Demonstration of 5G Solutions for Smart Energy Grids of the Future: A Perspective of the Smart5Grid Project

Daniele Porcu, Sonia Castro, Borja Otura, Paula Encinar, Ioannis Chochliouros, Irina Ciornei, Lenos Hadjidemetriou, Georgios Ellinas, Rita Santiago, Elisavet Grigoriou, Angelos Antonopoulos, Nicola Cadenelli, Nicola di Pietro, August Betzler, Inmaculada Prieto, Fabrizio Battista, Dimitrios Brodimas, Ralitsa Rumenova and Athanasios Bachoumis
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Daniele Porcu: Enel Global Infrastructure and Networks Srl, Via Ombrone 2, 00198 Rome, Italy
Sonia Castro: Atos IT Solutions and Services Iberia SL, Ronda de Europa 5, Tres Cantos, 28760 Madrid, Spain
Borja Otura: Atos IT Solutions and Services Iberia SL, Ronda de Europa 5, Tres Cantos, 28760 Madrid, Spain
Paula Encinar: Atos IT Solutions and Services Iberia SL, Ronda de Europa 5, Tres Cantos, 28760 Madrid, Spain
Ioannis Chochliouros: Hellenic Telecommunications Organization S.A. (OTE), 99 Kifissias Avenue, 15124 Maroussi-Athens, Greece
Irina Ciornei: KIOS Research and Innovation Center of Excellence, University of Cyprus, 1 Panepistimiou Avenue, Nicosia 2109, Cyprus
Lenos Hadjidemetriou: KIOS Research and Innovation Center of Excellence, University of Cyprus, 1 Panepistimiou Avenue, Nicosia 2109, Cyprus
Georgios Ellinas: KIOS Research and Innovation Center of Excellence, University of Cyprus, 1 Panepistimiou Avenue, Nicosia 2109, Cyprus
Rita Santiago: Ubiwhere, Travessa Senhor das Barrocas 38, 3800-075 Aveiro, Portugal
Elisavet Grigoriou: Sidroco Holdings Ltd., Petraki Giallourou 22, Nicosia 1077, Cyprus
Angelos Antonopoulos: Nearby Computing S.L., Travessera de Gracia 18, 08021 Barcelona, Spain
Nicola Cadenelli: Nearby Computing S.L., Travessera de Gracia 18, 08021 Barcelona, Spain
Nicola di Pietro: Athonet Srl, Via Cà del Luogo 6/8, VI, 36050 Bolzano Vicentino, Italy
August Betzler: Fundació i2CAT, Carrer Gran Capità 2-4, 08034 Barcelona, Spain
Inmaculada Prieto: EDistribución Redes Digitales, Ribera del Loira 60, 28042 Madrid, Spain
Fabrizio Battista: Gridspertise, Via Ombrone 2, 00198 Rome, Italy
Dimitrios Brodimas: IPTO, Independent Power Transmission Operator of Greece, 89 Dyrrachiou Str., 10443 Athens, Greece
Ralitsa Rumenova: Entra Energy Ltd., Sofia Tech Park, 1000 Sofia, Bulgaria
Athanasios Bachoumis: UBITECH Energy Sprl, Bd Edmond Machtens 79/22, 1080 Bruxelles, Belgium

Energies, 2022, vol. 15, issue 3, 1-27

Abstract: As the complexity of electric systems increases, so does the required effort for the monitoring and management of grid operations. To solve grid performance issues, smart grids require the exchange of higher volumes of data, high availability of the telecommunication infrastructure, and very low latency. The fifth generation (5G) mobile network seems to be the most promising technology to support such requirements, allowing utilities to have dedicated virtual slices of network resources to maximize the service availability in case of network congestions. Regarding this evolving scenario, this work presents the Smart5Grid project vision on how 5G can support the energy vertical industry for the fast deployment of innovative digital services. Specifically, this work introduces the concept of network applications (NetApps), a new paradigm of virtualization that are envisioned to facilitate the creation of a new market for information technology (IT), small and medium enterprises (SMEs), and startups. This concept, and the open architecture that facilitates its implementation, is showcased by four real-life 5G-enabled demonstrators: (1) automatic fault detection in a medium voltage (MV) grid in Italy, (2) real-time safety monitoring for operators in high voltage (HV) substations in Spain, (3) remote distributed energy resources (DER) monitoring in Bulgaria, and (4) wide area monitoring in a cross-border scenario between Greece and Bulgaria.

Keywords: 5G technology; NetApp; NetApp controller; smart grid; virtual network function (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: 2022
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