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SMART RENEWABLE HUBS

FOR FLEXIBLE GENERATION

SOLAR GRID STABILITY

D 9.6

Project Workshops

The project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020

research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 727362

PROJECT WORKSHOPS D9.6 1

DOCUMENT HISTORY

ID & Title : D9.6: Project Workshops Number of pages : 36

Version V0.1

Short Description (Max. 50 words):

This deliverable summarises the workshops organized and attended by GRIDSOL consortium, both for

facilitating the communication with the end users and keeping them informed about the progress and

achievements of the project. This deliverable relates to Task 9.3 – Workshops and events with

stakeholders.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

DOCUMENT HISTORY ............................................................................................................................. 1

TABLE OF CONTENTS ............................................................................................................................... 2

LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES ................................................................................................................... 4

LIST OF ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS .................................................................................................... 5

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ....................................................................................................................... 7

1. EVENTS .......................................................................................................................................... 8

1.1. MASGES WORKSHOP .............................................................................................................................8

1.2. 23RD SOLARPACES 2017 ..........................................................................................................................9

1.3. 7TH INTERNATIONAL SOLAR INTEGRATION WORKSHOP AND THE 16TH INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON WIND

POWER INTO POWER SYSTEMS 2017 ............................................................................................................ 10

1.4. 3RD INTERNATIONAL HYBRID POWER SYSTEMS WORKSHOP 2018 ................................................................ 11

1.5. DIGITAL ENERGY 2018 ......................................................................................................................... 12

1.6. THE 7TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON RENEWABLE POWER GENERATION 2018 ..................................... 13

1.7. SOLARPACES 2018 .............................................................................................................................. 14

1.8. THE ENERGY STORAGE STUDIO CONFERENCE 2018 ................................................................................. 15

1.9. ENERGY STORAGE GLOBAL CONFERENCE 2018 ........................................................................................ 16

1.10. MEDPOWER 2018 ............................................................................................................................. 17

1.11. DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION IN THE RENEWABLE ENERGY SECTOR .............................................................. 18

2. COLLABORATIONS ....................................................................................................................... 20

2.1. COLLABORATION WITH BRIDGE GROUP ................................................................................................... 20

2.2. COLLABORATION WITH WISEGRID PROJECT ............................................................................................. 20

2.3. COLLABORATION WITH ICEX (ESPAÑA EXPORTACIÓN E INVERSIONES) .......................................................... 21

3. WORKSHOPS ............................................................................................................................... 22

3.1. FIRST INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP OF GRIDSOL PROJECT ......................................................................... 22

3.1.1. Planning and Running .............................................................................................................. 22

3.1.2. Attendees ................................................................................................................................ 23

3.1.3. Content .................................................................................................................................... 24

3.1.4. Conclusions and Visibility ........................................................................................................ 25

3.2. SECOND INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP OF GRIDSOL PROJECT ..................................................................... 26

3.2.1. Planning and Running .............................................................................................................. 26

3.2.2. Attendees ................................................................................................................................ 27

3.2.3. Content .................................................................................................................................... 28

3.2.4. Conclusions and Visibility ........................................................................................................ 31

4. COMMUNICATION GOALS ACHIEVED DURING WORKSHOPS & EVENTS .......................................... 32


ANNEXES - DISSEMINATION MATERIAL PRESENTED .......................................................................... 33

ANNEX 1 - COMMERCIAL POSTER .................................................................................................................. 33

ANNEX 2 - THE ENERGY STORAGE STUDIO POSTER ............................................................................................ 34

ANNEX 3 - ROLL-UP VERSION ....................................................................................................................... 35

ANNEX 4 - BROCHURE ................................................................................................................................. 36


LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES

Table 1 - List of Acronyms and Abbreviations ...............................................................................................5

Figure 1 - MASGES workshop at PAAMS conference ....................................................................................9

Figure 2 – GRIDSOL Project Participation at the 23rd SolarPaces 2017 ...................................................... 10

Figure 3 - Gridsol Project Participation at the International Solar Integration Workshop and the 16th

International Workshop on Wind Power into Power Systems .................................................................. 11

Figure 4 - Gridsol Project Participation at the 3rd International Hybrid Power Systems Workshop ......... 12

Figure 5 - DIGITAL ENERGY ......................................................................................................................... 13

Figure 6 - GRIDSOL participation at 7th RPG conference ........................................................................... 14

