Flemish Smart Grids Platform

The direct route to commercial breakthroughs

Peter Verboven02 March 2010

Is this what your street looks like?

In the news; 20/02/2010• No CHP for greenhouses in Hoogstraten

oHeating cost: 100.000 instead of 50.000/hectare/year

oCost differential 20%oCan determine profit or loss

o Future of greenhouse farming threatened

• Katoennatie not allowed to install PV

In the news

The problemoAgeing electricity gridsoOne-way traffic

The solution: smart grids

Contents

① Building a case for smart grids

② Mission of the Smart Grids platform

③ Pioneers

④ Some practical points

The case for smart grids

① EcologicaloAbsolutely necessary for large-scale integration

of renewables

② EconomicoAvoided investmentsoReduced consumption

The case for smart grids

② Economico Opportunities – smart grids as an enabler

“ten billion dollar opportunity”

Key to a GEUR 120 market (x3 in five years’ time)

Basis for new applications (cf. Internet)

③ Political: EU 20-20-20o 13% Renewables; -15% emissions

Contents

① Building a case for smart grids

② Mission of the Smart Grids Platform

③ Pioneers

④ Some practical points

Mission statement

① An innovation platform on smart grids providing

② support for Flemish smart grid actors in creating all essential boundary conditions to

③ achieve commercial breakthroughs and societal valorisation

④ in the field of intelligent networks and related services and products.

The platform

Coördination/Strategy

Infrastructure/Program

Coordination & strategy

. Vision

. Shared roadmaps

. External representation

All relevant players and projects

Projects

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Commercial breakthroughs smart energy supply (international)

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Operational VPP

Large-scale pilot smart vehicles

Flemish techno/economic living lab

PIN: Interactions in the current market model

PIN: Overview of current knowledge on interoperability/standardisation

PIN: Innovatief market model for smart gids in Vl

PIN: modern metering on houses with decentralized production

PIN: onderzoek flexibiliteit bij eindgebruikers

Linear plus

Meta PV

PIN’s (3): Smart converters for PV

PIN: smart substations

(living labs)

PIN: living end users

PIN: study existing

chargers

PIN: impact PHEV-PEV on Flemish grid

PIN: low cost options for grid connection

PIN: innovative proof of concept to demo

PIN: smart pilot

PIN: Installations built on products and components

PIN: elektrotechnical systems for monitoring and

communication industrial end users

PIN: pilot VPP

PIN: labotesting available smart components

Contents

① Building a case for smart grids

② Mission of the Smart Grids Platform

③ Pioneers

④ Some practical points

Pioneers

① Spearhead for economic future

② Multisectoral

③ Very strong basis

④ Operational roles played byoVokaoVitooK.U.Leuven Preparation: +70

Kick-off: +130

Pioneers

Energy producersElectrabel, SPE/Luminus, Nuon Belgium

DSOsInfrax, Eandis

Services&IndustryBrainsTrust;Quendi;IBM;Studiebureau Boydens;Belgacom, Niko, Indaver, Trasys, Tbp

Electronics, FifthPlay, Ecostream, Tyco Electronics Raychem, KPMG, EnergyICT, Gimv, Cegelec, Eaton Electric, DHL, ZestGroup, AnSem, Alstom Power, Ifori, Lydian, Sony Europe, beCHARGED, Capricorn Venture partners, Telenet, Wood Wood & Co, Xemex, Devoteam, OTN Systems, Alcatel-Lucent, Powerdale, Ingenium, CG Power systems Belgium, Xarpo, Ferranti, Smart business networks, ThePluginCompany, Simac, Verhaert, Groep FJK, Accenture, P&V Elektrotechniek, Distrigas, PwC, SuMa, Ninix, Logica, C.S.C, Technum, B-Dental, Bionerga, Capital-E

Professional organizationsVoka, Agoria, Febeliec, VCB, VEI

Knowledge institutesKULeuven, VUB, Howest, IWT, Greenbridge, VITO, Imec, KHKempen, Ugent, IBBT

Contents

① Building a case for smart grids

② Mission of the Smart Grids platform

③ Pioneers

④ Some practical points

Some practical points Not-for-profit (vzw)

oMembers and participantso Budget: MEUR 2 for four years (up to 4 FTE)

Founderso Voka, Agoriao Telenet, EnergyICT,Xemex,TriPhase,

Crompton-Greaves, Niko/FifthPlayo Electrabel, Spe/Luminuso Eandis, Infraxo Vito, Imec, IBBT, KULeuven

Incorporation of organisation: 1 april