DRIvE Project Unlocks Demand Response Potential with Digital Twins

DRIvE (Demand Response Integration Technologies) is a research and innovation project funded under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Framework Program, whose main objective is unlocking the demand response potential in the distribution grid. DRIvE presented how the use of digital twins de-risks the implementation of demand response applications at the “Flexibility 2.0: Demand response and self-consumption based on the prosumer of Europe’s low carbon future” workshop within the conference “Sustainable Places 2020”. This workshop was organized to cluster and foster knowledge transfer between several EU projects, each developing innovative solutions within the field of demand response, energy flexibility, and optimized synergies between actors of the built environment and the power grid.

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Impact of Trajectories’ Uncertainty in Existing ATC Complexity Methodologies and Metrics for DAC and FCA SESAR Concepts

Energies ◽

10.3390/en12081559 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 12 (8) ◽

pp. 1559

Author(s):

Gomez Comendador ◽

Arnaldo Valdés ◽

Vidosavljevic ◽

Sanchez Cidoncha ◽

Zheng

Keyword(s):

Capacity Management ◽

Traffic Demand ◽

Horizon 2020 ◽

Dynamic Airspace Configuration ◽

Research And Innovation ◽

Management Processes ◽

Management Procedures ◽

Innovative Solutions ◽

Complexity Assessment

The most relevant SESAR 2020 solutions dealing with future Capacity Management processes are Dynamic Airspace Configuration (DAC) and Flight Centric ATC (FCA). Both concepts, DAC and FCA, rely on traffic flow complexity assessment. For this reason, complexity assessments processes, methods and metrics, become one of the main constraints to deal with the growing demand and increasing airspace capacity. The aim of this work is to identify the influence of trajectories’ uncertainty in the quality of the predictions of complexity of traffic demand and the effectiveness of Demand Capacity Balance (DCB) airspace management processes, in order to overcome the limitations of existing complexity assessment approaches to support Capacity Management processes in a Trajectory-Based Operations (TBO) environment. This paper presents research conducted within COTTON project, sponsored by the SESAR Joint Undertaking and EU’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program. The main objective is to deliver innovative solutions to maximize the performance of the Capacity Management procedures based on information in a TBO environment.

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RESPONSIBLE RESEARCH AND INNOVATION – A CONCEPTUAL CONTRIBUTION TO THEORY AND PRACTICE OF TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT

Verslas teorija ir praktika ◽

10.3846/btp.2019.32 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 20 (0) ◽

pp. 342-351 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Lukasz Nazarko

Keyword(s):

Scientific Literature ◽

Innovation Process ◽

Theory And Practice ◽

Responsible Research And Innovation ◽

The European Union ◽

Horizon 2020 ◽

Research And Innovation ◽

Societal Actors ◽

Innovation Project ◽

Responsible Research

The concept of Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) has become a popular term as a result of making it a cross-cutting theme for the Horizon 2020 Framework Programme of the European Union. RRI may be understood as a process by which societal actors and innovators become mutually responsive to each other with a view to the acceptability, sustainability and societal desirability of the innovation process and its products. The work presents a review of the state-of-art scientific literature on Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) together with a synthesis of theoretical and practical challenges faced by this new concept. Mapping of RRI dimensions and its theoretical assumptions is performed. Bibliometric analysis of the scientific literature on RRI is carried out. The analysis of RRI-related projects is conducted. The attempt is made to clarify what RRI means for an enterprise in practical terms and what makes an innovation project in an enterprise a responsible one. Finally, a proposal for a closer interchange between RRI and Technology Assessment discourses is made together with an argument for a more extensive use of future-oriented methods that increase epistemic horizons of an innovating organisation.

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Novel Process to Convert Wet and Dry Organic Feedstocks into 2nd Generation Biofuels: A Scientific Review of the Heat-to-Fuel Project

Proceedings ◽

10.3390/proceedings2020065013 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 65 (1) ◽

pp. 13

Author(s):

Laura Pérez ◽

Iván Aranda ◽

Tatiana Loureiro

Keyword(s):

Integrated System ◽

Biofuel Production ◽

Scientific Review ◽

Fully Integrated ◽

Horizon 2020 ◽

Main Research ◽

Novel Technologies ◽

2Nd Generation ◽

Research And Innovation ◽

Innovation Project

Heat-to-Fuel is a 48-month research and innovation project, funded under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 (EU H2020) Framework Program, which the main objective is to deliver the next generation of biofuel production technologies supporting the decarbonization of the transportation sector by integrating its novel technologies together with innovative activities on design, modeling, development of hardware and processes, testing and life cycle analysis of a fully integrated system. The Heat-to-Fuel concept consists of a biorefinery that combines hydrothermal liquefaction, aqueous phase reforming and Fischer–Tropsch processes to convert wet and solid organic wastes into 2nd generation biofuels with the highest efficiency. Having reached almost 75% of the Heat-to-Fuel project’s execution, a review on the main research outcomes and publications derived from the Heat-to-Fuel project activities are presented within this paper.

