Integrid - Bridging the Gap

EDP C’s facility . Controller . Sends data from the building’s Thermal Control System to the EDPC Database Platform allows activation of flexibility algorithm Controller communicates with building’s TCS and sends data to the EDPC database TCS changes Fan Coil setpoints to release energy . Allows EDP to change Fan Coil setpoints Building Figure 4.20 – General description of the HLUC 10 system, with aggregation on an EDP C platform. 40 KPI calculation The following metrics were then calculated as a result of the HLUC10 demonstration. Table 4.12 shows the KPI results together with a brief description. After verifying that a large services building (Lisbon building) was providing such a low value of flexibility (17.5 kW on average) a lower value was expected for the second building, which had even lower consumption. The KPI resolution makes it appear as though no variation was registered when the Leiria building was added (which only netted 3 kW to the total flexibility available), but in fact it represents a 20% increase. This low value also explains the almost constant value in the simulated participation of the ancillary services market. This constant value in the latter submissions is also explained by the fact that the last tests performed in Leiria did not result in any consumption decrease, as most of the VC units were shut-off – people locked down at home due to the virus outbreak. Constraints in the number of tests performed daily related to the thermal comfort of building inhabitants explain why Engagement comes back to the value 1 activation/day. Results from HLUC11 - Demonstration scenario A series of feedback-based demand-side intervention strategies, solely targeting residential clients, are Table 4.12 - HLUC12KPIs and Description KPI Result Description Amount of Load Capacity participating in Demand Response 0.023 MW To capture the amount of flexibility provided by Demand Response necessary to accommodate a pre-set level of DGwithout harming any threshold values for grid stability. Differentiates between upward and downward services Increased economic welfare 130 € Calculation of the reduction in consumer electricity bills Amount of provided flexibility (aggregated) 0.0205 MW/ activation To capture the amount of flexibility provided by aggregated consumers, without harming any threshold values for grid stability. Differentiates between upward and downward services Merit-order compliance 100% Assessment of compliance of the merit-order list, i.e., if consumers with a higher rank provide more flexibility than those with a lower rank Consumer engagement 1.17 Number of times that a specific consumer provided flexibility Ancillary service market participation 0.85 MW Amount of simulated flexibility that would be used within the ancillary services market, considering a suitable regulatory framework