FacilityAggregator will help stabilize power grids

  The University Centre for Energy Efficient Buildings CTU, together with partners Siemens, PRE and ČEPS, has started research work on the FacilityAggregator project, which aims to develop tools for predicting and aggregating the energy flexibility of building service systems until 2027. This innovative project, carried out under the leadership of the Modern Energy Research Team of the CTU UCEEB, brings new opportunities for commercial buildings to contribute to the balancing of the electricity transmission system to eneable large-scale integration of inntermitent renewable energy production. 

The building energy flexibility has received attention in the context of the development of intermittent renewable energy sources, whose widespread integration brings new challenges. There is a need to predict more accurately the supply of energy from these sources and to better plan the consumption in relation to it. The balancing of the elektricity system deviation, i.e. the mismatch between production and consumption at a given moment, is usually solved by flexibility on the generation side, typically using gas or coal-fired power plants. In order to meet the sustainable development objectives, new solutions must also be sought on the consumption side. The operation of buildings accounts for a significant part of total electricity consumption, so improving the flexibility of their energy consumption will soon play an important role in stabilising the transmission system.

This project aims to bring a new segment to the flexibility market and to test the functionality of tools across the supply chain, thereby supporting greater stability of the electricity grid in the Czech Republic. Pilot testing will take place on five commercial buildings that will be equipped with the energy monitoring and management system. UCEEB will focus on developing predictive services that forecast the energy needs of buildings and their expected flexibility. Siemens will provide the integration of the Desigo control system, which will enable precise control of the technical equipment of the buildings. PRE will act as a flexibility aggregator to connect these buildings to its block and verify the applicability of their equipment for support services, with the support of the transmission system operator ČEPS.





Zdroj: ČEPS



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