A Novel Methodology for the Scalability Analysis of ICT Systems for Smart Grids Based on SGAM: The InteGrid Project Approach

Sergio Potenciano Menci, Julien Le Baut, Javier Matanza Domingo, Gregorio López López, Rafael Cossent Arín and Manuel Pio Silva
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Sergio Potenciano Menci: AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, 1210 Vienna, Austria
Julien Le Baut: AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, 1210 Vienna, Austria
Javier Matanza Domingo: Institute for Research in Technology (IIT), Universidad Pontificia Comillas, 28015 Madrid, Spain
Gregorio López López: Institute for Research in Technology (IIT), Universidad Pontificia Comillas, 28015 Madrid, Spain
Rafael Cossent Arín: Institute for Research in Technology (IIT), Universidad Pontificia Comillas, 28015 Madrid, Spain
Manuel Pio Silva: EDP CNET, 2685-039 Lisbon, Portugal

Energies, 2020, vol. 13, issue 15, 1-24

Abstract: Information and Communication Technology (ICT) infrastructures are at the heart of emerging Smart Grid scenarios with high penetration of Distributed Energy Resources (DER). The scalability of such ICT infrastructures is a key factor for the large scale deployment of the aforementioned Smart Grid solutions, which could not be ensured by small-scale pilot demonstrations. This paper presents a novel methodology that has been developed in the scope of the H2020 project InteGrid, which enables the scalability analysis of ICT infrastructures for Smart Grids. It is based on the Smart Grid Architecture Model (SGAM) framework, which enables a standardized and replicable approach. This approach consists of two consecutive steps: a qualitative analysis that aims at identifying potential bottlenecks in an ICT infrastructure; and a quantitative analysis of the identified critical links under stress conditions by means of simulations with the aim of evaluating their operational limits. In this work the proposed methodology is applied to a cluster of solutions demonstrated in the InteGrid Slovenian pilot. This pilot consists of a Large Customer Commercial Virtual Power Plant (VPP) that provides flexibility in medium voltage for tertiary reserve and a Traffic Light System (TLS) to validate such flexibility offers. This approach creates an indirect Transmission System Operator (TSO)—Distribution System Operator (DSO) coordination scheme.

Keywords: scalability analysis; information and communication technology; modeling; OMNeT++; smart grid architecture model (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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