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
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Vivacité, 1st collaborative energy data management tool for cities and citizens
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Vehicle2GridVehicle2Grid 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 |
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Virtual Power Plant
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Dispatch and trading tool in Port of AmsterdamA dispatch and trading tool for balancing (unpredictable) energy supply with (flexible) demand within the Port of Amsterdam region. More info. |
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PV plant with storage design in Grenoble
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Demand response on tertiary site / Tertiary FlexibilityIn 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 |
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End-2-End SmartificationMaking 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