Smart grids

One of the objective of City-zen is to disseminate the tools and the knowledge gained throught the project. In this web section, you’ll find the lessons on smart grids.

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City-zen’s projects

		Vivacité, 1st collaborative energy data management tool for cities and citizens The programme VivaCity involves the developement of an experimental platform for collaborative energy data management, covering the perimeter of the Grenoble EcoCity. It is run by GEG in collaboration with Atos Worldgrid and utility operators in Grenoble (CCIAG). More info
		Vehicle2Grid Vehicle2Grid technology stands for the possibility to use the battery of an electric vehicle to temporary store electricity generated and to use it or feed it back to the grid at a later stage. To be able to do so an bi-directional charger is needed, which can charge and discharge an electric vehicle connected. Typically the charger is by an energy management system, that regulates when the charger will charge/discharge and at which power. More info
		Virtual Power Plant Monetizing flexibility using a Virtual Power Plant, which incorporates solar-PV, load and home battery systems. It is not a real power plant but a virtual. Aggregating several small production units , like pv-rooftops, a power plant is created. More info
		Dispatch and trading tool in Port of Amsterdam A dispatch and trading tool for balancing (unpredictable) energy supply with (flexible) demand within the Port of Amsterdam region. More info.
		PV plant with storage design in Grenoble Smart power management and storage to make a feasible business case for PV on tertiary buildings despite low feed-in tariff in France. More info
		Demand response on tertiary site / Tertiary Flexibility In the context of flexibility evaluation on low voltage installations, an experimental project takes place in tertiary sites aiming to evaluate and value flexibility potential at a local and national scale. More info
		End-2-End Smartification Making the electricity grid futureproof, enabling the increase for all-electric households, EV and local solar energy. More info

State of the art

• Building integrated PV panels
• City bus electrification supported by PV
• Hybrid solar PV
• Home battery systems