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Exciting Research Update! 🔔 Following the technical outcomes of the eFORT project, we’re thrilled to discuss alternative communication channels in power control grid systems. Our team at CIRCE - Centro Tecnológico has published a groundbreaking paper in the journal SENSORS (Impact Factor 3.4) titled: “Fast and Reliable Sending of Generic Object Oriented Substation Event Frames between Remote Locations over Loss-Prone Networks” 📖 Read more 👉  https://lnkd.in/dUbyYAQW 🔍 Key Highlights: • Focus: Communication between devices in distant electric substations via IP networks. • Innovation: Protocols inserted into the TCP/IP stack for efficient, cost-effective implementation. • Challenge: Tunneling IEC61850 GOOSE protocol traffic quickly and securely. 🛠️ Proposed Solutions: • VX-GOOSE: Combines standard protocols to send frames over UDP/IP tunnels. Effective but may fail under extreme conditions. • Simplemux Blast Mode: Novel mechanism with delivery guarantees and reduced delay, offering reliability even over unreliable networks. • These advancements pave the way for low-cost, easy-to-deploy backup communication channels, enhancing infrastructure resilience, visibility, and service recovery. 🚀 Impact: • Infrastructure Resilience • Improved Visibility • Enhanced Service Recovery A huge thanks to our exceptional team and partners! Stay tuned for more updates from the eFORT project. 💪 #CyberSecurity #EnergyInfrastructure #eFORTProject #Innovation #SubstationProtection #IEC61850 #GOOSE #TelecommunicationsForPowerSystems #VPN #Substations #TechForGood #EuropeanProjects #SmartGrid

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A valuable resource for those interested in EU green hydrogen regulations

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🔎 Are you a researcher in academia, an industry professional or a utility operator involved with renewable energy deployment and power grids? Dive into the complexities of integrating renewables with existing grid systems with our latest book, "Large Scale Grid Integration of Renewable Energy Sources, 2nd Edition: Solutions and Technologies", edited by Antonio Moreno-Muñoz. This updated edition covers essential topics such as: • Future challenges for integration of renewable energy • Wind energy forecasting • Wind and PV integration • Distributed micro-storage and hydrogen energy systems • And much more! 🔗 Get your copy today: https://spkl.io/604647ksI #RenewableEnergy #SmartGrid #EnergyEngineering

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EDP’s Innovation Fund Project: A Milestone for Energy Storage in Portugal! The European Commission has selected EDP’s BigBATT project for its Innovation Fund—a cutting-edge 150 MW battery initiative at the Ribatejo power plant, Portugal. This project will enhance renewable integration, providing flexibility and stability to the grid by storing surplus renewable energy for peak demand. The only Portuguese and sole energy storage project chosen, BigBATT underscores our commitment to a low-carbon future and innovation in energy storage solutions. This project is another decisive step for EDP towards decarbonization and our commitment to a carbon-neutral Europe by 2050! 🔗 Learn more about the BigBATT project, here! #EDPWeChooseEarth #AllGreen2030 #EnergyTransition

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The rapid #decarbonization of the global electricity systems is driving a steep rise in requests to interconnect new clean energy generation resources like solar, wind, and battery storage to the transmission system. This is particularly pertinent if there is a #roadmap identifying a #netcarbonzero path, and it has to be reached by 2050, that is enshrined in the legislature. When the 2035 grid based #solarelectricity need is 70GW or more in the #UK and the current annual additions is closer to 1GW ... it does not take much addition to realise a major boost in solar electricity supply is required in the next decade. This is why the #solartaskforce was set up and we look forward to its contributions ... Now in the US ,,, the story appears to be very different .... The Transmission Interconnection Roadmap (PDF) published in April 2024 identifies solutions to enable interconnection processes to meet the growing demand for renewable energy resources from the rapid, widespread clean energy transition. Produced by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Interconnection Innovation e-Xchange (i2X), this roadmap provides the diverse group of interconnection stakeholders with near- to long-term solutions to address current challenges in transmission system interconnection. https://lnkd.in/eSBPaXVC