Figure 7 – SBP participation at SOLARPACES 2018 .................................................................................... 15

Figure 8 – GRIDSOL participation at Energy Storage STUDIO conference 2018 ........................................ 16

Figure 9 - GRIDSOL Participation at Global Energy Storage Conference 2018 ........................................... 17

Figure 10 - GRIDSOL participation at MEDPOWER 2018 ............................................................................ 18

Figure 11 - GRIDSOL PARTICIPATION AT DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION IN THE RENEWABLE ENERGY SECTOR

.................................................................................................................................................................... 19

Figure 12 -GRIDSOL Project Presentation At The BRIDGE Group ............................................................... 20

Figure 13 - Gridsol ProJect and WiseGrid Project Roll-ups ........................................................................ 21

Figure 14 - GRIDSOL Project Invitation ....................................................................................................... 22

Figure 15 – Attendants per Country ........................................................................................................... 23

Figure 16 - Attendants per industry ........................................................................................................... 24

Figure 17 - Panel of Experts at the first international Workshop .............................................................. 25

Figure 18 -Invited Guests at the First International Workshop.................................................................. 26

Figure 19 - GRIDSOL and WiseGrid Projects Invitation .............................................................................. 27

Figure 20 – Attendants per country ........................................................................................................... 28

Figure 21 – Attendants per industry .......................................................................................................... 28

Figure 22 - Project Coordinator at the Second International Workshop ................................................... 29

Figure 23 - Attendees at the second international workshop ................................................................... 30

Figure 24 - Panel of Experts at the Second International workshop .......................................................... 30

Figure 25 - Consortium Partners at the Second International Workshop.................................................. 31


LIST OF ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS

TABLE 1 - L IST OF ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS

ACRONYM MEANING

BESS Battery Energy Storage System

CA Consortium Agreement

CFS Certificate on the Financial Statement

CO Confidential

CSP Concentrated Solar Power

D Deliverable

DE Demonstrator

DoA Description of Actions

DOME Dynamic Output Manager of Energy

DoW Description of work

EC European Commission

ECAS European Commission Authentication Service

ES Energy Storage

EU European Union

FC Financial Coordinator

GA Grant Agreement

GT Gas Turbine

HTF Heat Transfer Fluid

INEA Innovation and Networks Executive Agency

IPR Intellectual Property Rights

LCCA Life Cycle & Cost Analysis

M Month

M€ Millions of euro

No Number

PC Project Coordinator

PDR Plan for the Dissemination of Results

PER Plan for the Exploitation of Results

PO Project Officer

PU Public

PV Photovoltaics


R Report

RE Renewable Energy

RES Renewable Energy Sources

SC Steering Committee

SME Small and Medium Enterprises

TES Thermal Energy Storage

W Website

WP Work Package


EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

The aim of this deliverable is to describe the project workshops dedicated to GRIDSOL project

dissemination. The main goal of this task is to keep the end-user community and interested stakeholders

well informed about the project and gain their feedback on the project progress and results. This

document includes actions related to the participation in outreach events, the preparation of the

promotional material and other dissemination activities.

To enhance the research activities undertaken by the project partners a number of workshops have been

held to obtain the views of experts in all aspects of RES integration. This report describes all attended

events by the Consortium members and its conclusions, including a detailed description of the two Project

Workshops organised by the Partners in order to disseminate the latest investigations and results of

GRIDSOL Project.

Two workshops were held over two different moments, one at the end of the 1st year and the other at

the end of the 2nd year, to communicate the information, goals as well as results obtained by the

Consortium in the project. These structured workshops had the ultimate goal to provide the project

results achieved during the latest 12 months for the first workshop and the developed results during the

latest 24 months for the second workshop.


1. EVENTS

The calendar of events was set up at the very beginning of the project and has been followed according

to the work programme agreed upon by the partners and on the availability of their members during the

intersessional period. The Consortium Partners have been participating in some events during the last

year 2017 and this year 2018 with the aim to promote GRIDSOL by distributing the information during the

conference and by being involved as speakers. The list of all events participated by GRIDSOL and

considered by the Dissemination Strategy (D9.1) included, among others, several stakeholder workshops

to reach industry target group with the participation of relevant attendants from public and private sector

at European level.

All European and international relevant conferences were chosen by the Consortium members in the key

project areas: Solar Energy, Integration of Renewables, Energy Storage, ICT, Innovation, etc. and each

partner was in charge of proposing which conference was the most appropriate to disseminate GRIDSOL.

