Description Total budget of the call: EUR 209 million
The aim is to develop and validate methodologies and tools to enable Distribution System Operators (DSOs) to take on new roles and evolve existing roles required by the increased number and volume of distributed energy resources connected to distribution networks. An important new role is observing and balancing of variable renewable generation and loads with decentralized flexible generation, active demand and local storage. It may also require congestion management and the provision of ancillary services. Network operations and grid maintenance will need to be upgraded. Further roles include short- and long-term forecasting and long-term planning. The methods and tools should have a wide applicability in European contexts for both urban and rural areas.
The projects should address resources from small to medium-scale residential, industrial and commercial "prosumers". To further support innovation in business models the projects should take into account contributions from new actors such as aggregators. Validation of the
approaches and tools should be performed through simulation and pilot-scale trials. The validation of new methods and tools should build on existing activities in different settings in Europe and form a family of projects. Projects should include substantial participation of major players such as network operators, power or ICT technology providers, research centres or universities.
Eligibility
The call is open to participation from the Western Balkan countries which are associated to FP7 on the same conditions as EU Member States.
The EU Member States are:
Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, The Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom.
The Associated Countries are:
Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Faroe Islands, Macedonia, Iceland, Israel, Liechtenstein, Moldova, Montenegro, Norway, Serbia, Switzerland and Turkey
Budget:
Total budget of the call: 209 million Euros
Deadline: 4 December 2012
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