Objectives

FEDECOM is developing
an ecosystem

to demonstrate the advantages of energy sector coupling across European energy communities by:

Deploying a cloud-based solution for sector coupling, distributed generation and storage, high flexibility management and improvement of RES hosting up to 40%.

Deploying a cloud-based solution for sector coupling, distributed generation and storage, high flexibility management and improvement of RES hosting up to 40%.

Deploying a cloud-based solution for sector coupling, distributed generation and storage, high flexibility management and improvement of RES hosting up to 40%.

Validating the solution in three pilots across diverse technical, market and climate contexts

to demonstrate grid resilience, optimised local operations and unlocking at least 30% of demand side flexibility.

Developing plans for the large-scale replication of the solution

in three follower communities with a focus on impact assessment.

Evaluating impacts

on OPEX, CAPEX and overall value creation.

FEDECOM has 8 Work Packages (WP)
with activities distributed

along 48 months in five main phases

FEDECOM has 8 Work Packages (WP) with activities distributed along 48 months in five main phases

PHASE

01.

Project set-up and demo scenarios specification.

PHASE

02.

Life-cycle assessment and planning toolbox.

PHASE

03.

Platform services advancement and integration.

PHASE

04.

Blockchain based marketplace setup.

PHASE

05.

Pilot realization and validation.

Exploitable results (ER)

FEDECOM delivers a scalable and adaptable cloud-based platform composed of analytical, modelling and optimization services for planning, supervision and control of integrated local energy systems. This platform offers a series of functionalities that can be considered as well as stand-alone results of the project:

ER1 – FEDECOM Platform

ICT cloud-based platform enabling sector coupling and flexibility by integrating all the functionalities supporting energy and flexibility trading intra and inter-communities.

ER2 – MCDA Recommender based on LCA planning

Optimised Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis algorithm to provide an advanced energy planning tool.

ER3 – Energy Dispatch Model

Optimal model representing the energy dispatching including quantification of energy distribution losses, the characteristics of network assets and topology.

ER4 – Integrative Optimiser

Modelisation resource able to centralise all inputs from FEDECOM modules and users to provide optimisation services.

ER5 – Grid Analytics & Diagnostics

Data driven grid analytics system able to measure and elaborate the grid parameters that can be used within the platform.

ER6 – MPC (model predictive control) Service (ER6)

Algorithm to monitor and control the optimal thermal conditions in buildings taking into account the climate predictions and the expected energy demand.

ER7 – RES Production Models

Machine learning models able to formulate production forecasts depending on weather, number of assets involved in the EC, others.

ER8 – Storage Aging Models

Software providing storage state estimations: both state of charge and state of health.

ER9 – Energy Demand Forecaster

Software forecasting the energy demand in the energy community based on buildings’ parameters.

ER10 – Demand Flexibility Estimator

Software modelling the opportunity of flexibility of each asset involved in the energy community.

ER11 – M&V Methodology

Methodology defining the data entry and measurement process in order to validate the energy savings and shared flexibility results.

ER12 – Open Marketplace

Blockchain-based local marketplace coupling for energy and flexibility trading, including the functionalities of intra and inter-community peer-to-peer trading with smart billing and energy certificate issuance service.

ER13 – Energy Gateway

Dedicated interfaces to integrate FEDECOM (platform backend) middleware with field level devices, with bidirectional communication mechanisms.

ER14 – Semantic Data Model

Ontology enabling semantic interoperability among the relevant systems in FEDECOM ecosystem.

ER15 – Visualization Tools

User-specific graphical interfaces for visualization of relevant operation and performance data.

Impacts

Increased capacity

of the system to integrate renewable energy sources with improved transmission and distribution capacity:
• At least 20% of final energy savings.
• CAPEX and OPEX reductions by up to 30%.
• Cost savings of 20-50% for final consumers.

Increased resilience

of the energy system, maintaining stability under diverse operation conditions:
• Demonstrated at 3 large-scale pilot sites.
• GHG emissions reduction targets of 55%.
• Life-cycle assessment (LCA) under different operational strategies.

Foster innovative services and business models

 based on interoperability, increased data availability and exchange in European energy markets:
• Services and business models validated in relevant operation scenarios according to IPMVP protocol.
• Detailed replication plans and business definition for three project followers.

Evaluating impacts

on OPEX, CAPEX and overall value creation:
• LCC assessment of economic benefits and total cost of operation across energy
sectors.
• MCDA for multi-objective optimisation accounting for multiple criteria.

Enable data-driven energy services

 to facilitate customer engagement in the energy transition, through self-consumption, demand response, peer-to-peer trading or joint investments in renewables:
• Multi-layered federated System of Systems leveraging sector coupling services.
• At least 30% of reschedulable total load flexibility.
• Improved grid resilience and stability by 10% minimum increase of grid operating margin and state estimation accuracy.