So far in 2017-2018, the Consortium members have presented the project to stakeholders via the several

events, which are reported in the following sub-sections.

1.1. MASGES WORKSHOP

The first event was held at the Workshop on Multi-agent based Applications for Energy Markets, Smart

Grids and Sustainable Energy Systems (MASGES1) as part of ICRERA conference (PAAMS International

Conference 20172). COBRA presented the project on 21st June 2017 in Porto (Portugal) focusing on Multi-

Agent systems for DOME development.

1 https://www.paams.net/workshops/masges 2 https://www.paams.net/


FIGURE 1 - MASGES WORKSHOP AT PAAMS CONFERENCE

1.2. 23RD SOLARPACES 2017

The second event took place from September 26-29 2017 in Santiago de Chile (Chile). The event called

23rd SolarPaces3 highlighted the latest advances in research, development, and commercial deployment

of concentrating solar power (CSP) technologies around the world, with a focus on reducing costs while

increasing performance, and the specific potential of CSP technologies to offer dispatchable power

through thermal energy storage (TES) and its hybridization.

COBRA and IDIE disseminated GRIDSOL project to establish opportunities for knowledge and technology

sharing in the field of CSP hybridisation. The goal was to release the innovative project and the collective

work during the first year of GRIDSOL project for delivering the next generation technologies of renewable

electricity.

3 https://www.solarpaces.org/


FIGURE 2 – GRIDSOL PROJECT PARTICIPATION AT THE 23RD SOLARPACES 2017

1.3. 7TH INTERNATIONAL SOLAR INTEGRATION WORKSHOP AND THE 16TH INTERNATIONAL

WORKSHOP ON WIND POWER INTO POWER SYSTEMS 2017

The third event was held from 25th to 27th October 2017 in Berlin, Germany at the 7th International Solar

Integration Workshop4 and the 16th International Workshop on Wind Power into Power Systems 5

The leader of GRIDSOL Project, Cobra Group attended the event to present the project at the Research &

Development Project Session of the Solar Integration Workshop focusing in the design of hybrid solutions

with innovative control systems. GRIDSOL project was invited as a world-wide reference in the field of

variable renewable energy (VRE) grid integration.

The project leader, Cobra, presented two case studies for an interconnected power system (Continental

Europe) and an isolated power system (EU Island). During the speech, the methodology followed to model

and size the optimal the Smart Renewable Hubs was explained. In addition, the very first results for both

scenarios were shared with the audience.

4 http://solarintegrationworkshop.org/berlin2017/ 5 http://windintegrationworkshop.org/berlin2017/


FIGURE 3 - GRIDSOL PROJECT PARTICIPATION AT THE INTERNATIONAL SOLAR INTEGRATION WORKSHOP AND THE 16TH INTERNATIONAL

WORKSHOP ON WIND POWER INTO POWER SYSTEMS

1.4. 3RD INTERNATIONAL HYBRID POWER SYSTEMS WORKSHOP 2018

The fourth event was held from 8 to 9 May 2018 in Tenerife (Spain). The event named the 3rd International

Hybrid Power Systems Workshop6 and shared knowledge and experienced gained about the leading

applications of hybrid power systems with broad participation from Industry experts.

GRIDSOL was represented by Cobra and IDIE and both presented the project at the Session 3B named

“System Control Aspects” to discuss the challenges that arise with the integration of high shares of

renewables (wind, solar, hydro) into isolated/island power systems/micro-grids in combination with

batteries/flywheels and conventional power generators.

6 http://hybridpowersystems.org/tenerife2018/


FIGURE 4 - GRIDSOL PROJECT PARTICIPATION AT THE 3RD INTERNATIONAL HYBRID POWER SYSTEMS WORKSHOP

1.5. DIGITAL ENERGY 2018

The fifth event took place in Madrid, Spain on 31st May. The conference was attended by companies from

the energy industry mainly by manufacturers, software developers and project integrators. The technical

session at Digital Energy7 had a strong emphasis on digitalization of the energy industry to facilitate

renewable energy integration.

7 http://www.energetica21.com/conferencias/digitalenergy2018


FIGURE 5 - DIGITAL ENERGY

COBRA was presenting GRIDSOL project under the topic: Integrating renewables & energy storage with

digital control systems. The main focus of the presentation was on the Dynamic Output Manager of Energy

(DOME) to manage the energy output of Smart Renewable Hubs.

