European Technology Platform for the Electricity Networks of the Future
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The European Technology Platform (ETP) for the Electricity Networks of the Future (SmartGrids) is a European Commission
initiative that aims at boosting the competitive situation of the European Union
in the field of electricity networks, especially smart power grid
s. The ETP represents all European stakeholders. The establishment of an ETP in this field was for the first time suggested by the industrial stakeholders and the research community at the first International Conference on the Integration of Renewable Energy Sources and Distributed Energy Resources, which was held in December 2004.
The SmartGrids Platform was started by the European Commission Directorate General for Research of the European Commission
in 2005.
SmartGrids deployment must include not only technology, market and commercial considerations, environmental impact, regulatory framework, standardization usage, ICT (Information and Communication Technology) and migration strategy but also societal requirements and governmental edicts.
European Commission
The European Commission is the executive body of the European Union. The body is responsible for proposing legislation, implementing decisions, upholding the Union's treaties and the general day-to-day running of the Union....
initiative that aims at boosting the competitive situation of the European Union
European Union
The European Union is an economic and political union of 27 independent member states which are located primarily in Europe. The EU traces its origins from the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Economic Community , formed by six countries in 1958...
in the field of electricity networks, especially smart power grid
Smart Power Grid
A smart grid is a digitally enabled electrical grid that gathers, distributes, and acts on information about the behavior of all participants in order to improve the efficiency, reliability, economics, and sustainability of electricity services.Smart grid policy is organized in Europe as Smart...
s. The ETP represents all European stakeholders. The establishment of an ETP in this field was for the first time suggested by the industrial stakeholders and the research community at the first International Conference on the Integration of Renewable Energy Sources and Distributed Energy Resources, which was held in December 2004.
The SmartGrids Platform was started by the European Commission Directorate General for Research of the European Commission
European Commission
The European Commission is the executive body of the European Union. The body is responsible for proposing legislation, implementing decisions, upholding the Union's treaties and the general day-to-day running of the Union....
in 2005.
The SmartGrid Concept
SmartGrid is a new concept that will respond to the rising challenges and opportunities, bringing benefits to all network users and stakeholders. SmartGrids are based on a more customer-centric approach, on a large integration of renewable sources and distributed generation. A SmartGrid is an electricity network that can intelligently integrate the actions of all users connected to it - generators, consumers and those that do both - in order to efficiently deliver sustainable, economic and secure electricity supplies. The concept was developed in 2006 by the European Technology Platform SmartGrids in their document.SmartGrids deployment must include not only technology, market and commercial considerations, environmental impact, regulatory framework, standardization usage, ICT (Information and Communication Technology) and migration strategy but also societal requirements and governmental edicts.
See also
- Net meteringNet meteringNet metering is an electricity policy for consumers who own renewable energy facilities or V2G electric vehicles. "Net", in this context, is used in the sense of meaning "what remains after deductions" — in this case, the deduction of any energy outflows from metered energy inflows...
- Unified Smart GridUnified Smart GridUnified National Smart Grid is a proposal for a United States wide area grid that is a national interconnected network relying on a high capacity backbone of electric power transmission lines linking all the nation's local electrical networks that have been upgraded to smart grids...
(United StatesUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
proposed system) - V2G
Sources
- International Conference on the Integration of Renewable Energy Sources and Distributed Energy Resources
- Strategic Research Agenda.