Project

Improving Grid Hosting Capacity in the Electrification Process by combining Smart EV Applications and Interactive Building Management systems” – “IMPROCAP”

Code
179W05623
Duration
01 September 2023 → 31 August 2027
Funding
Regional and community funding: IWT/VLAIO
Promotor-spokesperson
Research disciplines
  • Engineering and technology
    • Energy storage
Keywords
GRID hosting
 
Project description

Photovoltaic installations, electric vehicles, energy storage and heat pumps, combined "Stochastic Distribution Grid Exchanges" (SDGEs), can lead to additional stress on the distribution grid due to their fundamentally different behaviour compared to traditional domestic and industrial consumers. However, such installations can also provide the necessary flexibility to avoid or at least minimise the additional stress on the low-voltage grid due to increased electricity demand. From this perspective, the IMPROCAP project is developing an intelligent system that is a prototype for a generic Smart Grid management system, based on control of SDGEs and flexible end-users.