1.6. THE 7TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON RENEWABLE POWER GENERATION 2018

The sixth event took place in Lyngby, Copenhagen, Denmark from 26 to 27 September. The 7th

International Conference on Renewable Power Generation (RPG)8 was attended by international

academics, researchers, engineers and consultants. The technical sessions had a strong emphasis on

managing renewables in the framework of energy systems, with speakers presenting an in-depth

investigation on the current status of the energy systems and how can these be improved in the future.

GRIDSOL was represented by the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) which presented a feasibility

study of GRIDSOL technology in Fuerteventura Island. The presentation raised particular interests for two

reasons: (i) the applied business-case study performed on an existing isolated energy-system and (ii) the

focus on renewable hybrid energy systems, particularly after VESTAS presentation on commercial projects

currently under study.

8 https://events.theiet.org/rpg/index.cfm?/


FIGURE 6 - GRIDSOL PARTICIPATION AT 7TH RPG CONFERENCE

1.7. SOLARPACES 2018

The seventh event was held from 2 to 5 October in Casablanca, Morocco. With some 570 participants

from 41 countries, SolarPaces9 2018 brought together the main industry leaders, plant owners,

manufacturers, suppliers and researchers related to CSP field.

GRIDSOL was represented by Cobra, SBP and IDIE where presented the concept of the project: the

hybridization, the CSP technology as the backbone of grid stability by itself and, especially, when is

hybridized with other technologies for greater security of supply. Attendants expressed their interest in

knowing the current status of the research area, project goals, and expectations with respect to the

project outcome.

9 https://www.solarpaces.org/


FIGURE 7 – SBP PARTICIPATION AT SOLARPACES 2018

1.8. THE ENERGY STORAGE STUDIO CONFERENCE 2018

The eight event took place in Charlotte, NC, USA from 16 to 17 October. The Energy Storage STUDIO

Conference10 was an event designed to examine the steps necessary to successfully integrate an energy

storage project and evaluate the different ways companies are deploying storage to lower costs, reduce

emissions, and establish a more resilient electric grid. The event brought together energy services

companies, project developers, and other stakeholders in an engaging environment of expert technical

education and peer-to-peer idea exchange.

GRIDSOL was represented by Cobra through a conceptual poster (see Annex 2) and a presentation: "Smart

Renewable Hubs: Quantifying the value of storage for flexible generation" into the Modelling and Analysis

of Energy Storage Value and Grid Impact poster session.

10 http://studio.energystorage-events.org/


FIGURE 8 – GRIDSOL PARTICIPATION AT ENERGY STORAGE STUDIO CONFERENCE 2018

1.9. ENERGY STORAGE GLOBAL CONFERENCE 2018

The ninth event took place in Brussels from 24 to 26 October and was attended by Cobra. These three

intensive days of discussions were focused on energy storage technologies, policy, and markets. The ESGC

201811 brought over 300 participants from all around the world, as well as 75 speakers and 16 exhibitors.

These three-day conference underlined that rapid technological change requires a shift in mind-set when

it comes to designing an enabling policy framework for energy storage and to ensuring a robust business

case for storage.

11 https://ease.events.idloom.com/esgc2018


FIGURE 9 - GRIDSOL PARTICIPATION AT GLOBAL ENERGY STORAGE CONFERENCE 2018

1.10. MEDPOWER 2018

The tenth event took place in Dubrovnick, Cavtat, Croatia from 12 to 15 November. It was the 11th

international conference of the established MEDPOWER12 platform brought together the academia and

industry experts in the power & energy sector. The aim of the conference was to provide a platform for

professional power engineers, technicians, researchers, scholars, computer scientists and other industry

specialists to discuss state-of-the-art developments in the academia and industry as well as providing

opportunities for networking and collaboration through series of presentations, talks, discussions and

special sessions.

Cobra presented the GRIDSOL project, highlighting its fundamental role in the decarbonisation process of

the world economy and the results obtained during the life of the project.

12 http://medpower2018.com/


FIGURE 10 - GRIDSOL PARTICIPATION AT MEDPOWER 2018

1.11. DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION IN THE RENEWABLE ENERGY SECTOR

The eleventh event took place in Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain, on 20th November. As part of a set of

lectures, COBRA was invited by the Government of Extremadura to share their experienced gained in the

digital transformation of the renewable energy business13. The technical session had a strong emphasis

on control systems and automation for renewables so as to be more competitive against conventional

power plants.

