OSMOSE - Optimal System-Mix Of flexibility Solutions for European electricity

The project aims for the development of flexibilities which can be used for a better integration of RES. The approach chosen is global as it considers at the same time, the increased need of flexibilities in the system (mainly related to balance of supply and demand in electricity markets, provision of existing and future system services and allowance of a dynamic control of electricity flows) and the sources of flexibilities (RES, demand-response, grid and new storages). The chosen global approach addresses all system requirements to capture the synergies proposed by the different solutions in order to avoid stand-alone solutions that might be less efficient in terms of overall efficiency.

The project satisfies determined goals through separate Work Packages (WPs):

• WP1 OSMOSE gives forecast of the optimal mix of flexibility solutions at pan-European system level, maximising social welfare, with a holistic approach of the power system and with a focus on synergies across flexibility sources and applications.
• WP2 OSMOSE proposes improvements of the existing market mechanisms and regulatory frameworks, so as to trigger the deployment of the optimal mix of flexibilities foreseen in WP 1, and especially to capture the synergy values identified in WP1.
• WP3 OSMOSE assesses and increases the real-life techno-economic efficiency of the flexibility solution “grid-forming for the synchronization of large power systems by multiservice hybrid storage”, and provide field data contributing to overall goals of the project. This objective is supported by a demonstration on RTE’s transmission grid and EPFL’s distribution and laboratory grids.
• WP4 OSMOSE assesses and increases the real-life techno-economic efficiency of the flexibility solution “multiple services provided by the coordinated control of different storage and FACTS devices”, and provide field data contributing to overall goals of the project. This objective is supported by a demonstration on REE’s transmission grid.
• WP5 OSMOSE assesses and increases the real-life techno-economic efficiency of the flexibility solution “multiple services provided by grid devices, large demand-response and RES generation coordinated in a smart management system”, and provide field data contributing to overall goals of the project. This objective is supported by a demonstration on TERNA’s transmission grid .
• WP6 OSMOSE assesses the real-life techno-economic efficiency of a “near real-time cross-border energy market”, and provide field data contributing to overall goals of the project. This objective is supported by a demonstration on ELES’s and TERNA’s transmission grids.
• WP7 OSMOSE facilitates the scaling-up and replication of the flexibility solutions and associated services tested in the demonstrations.
• WP8 OSMOSE prepares a strategy for the exploitation of the project’s results (deployment of the flexibility solutions) for all the project’s partners and promotes the results of the project (communication and dissemination) in the power system community with specific messages for each category of stakeholders of the electricity value chain (regulated and market players, regulators, manufacturers, policy makers, etc.) .

 EKC participates in WP1 and WP6:

• providing analytical services in power system modeling and analyses using Antares software tool
• providing services related to preparation of design and specification of FlexEnergy dispatch market, preparation of the tool for real-time assessment of cross border exchange capability as well as preparation of common platform  for cross border FlexEnergy dispatching market.

Type of services provided:

EKC’s  tasks are as follows

Within WP1:

• Analysis of input data, collected by ENTSO-E for all ENTSO-E countries for 2030/2050
• Preparation of adapted modelling if required to accommodate the possible lack of data.
• Preparation of Antares software tool and calibration of Antares simulations
• Analysis of the Antares simulation outcomes

Within WP6:

• Preparation of design and specification of the FlexEnergy dispatch market taking into account close-to-real time cross-border capacities
• Prepare a control system architecture and data description for real time demonstration of this design
• Preparation of the tool for real-time assessment of cross border exchange capability improving existing algorithms by Flow-based principles
• Support in preparation of the common platform  for cross border FlexEnergy dispatching market

General:

Participation in common meetings, preparation of the excerpts and papers, participation on scientific conferences