Towards new data management platforms for a DSO as market enabler – UPGRID Portugal demo

Abstract

In the framework of the Horizon 2020 project UPGRID, the Portuguese demo is focused on promoting the exchange of smart metering data between the DSO and different stakeholders, guaranteeing neutrality, efficiency and transparency. The platform described in this study, named the Market Hub Platform, has two main objectives: (i) to guarantee neutral data access to all market agents and (ii) to operate as a market hub for the home energy management systems flexibility, in terms of consumption shift under dynamic retailing tariffs and contracted power limitation requests in response to technical problems. The validation results are presented and discussed in terms of scalability, availability and reliability.

Data Economy for Prosumers in a Smart Grid Ecosystem

“…The European Union (EU) project UPGRID developed and demonstrated a Neutral Market Access Platform (NMAP) and a Retailer Platform (RP). The NMAP is hosted by a DSO and encompasses the exchange of information, including consumption profiles from the DSO and flexibility profiles from the Home Energy Management System (HEMS) [3]. The RP is responsible for receiving information or requests from the UPGRID platform, process and send this information to its HEMS.…”