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📢 ENTSO-E has published 3️⃣ new reports on the European electricity system!   Today, we released the: 💡ENTSO-E Market Report 2024 🔌ENTSO-E Balancing Report 2024 💶Electricity Balancing (EB) Cost Report 2024.   These annual publications are crucial to understanding the current issues impacting the European #electricitymarket, as well as future developments, using ENTSO-E data from across the continent.   They offer insights and analysis into the progress and achievements of TSOs throughout Europe in integrating the European electricity wholesale and balancing markets by implementing the CACM Regulation, the FCA Regulation and the Electricity Balancing Regulation.   Look out for our upcoming video series delving further into the topics of the Market Report 2024 such as the developments made in the day-ahead and intraday coupling, forward capacity allocation as well as the balancing markets.   Reach out to our team for questions on the reports at [email protected] and read the full reports below: https://lnkd.in/ezxbgYT8   #ElectricityMarketReport24 #ENTSOE

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Below a a link to recommended summer reading for decision makers at European grid system operators and regulators being tired of rejecting grid access and considering how to deal with a 225 to 1,150 GW solar PV increase from 2025 to 2050? Working in a utility investing in a European solar PV and storage where challenge No. 1 for adding more renewables and storage is grid capacity, it is amazing to read this new report not just looking at possible super conductor technologies for the next decade but also mature solutions available for grid operators to increase capacity within a year or three. E.g.: - storage as a transmission asset (SATA) which also can be conducted with private battery energy storage system (BESS) investors making it possible for system operators to loosen their back-up (N-1) reservations and increase supply and demand instead - flexibility management software solutions utilising the flexibility of BESS, interruptible solar PV, heat pumps and other assets to increase flexibility and capacity in the grid - the German NOVA principle: grid optimisation has priority over grid reinforcement, which has priority over grid expansion. We will need both expansion, reinforcement and optimisation to get to 2050 but to realise the opportunities of tomorrow before 2030, more optimisation and reinforcement is needed.

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A Systematic Review on power systems planning and operations management with grid integration of transportation electrification at scale https://lnkd.in/dSvtUbCq #SystematicReview #powersystems ##management #transportationelectrification

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The resilience of HV transmission systems is the ability to limit the extent, severity, and duration of system degradation following extreme events. This is achieved by key measures taken before, during, and after events such as heatwaves, storms, and floods. Lessons learned have led to proposed innovative new metrics and countermeasures to better adapt and reinforce the grid for energy demands and environmental stresses. Find out more: https://lnkd.in/exFAaMcH

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Our latest research for the HYPOPproject underscores the diverse nature of public interest in #hydrogen technology across EU countries, highlighting the need for country-specific engagement strategies. Read more here 🔗 https://lnkd.in/d9gG_duG

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Interesting reading talking about Iberdrola´s position on #NuclearPower. The Spanish company has joined the #American #BigTech that believe that #NuclearPower can be the solution to supply power to technology companies operating energy-intensive #DataCentres in the region... Company´s CEO remarked that #NuclearPowerPlants can supply #CleanPower 24/7 as data centres required, emphasized that lifetime extensions for existing reactors in #Europe were “technically” possible and there was “no reason" for governments to block them, and mentioned the construction of #SMRs as a potentail option to deliver greater volumes by the turn of the decade...

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Coupled operations 🔗 ENTSO-E just released an intriguing video series on 🇪🇺 electricity markets and accompanying advocacy positions 🎯 👩🏽‍💻 Transparency is essential for efficient market operation and equitable participation in market coupling processes. TSOs see great value in having the same access to all market data as NEMOs at no cost. 🤝 As the European electricity market design evolves, improving and enhancing market coupling operations at a pan-European level is crucial. TSOs support improved governance of market coupling, reflecting the joint responsibilities of TSOs and NEMOs. 🚦To ensure the integrity of the price coupling process, TSOs propose establishing routines to verify the quality of submitted data, enforceable by the parties submitting the data, to reduce the risk of incidents caused by inaccurate data submission. TSOs advocacy on 🇪🇺 Market Coupling is available here 👉 https://lnkd.in/e4rcf9-z The introductory video day-ahead processes is available here 👉 https://lnkd.in/eWudyG4J The introductory video to intraday processes is available here 👉 https://lnkd.in/ea-uCa5U #MCSC #SDAC #SIDC #TSOs #NEMOs #sustainability #energytransition

