Scalability and Replicability Analysis of Grid Management Services in Low Voltage Networks in Local Flexibility Markets: an InterFlex analysis

Scalability and Replicability for Smart Grid Innovation Projects and the Improvement of Renewable Energy Sources Exploitation: The FLEXITRANSTORE Case

“…Moreover, it will demonstrate new energy trading and business perspectives for cross-border resources management. The ability of a process, network, or system to respond to the growth in demand by increasing respectively its scope range or size is called scalability [33][34][35]37,38]. For FLEX-ITRANSTORE scalability is crucial, since in different demonstration sites, with different technical requirements development, implementation and validation of several demos have been carried out.…”

“…The first step to deploy the technological innovation on a largescale of the FLEXITRANSTORE project in order to meet growing volumes of demand is the scalability analysis. The ability of a process, network, or system to be duplicated in another time or location is called replicability [33][34][35]37,38]. The replication ability of the FLEXITRANSTORE technological innovations has been studied due to the application of different technologies and costs for different countries.…”

“…BRIDGE is a European Commission initiative that integrates the Horizon 2020 Smart Grid and Energy Storage Projects to structure cross-cutting issues that arise in demonstration projects and can be barriers to innovation [39]. The BRIDGE process facilitates ongoing knowledge exchange between projects and draws conclusions and recommendations The ability of a process, network, or system to respond to the growth in demand by increasing respectively its scope range or size is called scalability [33][34][35]37,38]. For FLEX-ITRANSTORE scalability is crucial, since in different demonstration sites, with different technical requirements development, implementation and validation of several demos have been carried out.…”

“…The different replicability factors are analyzed in the following subsections below [33][34][35][38][39][40].…”

“…In the following subsections, the key points from each demonstration's scalability and replicability analysis are highlighted. The various factors were quantified into numbers ranging from zero to three in order to conclude how scalable or replicable each solution is, with zero representing the lowest score and three representing the highest [33][34][35][38][39][40].…”