Grid edge control

• Funder: TKI Topsector Energie

• Collaborators: TU Eindhoven, Enexis, Liander, Stedin

• Role: Ph.D. reseracher

• Timeline: Sep. 2020 - Aug-2024

• The current control of the electricity system (the electricity markets and the grid) is organized top-down. In order to cope well with the increasing local dynamics, it makes sense to add a decentralized, bottom-up management model. This is called Grid Edge Control (further: GEC). The questions are, what contribution can GEC make to the utilization of the capacity of MV and LV grid, how the concept connects technically to control and control concepts on the HV grid and how it can be integrated into the (inter) national electricity markets. The aim is to conduct research into the development of methodologies and algorithms that enable decentralized and central ICT architectures to work together to influence the local dynamics in the electricity grid and thereby increase the utilization of the total available grid capacity, without compromising grid safety. The developed concepts must be in line with, and be integrated into, the existing national and international electricity markets and the principles on which they are based.