Demonstration of the smart energy neighbourhood management system in the VIMSEN project

The VIMSEN project, part of the European R&D 7
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Framework Programme, started in February 2014. The VIMSEN project aims to develop, implement and demonstrate a new energy management operation and business model using the concept of virtual micrigrids, able to increase the market participation of prosumers at neighbourhood level. The new control system (VIrtual Microgrids for Smart Energy Networks - VIMSEN) will be developed to manage and control distributed energy resources, stationary storage devices, electric vehicles charging infrastructure, building appliances, etc. The VIMSEN concept enables the large-scale integration of distributed energy resources by utilizing aggregated demand response to the maximum. Two demonstration sites are committed with VIMSEN: Sedini, on the island of Sardinia, Italy, and Athens, Greece. The results and conclusions coming from the demonstration activities will provide the basis for the elaboration of recommendations for future virtual microgrids for smart energy networks. This paper presents the VIMSEN architecture and the use cases.