13 http://puntotic.gobex.es/index.php?option=com_zoo&task=item&item_id=546&Itemid=161


FIGURE 11 - GRIDSOL PARTICIPATION AT DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION IN THE RENEWABLE ENERGY SECTOR

It is important to note that in some of the events, COBRA as coordinator of GRIDSOL project, was invited

to be speaker or to present an abstract due to the relevant research activities carried out during the

project execution.


2. COLLABORATIONS

2.1. COLLABORATION WITH BRIDGE GROUP

GRIDSOL is highly collaborating with other related projects. At the beginning of 2017 the project GRIDSOL

joined the BRIDGE group14 and participated in Bridge Business Models Working Group.

The first collaboration took place on 17th and 18th of January 2017 at the GE Energy located in Belgium,

Brussels. The BRIDGE Group is a cooperation group formed by Smart Grid and Energy Storage projects

funded under Horizon 2020. The Project coordinator, Cobra, representing the GRIDSOL consortium as a

whole, attended the event.

At the event, Cobra presented a BM evaluation tool aiming at calculating economic key performance

indicators (KPIs) to shape the socio-economic impacts of use cases of smart grids and energy storage

solutions.

FIGURE 12 -GRIDSOL Project Presentation At The BRIDGE Group

Moreover, COBRA has been working in the business models group proposing innovative business models

to foster energy storage and smart grid solutions in Europe.

2.2. COLLABORATION WITH WISEGRID PROJECT

GRIDSOL Project joined efforts with other EU projects and on 25th September 2018 organised with

WiseGRID Project15 a joint workshop at the premises of HEDNO, in Athens, Greece entitled “RES

Integration and Customer engagement”. GRIDSOL participated with WiseGRID with the aim to share the

14 https://www.h2020-bridge.eu/ 15 https://www.wisegrid.eu/


first project results and contribute to creating a common view on cross-cutting issues they encounter that

may be obstacles to innovation.

The workshop gave insights in both of the projects, involving both researchers and citizens engaging them

in the discussion, to be part of the GRIDSOL community.

FIGURE 13 - GRIDSOL PROJECT AND WISEGRID PROJECT ROLL-UPS

2.3. COLLABORATION WITH ICEX (ESPAÑA EXPORTACIÓN E INVERSIONES)

ICEX16 is a public body in charge of promoting Spanish enterprise internationalization. This organisation

belongs to the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Tourism of Spain and try to foster exports and

investments .

GRIDSOL project has been presented to Morocco and Armenia representatives to exploit its benefits in

developing countries with great renewable energy sources:

ONEE, MASEN, Ministry and World bank (January 2017)

Armenian TSO & DSO, Regulator, Ministry and World Bank (December 2018)

16 https://www.icex.es/icex

https://www.linguee.es/ingles-espanol/traduccion/enterprise+internationalization.html

https://www.icex.es/icex


3. WORKSHOPS

In addition to the list of conferences attended, two GRIDSOL workshops were organized, aiming at

presenting the project results to the Advisory Board and relevant stakeholders in the energy field.

3.1. FIRST INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP OF GRIDSOL PROJECT

3.1.1. PLANNING AND RUNNING

The organization of the event was in charge of the Project Coordinator, COBRA. The workshop was held

on 5th October 2017 in the Campus Puerta de Toledo of Carlos III University, Madrid, Spain.

One of the main task was to brainstorm about possible actors interested in the project and, once

identified, try to reach them out for participation.. All Consortium members had to define an ideal

assistant profile in order to carry out a segmentation in our database and capture those users who were

most interested in attending the GRIDSOL Project event. A list of customers and stakeholders was

established including members from the Advisory Board. Each partner sent a first suggestion for a list of

attendees located in the its countries trying to cover an interested public from different European

countries.

All list were analysed and an electronic invitation was designed according to the branding of the GRIDSOL

Project. The Consortium tried to be as visual as possible so that the user immediately grasped that it was

the GRIDSOL project. We placed a single Call to Action that focused on the registration to the event.

FIGURE 14 - GRIDSOL PROJECT INVITATION


In the email invitation it was also included the meeting agenda to prepare the attendees in advance. The

agenda included the order in which GRIDSOL planned to discuss key topics , the instructions to arrive to

the event location and some suggestions for accommodation in Madrid.

