge: May 2009
just three words for 25 partners Project co-funded by the
European Community’s
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2. In the SmartGrids vision, electrical networks will be flexible, accessible, ADDRESS will study, develop and validate solutions to enable active demand At the consumers’ (prosumers’) premises, electrical appliances, distributed
reliable and economic. The ADDRESS project will play a significant role in and exploit its benefits. generation and thermal or electrical energy storage systems can be controlled
turning this vision into reality. and optimized by the Energy Box, the interface with the external world.
Active demand will be enabled by new technical solutions, both at the
ADDRESS aims at activating demand by enhancing flexibility and consumers premises and the power system level, while identifying the The aggregators are the mediators between the consumers and the markets,
adaptability of consumers. Distributed intelligence will guarantee reliability, possible barriers against active demand development and producing allowing power system participants to exploite the flexibilities of the
thanks to real-time optimization at local and global level, while load flexibility recommendations and solutions to remove these barriers. aggregated customers.
will help achieve secure network operation. Network accessibility will be
improved by appropriate solutions proposed to remove commercial and Active demand will be exploited with the identification of its potential Distribution System Operators (DSOs) interact with the other power system
regulatory barriers and to fully integrate distributed generation and benefits, the development of appropriate markets and contractual participants mainly via the markets, and also directly with the Transmission
renewable energy sources. Global and local savings will translate into energy mechanisms, and the study and proposal of accompanying measures to deal System Operators (TSOs).
bill reduction and will support sustainable growth and energy consumption. with social, cultural and behavioural aspects.
The target of ADDRESS is active demand, the active participation of domestic The proposed solutions will be validated in three complementary test sites
and small commercial consumers in energy markets and provision of services (Spain, Italy, France).
to the various power system participants.
µCHP PV
Active demand will be created by taking a “demand approach”, driven by the Dedicated dissemination activities will be addressed to different stakeholders Storage
specific consumers’ motivations and needs. promoting the vision and the results of ADDRESS.
Electrical
Energy Energy Energy connection
Box Box Box
AGGREGATOR MARKETS DSO
AND CONTRACTS
MV – LV
ADDRESS link Different levels transfos
of optimization
adaptation and aggregation
ADDRESS Sub
adaptation station
Energy supply
DG&RES and provision
of services DMS
Retailer
Trader
Balancing
Responsible Party
Centralized Generation TSO
vision & target objectives architecture
ADDRESS and SmartGrids: Active Demand Enabling active demand and exploiting Real-time price/volume signals, distributed
its benefits, validating the proposed solutions, intelligence and local optimization
disseminating vision and results