X-flex flexibility platform for distribution grids accommodating E-mobility

Abstract

X-FLEX project develops 4 complementary products that will offer services to all the energy stakeholders, from network operators (Transmission System Operator (TSO), Distribution System Operator (DSO), microgrid operators) to final consumers/prosumers and flexibility providers, including other intermediate players, such as retailers and aggregators. SERVIFLEX is the tool for flexibility managers to take advantage of the value of energy storage along with other demand flexibility resources towards the establishment of a holistic framework for flexibility extraction, profiling, forecasting, classification, clustering and management to serve different market and grid needs. GRIDFLEX is the tool for grid and microgrid operators in order to prevent congestion (voltage and current issues) and power quality problems with the increasing share of intermittent Renewable Energy Sources (RES), giving special attention to the potential grid problems due to the impact of extreme climate events. The tool will use flexibility as an alternative to network reinforcement when it is more cost-efficient than traditional reinforcement of the network. The MARKETFLEX tool enables final consumers and prosumers (generation, Demand Response (DR), flexibility providers) to access the market through an aggregator or through a Balancing Responsible Party – (BRP) – to participate on different markets: wholesale market, local energy market or ancillary services market for TSO or DSO. Finally, X-FLEX platform integrates all the X-FLEX solutions in order to provide services for all the energy actors and ensure more secure, stable and clean energy supply to enable local electricity marketplace leveraging flexibility asset. This paper focuses on the integration of electric vehicles into the grid within the X-FLEX project and presents the testing activities at pilot site Luče.