Attendees management was also organised through the use of social media, as it can be an easier way to

stay connected with attendees, informing them of last-minute changes. The Consortium partners shared

the invitation in some social media profiles with the aim to disseminate the first international workshop

of the GRIDSOL Project.

3.1.2. ATTENDEES

The first workshop was attended by 45 people from utilities, manufacturers, technology providers,

private/public organizations, project developers, researches, small and medium enterprises, associations,

consulting’s and European institutions, which joined forces for one day of presentations, knowledge

sharing and networking. The total attendees were from 6 European countries : Spain, Italy, Greece,

Denmark, Belgium and Germany and also Australia. The experts were specially selected to ensure

coverage of the three main stakeholder groups of interest to the project and in addition members of the

Advisory Board were in attendance.

Attendees’ distribution by geographical area:

FIGURE 15 – ATTENDANTS PER COUNTRY

Attendees’ distribution by industry:

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FIGURE 16 - ATTENDANTS PER INDUSTRY

Some participants were assigned for panel talks. Each speaker was facilitated with experts from the

GRIDSOL project, who had the responsibility to moderate the discussion, take notes and report to the

plenary. To drive the discussion, a set of predefined questions, which were provided to the speakers as

guidance, was prepared in advance.. Nonetheless, the moderators received instructions before the

sessions to be flexible in the discussion, thus not limiting the group to strictly focus on the pre-defined

questions.

3.1.3. CONTENT

This event highlighted the collective work during the first year of GRIDSOL project to deliver the next

generation technologies of renewable electricity.

The day was opened with a practical introduction of GRIDSOL Project to experts in the field of Renewable

Energy Integration from utilities, policy makers, industry, research centres and universities presented in

the event. Special focus was placed on presenting the progress in developing and modelling of RE and

storage technologies in Smart Renewable Hubs (SRH) under an advanced control system, named Dynamic

Output Manager of Energy (DOME), supplying secure electricity and contributing to grid stability.

Participants had the opportunity to get informed about the first case studies of the Smart Renewable

Hubs in Continental and Island scenarios. All the results presented were discussed and validated by the

GRIDSOL Consortium and Advisory Board members providing a platform for them to exchange knowledge

on ongoing adaptation research, policy and actions.

Throughout the workshop, the Project Coordinator, Jose Miguel Estebaranz, underlined the role of Smart

Renewable Hubs to increase renewable energy penetration in a grid-friendly manner thanks to flexible

generation.

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Over 50 participants were given the opportunity to engaging in series of practice-driven discussions about

work and initiatives among the development of pathways in case studies and quantitative and qualitative

approaches.

3.1.4. CONCLUSIONS AND VISIBILITY

The session resulted in a clear overview of requirements and recommendations for the future, identifying

key challenges and barriers in each stage of the project development for a successful conclusion of a three

years project.

The event generated actions from key questions posed during the panel. The panel act as a knowledge

sharing platform discussing priorities and barriers that need to be overcome for the project to reach

market uptake.

The workshop was designed to reach one main goal: the presentation of GRIDSOL concept to the energy

community.

The main focus points of the workshop can be summarised as:

Modelling of Renewable Energy (RE) and Energy Storage technologies in Smart Renewable Hubs.

First results of Smart Renewable Hubs in Continental and Island grids

FIGURE 17 - PANEL OF EXPERTS AT THE FIRST INTERNA TIONAL WORKSHOP

A panel session was set-up to receive the feedback from experts and to ask questions related to GRIDSOL

project.


FIGURE 18 -INVITED GUESTS AT THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP

All in all and thanks to the partners, advisory board and stakeholder involvement the first GRIDSOL

workshop was successful.

3.2. SECOND INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP OF GRIDSOL PROJECT

3.2.1. PLANNING AND RUNNING

The second workshop was organized by the project leader, COBRA, in collaboration with ETRA, NTUA and

HEDNO, on 25th September 2018, and hosted at the premises of HEDNO, in Athens. GRIDSOL Project

decided to organize the second workshop with another European project funded by the European

Commission, WiseGRID Project.

Prior to this decision, an exhaustive search was carried out from the Cooperation group of Smart Grids

and Energy Storage H2020 projects: BRIDGE, a group of which GRIDSOL is an active member. Finally, the

decision to carry out the project with WiseGRID was due to the high relation that the WiseGRID project

has with the concept of the project: RES integration.

