WP1: Coordination and project management

• Ethics requirements (D1.1)
• Project handbook (D1.5)

WP2: Technical assessment and regulatory status of the European electricity grid

• Limitations in the analytical tools of the interconnected grid (D2.1)
• Grid Code and regulation limitations (D2.2)
• Targeted workshops with the stakeholders (D2.3)

WP3: Requirements, scenarios and use cases definition

• INTERPLAN requirements (D3.1)
• INTERPLAN use cases (D3.2)

WP4: Grid equivalenting

• Method for clustering distributions grid (D4.1)
• Approach for generating grid equivalents for different use cases (first version) (D4.2)

WP5: Operation planning and semi-dynamic simulation

• INTERPLAN showcases (D5.1)
• Operation planning and semi-dynamic simulation of grid equivalents (D5.2)
• Control system logics: cluster and interface controllers (first version) (D5.3)

WP6: INTERPLAN model validation and testing

• INTERPLAN scenarios which will be validated in the simulation (D6.1)
• Documentation of the data model and interfaces used in INTERPLAN (D6.2)

WP7: Dissemination, communication and exploitation

• Promotion and marketing material (D7.2)
• Progress report on the cooperation with national and international projects and initiatives (first year) (D7.3)
• Progress report on the cooperation with national and international projects and initiatives (second year) (D7.4)

Easily access the essential information through our 2-pages factsheets explaining the tool, the grid equivalenting method, as well as the 7 use cases we have developed. 

Factsheet: Integrated Operation Planning Tool [ Download ] 

Factsheet: Approach for generating grid equivalents [ Download ] 

Factsheet: Use Case 1: Coordinated voltage/reactive power control [ Download ] 

Factsheet: Use Case 2: Grid Congestion Management [ Download ] 

Factsheet: Use Case 3: Provision of frequency tertiary reserve based on coordinated TSO-DSO active power optimization
[ Download ] 

Factsheet: Use Case 4: Fast Frequency Restoration Control [ Download ] 

Factsheet: Use Case 5: Power balancing at DSO level [ Download ] 

Factsheet: Use Case 6: Inertia management [ Download ] 

Factsheet: Use Case 7: Optimal Energy Interruption Management [ Download ] 

• “Frequency Stability Evaluation in Low Inertia Systems Utilizing Smart Hierarchical Controllers”.

Authors: Venizelos Efthymiou¹, Christina Papadimitriou¹, Minas Patsalides¹, Marialaura Di Somma², Roberto Ciavarella², Giorgio Graditi², Maria Valenti², Anna Wakszyńska³, Michał Kosmecki³

¹University of Cyprus (FOSS), ²ENEA, ³IEn

• “An innovative integrated operation planning tool for the current and future 2030+ European power grid”, accepted at CIRED 2020 (online), 22-23 September 2020

Authors: Marialaura Di Somma¹, Roberto Ciavarella¹, Giorgio Graditi¹, Maria Valenti¹, Ata Khavari², Michał Kosmecki³, Christina Papadimitriou⁴

¹ENEA, ²DERlab, ³IEn, ⁴University of Cyprus (FOSS)

• DERlab  Activity Report 2018-2020

Authors: DERlab, representatives of DERlab member institutes

• “Optimal Energy Interruption Planning and Generation Re-dispatch for Improving Reliability during Contingencies”. Presented at ISGT NA 2020, Washington (USA)

Authors: Sohail Khan¹, Sawsan Henein¹, Helfried Brunner¹

¹AIT

• “A control strategy for participation of DSO flexible resources in TSO ancillary services provision”. Presented at ICCEP2019, Otranto (IT)

Authors: Giorgio Graditi¹, Roberto Ciavarella¹, Marialaura Di Somma¹, Maria Valenti¹

 ¹ENEA

• “Congestion Management in distribution grid networks through active power control of flexible distributed energy resources”. Presented at PowerTech2019, Milan (IT)

