Flexigy
1 - How to overcome regulatory barriers to employ balance services and cargo flexibility
The consortium created a Virtual Energy Community concept that operates behind the meters, thus overcoming legal barriers. The services were developed in such a way that the aggregator involves energy assets with private bilateral contracts, which allows the use of distributed energy resources in a collaborative way, which in turn generate community benefits significantly greater than the individual optimization of these energy assets.
2 - How to gain end-users' trust for their active participation
The consortium implemented Blockchain technology on the community platform to increase trust and assist in the management of virtual energy transactions.
3 - How to operationalize community optimization mechanisms
The consortium developed the cyber-physical components that ensure system security that satisfies the low-cost requirements needed to be economically viable.
Project duration: 1/2019 - 12/2022
Scope: National project (Portugal)
Microfocus: Controlling flexibilities
Evaluation of technical solutions to offer and trigger flexibilities
Macrofocus: Technical realization
Evaluation of technologies to orchestrate a (high) number of flexibilities by using e.g. software services
Technical Readiness Level (TRL):
6
Market Readiness Level (MRL):
8