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The complexity of modern power grids, driven by decentralization and fluctuating energy demands, poses significant challenges for operators and utilities companies to manage them efficiently. Traditional methods often fall short in addressing these complexities, leading Quantum Quants in Rotterdam and the Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research (TNO) to explore quantum computing solutions. Their collaboration looked to D-Wave’s Advantage™ annealing quantum computing system and the Leap™ quantum cloud service to explore how hybrid-quantum solvers could optimize decentralized power grids effectively. The work revealed that D-Wave's constrained quadratic model (CQM) and binary quadratic model (BQM) solvers outperformed classical solvers, especially in complex scenarios involving multiple partitions. This optimization allowed for better redistribution of surplus power, enhancing grid stability and efficiency. The potential benefits were clear: improved grid reliability, lower operational costs, and enhanced integration of renewable energy sources. This marks an important example of annealing quantum computing’s potential value in the energy sector, which could lead to smarter, more efficient power distribution in the future. Read the case study: https://lnkd.in/gJxZBCDx #QuantumComputing #QuantumOptimization #EnergyManagement #Sustainability

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#GridsEmpowerEurope 💰The EU’s investments into electricity grids are lagging behind as compared to the speed of renewable capacity build-up. According to Euractiv, the gap is estimated at over €583 billion by 2030. ⚡ Grid bottlenecks can pose a risk to the #EnergyTransition, a risk also acknowledged by Ember in their latest report, which found that 11 out of 26 transmission network development plans in European countries are based on under-ambitious energy scenarios. ✅ Ember's recommendations: ☑ Stepping up grid investments; and ☑ Bringing planning processes in line with the new reality of the energy transition. 🔺 Dive deeper into Ember's report: 👉 https://lnkd.in/eNy_6MzH 🔺 More details in Euractiv's article: 👉 https://lnkd.in/epsMkRZc

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A call 📢 for "strong regulatory, technical, and financial support to drive the green transition, leveraging distributed #energy production and enhanced cooperation among system operators". Takeaways from the 19th ETIP SNET Regional Workshop on Integrating Renewables and Grid Flexibility in South-Eastern Europe https://lnkd.in/d5gw3m5R Francesco Gargani Giorgio Biscardini Massimo Leonardo Yannis Vougiouklakis #greentransition #electricitygrid #renewables #europeanunion

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Our latest position paper outlines six key recommendations to advance the EU #GridsActionPlan, setting the stage for a dedicated strategy on #GridCongestion. Read more 🔗 https://lnkd.in/drFEZaXU

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The need for #flexibility in the energy system and delivery at speed was the topic of conversation at 3 major events this week : ⚡ In Athens, the Eurelectric #Grids4Speed report was officially launched at #PowerSummit24. This report highlights that €67bn of investment is needed annually (in EU27+Norway) between now and 2050 to deliver a fit for purpose distribution network that will enable the energy transition. The report also underlines society changing opportunities including how direct electrification will deliver three- to fivefold energy efficiency gains in household primary energy consumption and boost job creation. Access the full report here: https://lnkd.in/eptQ_itt ⚡ #UtilityWeekLive in Birmingham saw Ali Ahmadi, EY director digital grid,  talk about the transition from DNO to DSO, in particular on 'Scaling Flexibility Services with Automated & Performance Based Operational Technology Systems'. ⚡Finally the annual #EnergyIreland conference took place in Dublin discussing the challenges faced in delivering Ireland's ambitious energy strategy, scaling up offshore wind and exploring the future grid and market reform necessary for a 100% renewable electricity system. If you happened to pick up a copy of the Energy Ireland yearbook, have a look out for our article on ‘Scaling distribution-level flexibility across the island of Ireland’. David Cashman Niall Stafford Paul Micallef Sean Casey #EY #BetterWorkingWorld

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