PROAIN - PROActive INtegration of sustainable energy resources enabling active distribution networks

The electricity sector will experience major changes due to combination of factors: falling prices of sustainable energy sources (SER) technologies, development of new SER technologies, including "demand side management" (DSM) and distribution system management systems (DMS). In Denamrk, Germany and China, there have been very rapid changes in the electrical system due to expansion of solar and wind power. This means that the operating conditions of the power grid and operating strategies have to be changed in order to re-establish secure supply. To address these challenges, a consortium of research groups in China and Denmark will develop an integration platform that enables active collaboration between SER units, DSM and DSM-solutions. The research part of this demonstration project is organized into four work packages covering:

• Modular distributed control system and infrastructure that is reliable, generic and scalable,
• Advanced data processing in order to exploit available data such as smart meter measurements to achieve the best possible management of the overall system,
• Cross-domain simulation for simultaneous co-simulation of power, control and communication for performance verification
• Information and communication technology (ICT) for scalable implementation of the platform.

With 100% support from the State Grid Corp. of Beijing, China, project solutions will be demonstrated in a test area in Beijing.