Another reason for the choice was that WiseGRID project is coordinated by ETRA, which is also a partner

of the GRIDSOL consortium, as well as NTUA and HEDNO.

An electronic invitation was designed according to the branding of the GRIDSOL Project as well as the

branding of the WiseGRID Project and entitled "RES Integration and Customer engagement". The

invitation was sent by email , including the meeting agenda, instructions on how to reach the event

location and some suggestions for accommodation in Athens.


FIGURE 19 - GRIDSOL AND WISEGRID PROJECTS INVITATION

3.2.2. ATTENDEES

The event engaged 60 people from a wide range of stakeholders such as manufacturers, technology

providers, enterprises, researches, utilities, project developers, consulting and public organizations from

6 European countries: Spain, UK, Denmark, Germany, Italy, and Greece.

Distribution of attendees by geographical area:


FIGURE 20 – ATTENDANTS PER COUNTR Y

Distribution of Attendees by industry:

FIGURE 21 – ATTENDANTS PER INDUSTRY

3.2.3. CONTENT

The workshop was divided in two parts, GRIDSOL project in the morning followed by the WiseGRID project

in the afternoon.

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The workshop was the first opportunity to present CSP Multi tower results and to show the key role of

Smart Renewable Hubs in European interconnected and non-interconnected grids. Several documentary

prepared by GRIDSOL partners were projected during the workshop programme, while various visibility

materials provided by WiseGRID consortium were displayed on second part of the event.

FIGURE 22 - PROJECT COORDINATOR AT THE SECOND INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP

Over 60 participants were given the opportunity to engage in a series of practice-driven discussions about

the current EU- funded projects working on smart grids, renewable energy and energy storage from

material research to market development, with a strong focus into the discussion of barriers and shortcuts

to renewable energy integration in Europe. In the next future, GRIDSOL project will focus their work in

the Dynamic Output Manager of Energy (DOME) and in the most promising Smart Renewable Hubs

configurations to assess their impact in the EU power system.


FIGURE 23 - ATTENDEES AT THE SECOND INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP

In addition, the event organised a panel to present other H2020 projects as CROSSBOW, FLEXITRANSTORE,

INTEGRIDY and SOCRATCES.

FIGURE 24 - PANEL OF EXPERTS AT THE SECOND INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP


3.2.4. CONCLUSIONS AND VISIBILITY

The workshop resulted in an interactive event with productive Q&A sessions about the project results.

The workshop was designed to reach one main goal: the presentation of project results to the

stakeholders.

The main focus points of the workshop can be summarised as:

A tool to size Smart Renewable Hubs according to grid and market requirements (SRH-Modeller)

CSP Multi-tower configuration for synchronous generation

DOME approach to provide flexible generation

Results of Smart Renewable Hubs in Continental Europe

First results of Smart renewable Hubs in EU Island grids

FIGURE 25 - CONSORTIUM PARTNERS AT THE SECOND INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP


4. COMMUNICATION GOALS ACHIEVED DURING WORKSHOPS & EVENTS

Overall, the main findings and achievements from the Project Workshops & Events are:

Motivation and information for the scope-related user community about the progress of the

project.

Contact to R&D projects identified to be in scope of the GRIDSOL project and a two-way

information exchange channels made.

Arranging dedicated panels for facilitating the questions of the end users and keeping them

informed about the progress and achievements of the project.

Attendance to external workshops and events gathering stakeholders by consortium

representatives, in order to strengthen the dissemination volume of the project and gain as much

feedback on its outcomes as possible.

Collaboration with other related projects and organization of a common workshop (WiseGRID and

GRIDSOL) to the main stakeholders and policy makers in order to show GRIDSOL results and

highlight the importance of the development of the RES and its integration in the grid.

Increase dissemination opportunities through events, conferences and regular interactions during

the potential project stages.

To be recognised as a potential project for long-term research by the broader scientific

community, decision stakeholders and the media.

Demonstrating the progress of the project by disseminating high impact technological findings to

the potential national and international markets.


ANNEXES - DISSEMINATION MATERIAL PRESENTED

ANNEX 1 - COMMERCIAL POSTER


ANNEX 2 - THE ENERGY STORAGE STUDIO POSTER


ANNEX 3 - ROLL-UP VERSION


ANNEX 4 - BROCHURE

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