cired 2015 poster1037: distributed and coordinated demand response for the supply of frequency...

• Deploy DER controllers which embed a sub-meter and frequency-controlled relays, withremotelly controllable threshold

• Gather the effective power consumption of eachload

• Build a stairs droop curve that approach theconventional droop curve of bulk generation unitby assigning a specific threshold to each load

• Send down the frequency threshold to each DERcontroller

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Opportunities of DER…but it is as well:•compliant with wide range of DERs

•characterized by short and limitedevents simply addressable by DER:

Process Challenges of FCRThe FCR is…• a costly service for the EuropeanTSOs:

• impacted by the conventional assetsphasing-out:

• Tackled by a diminution of thesystem frequency’s quality :

DISTRIBUTED AND COORDINATED DEMAND RESPONSE FOR THE SUPPLY OF FREQUENCY CONTAINMENT RESERVE (FCR)a VPP that coordinates distributed loads modulation for Ancillary Services supply to the Utilities

The Magritte Group called in 2014 for immediate measures to safeguard the European PowerSystem infrastructures that could be weakened by the closure of Gigawatts of bulk generationunits across Europe. One challenge is to replace these historic suppliers of FrequencyContainment Reserves (FCR). The VPP we are developing could so provide a first answer to suchpower system stability issue by transferring the supply of FCR to distributed loads.

VIRTUAL POWER PLANT (VPP), DEMAND RESPONSE (DR), SMART GRID, POWER SYSTEM STABILITY, FREQUENCY CONTAINMENT RESERVE (FCR)

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CIRED 2015 poster session – paper n°1037 – session n°4

Gaspard LEBELRaphaël CAIRE

Nouredine HADJSAIDUniv. Grenoble Alpes, G2Elab – France

Karel KUYPERSTUE Eindhoven – The Netherland

Stéphane BEDIOUAlain GLATIGNY

Schneider Electric – France

Evolution of frequency deviation in the Northern

Europe Synchronous Area over the 15 last years

(source: ENTSO-E)

Project ChronologyMilano Airport

GreEn-ER Building

Sept 2015

Sept 2016

Sept 2014

Jan 2014

June 2015

On-site demonstration

Algorithm developmentsKick-off

Pre-industrial coord.platform development

In-lab tests

gaspard.lebel@g2elab.grenoble-inp.fr gaspard-lebel @gaspardlebel

Evolution of the French conventional thermal plant

capacity (excluding nuclear) (source: RTE 2014)

Estimated FCR Gross Product

CE 400M€/year

GB 88M€/year

IRE 2.4M€/year

NE 200M€/year

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≈700M€/year

FCR in Europe: 5.36GW+ / 5.1GW-

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