Authors: Roberto Ciavarella¹, Marialaura Di Somma¹, Giorgio Graditi¹, Maria Valenti¹

¹ENEA

• “Innovative Electricity Network Operation Planning Tool for TSOs and DSOs.” Presented at CIRED 2019, Madrid (ES)

Authors: Ata Khavari¹, Melios Hadjikypris², Giorgio Graditi³, Marialaura Di Somma³, Anna Wakszyńska⁴, Sawsan Henein⁵

¹DERlab, ²University of Cyprus (FOSS), ³ENEA, ⁴IEn, ⁵AIT

• “Critical Assessment of Potential Barriers for Integrating the Emerging Technologies in the Pan-European Network Considering the Future EU Grid Scenarios”. (pp. 1-6). In 2019 1st International Conference on Energy Transition in the Mediterranean Area (SyNERGY MED), IEEE, Cagliari (IT)

Authors: Giorgio Graditi¹, Roberto Ciavarella¹, Marialaura Di Somma¹, Maria Valenti¹, Ata Khavari², Melios Hadjikypris³

¹ENEA, ²DERlab, ³University of Cyprus (FOSS) 

• “Enhanced Frequency Response of Inverter Dominated Low Inertia Power Systems”. In 2019 1st International Conference on Energy Transition in the Mediterranean Area (SyNERGY MED), IEEE, Cagliari (IT)

Authors: Melios Hadjikypris¹, Venizelos Efthymiou¹, George E. Georghiou¹

¹University of Cyprus (FOSS)

• “Innovative Grid Operation Planning Tool for the system operators”. Poster at IRED 2018, Vienna (AT)

Authors: Ata Khavari¹, Mohamed Shalaby¹, Giorgio Graditi², Roberto Ciavarella ², Marialaura Di Somma ², Maria Valenti ², Helfried Brunner ³, Sawsan Henein ³, Sohail Khan ³, Jan Ringelstein⁴, Melios Hadjikypris⁵

¹DERlab, ² ENEA, ³AIT, ⁴Fraunhofer IEE, ⁵University of Cyprus (FOSS)

• “Enhanced Operation Planning Tool for the EU Grid Addressing the Emerging Technologies”. presented at ENERGYCON 2018, Limassol (CY)

Authors: Giorgio Graditi¹, Marialaura Di Somma¹, Maria Valenti¹, Roberto Ciavarella¹, Helfried Brunner², Serdar Kadam², Mihai Calin³, Ata Khavari³, Venizelos Efthymiou⁴, Andreas Meli⁴, Melios Hadjikypris⁴, Jan Ringelstein⁵, Alev Akbulut⁵, Michał Kosmecki⁶, Michał Bajor⁶, Anna Wakszyńska⁶

¹ENEA, ²AIT, ³DERlab, ⁴University of Cyprus (FOSS), ⁵Fraunhofer IEE, ⁶IEn

• “TSO-DSO Interaction in Germany: A brief overview”, presented at IEEE PES T&D Conference and Exposition 2018, Denver (US)

Authors: Sebastian Wende von Berg¹ 

¹Fraunhofer IEE

INTERPLAN workshop “Innovative Network Operation Planning Tool for the TSO and DSO” at SEST 2019 Press Release

INTERPLAN factsheet – Authors: Giorgio Graditi, Marialaura Di Somma, 26 January 2018

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• INTERPLAN September 2020 – CIRED 2020 | Virtual workshop outcomes | Your opinion matters – 2 September 2020
• INTERPLAN September 2019 – Workshop at SEST 2019 | CIRED 2019 | Scenarios, Grid code and Showcases – 26 September 2019
• INTERPLAN December 2018 – Future EU grid scenarios and INTERPLAN Use cases | INTERPLAN Project at the 4th Mission Innovation – Innovation Challenges | INTERPLAN Requirements and more – 17 December 2018
• INTERPLAN July 2018 – Analysis of limitations to interconnecting new technologies | Join us at European Utility Week | INTERPLAN ethics  and more – 24 July 2018