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Evaluating low-carbon effects of demand response from smart distribution grid

2012 3rd IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Europe (ISGT Europe) ◽

10.1109/isgteurope.2012.6465796 ◽

2012 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Tianrui Zhou ◽

Chongqing Kang ◽

Xinyu Chen ◽

Yue Wu ◽

Jianbo Xin

Keyword(s):

Demand Response ◽

Low Carbon ◽

Distribution Grid ◽

Smart Distribution Grid

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Inclusiveness, Equity, Consistency, and Flexibility as Guiding Criteria for Enabling Transdisciplinary Collaboration: Lessons From a European Project on Nature-Based Solutions and Urban Innovation

Frontiers in Climate ◽

10.3389/fclim.2021.630075 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 3 ◽

Author(s):

Claudia Basta ◽

Eva Kunseler ◽

Christine Wamsler ◽

Alexander van der Jagt ◽

Francesc Baró ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Monitoring And Evaluation ◽

Transdisciplinary Research ◽

Research Quality ◽

The European Union ◽

Horizon 2020 ◽

Evaluation Strategy ◽

Research And Innovation ◽

Research Programmes ◽

Innovation Project ◽

Multi Stakeholder

The structural research programmes of the European Union dedicated to advance the sustainability sciences are increasingly permeated by the notion of transdisciplinarity (TD). A growing body of literature residing at the intersection of research methodology and sustainability studies can guide researchers to adopt appropriate research approaches in their projects. However, how to implement the transdisciplinary approach in multidisciplinary and multi-stakeholder projects that develop in different countries for several years is still relatively undocumented. This study seeks to fill this gap by sharing the experience of a group of researchers and stakeholders involved in the Horizon 2020 research and innovation project Nature-Based Urban Innovation (NATURVATION). The article discusses the monitoring and evaluation strategy that employed four criteria of transdisciplinary research quality as “reflexive devices” to enable a systematic reporting on the project's most important collaborative activities. By examining how the four criteria captured transdisciplinary quality, new insights were produced for improving this monitoring and evaluation strategy for future transdisciplinary research, allowing a number of concrete recommendations to be formulated.

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Demand Response Integration tEchnologies: Unlocking the Demand Response Potential in the Distribution Grid

Proceedings ◽

10.3390/proceedings2151129 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 2 (15) ◽

pp. 1129 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Tatiana Loureiro ◽

Raymond Sterling ◽

Meritxell Vinyals

Keyword(s):

Demand Response ◽

Smart Grids ◽

Distribution Network ◽

Next Generation ◽

Distribution Grid ◽

Horizon 2020 ◽

The Way

DRIvE is a 36 months Horizon 2020 project which main objective is to unlock the Demand Response (DR) potential of residential and tertiary buildings in the distribution grid. DRIvE comprehensive platform can be seamlessly integrated with existing assets and buildings to achieve optimal operations in the next generation of Smart Grids, paving the way to a fully deployed DR market in the distribution network.

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The Role and Place of Private Companies Offering People and Property Protection Services in the Slovak Internal Security System

ASEJ Scientific Journal of Bielsko-Biala School of Finance and Law ◽

10.5604/01.3001.0012.4557 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 22 (2) ◽

pp. 10-19

Author(s):

Jacek Dworzecki

Keyword(s):

Slovak Republic ◽

Private Security ◽

Security System ◽

Private Companies ◽

Internal Security ◽

Horizon 2020 ◽

Security Industry ◽

Research And Innovation ◽

Private Security Companies ◽

Innovation Project

The paper discusses the role and place of private companies offering services related to people and property protection in the Slovak internal security system. The paper outlines the Slovak system of internal security, its institutions, entities and formations and presents organizational and legal basis for functioning of private security entities in the Slovak Republic. Additionally, the paper presents procedures of applying for a license which entitles the holder to start a business in the security sector and to perform tasks written down in the catalogue of services for private security industry. The text is completed with statistics related to the activities of private security companies with respect to security and public order in Slovakia. The paper was prepared as a part of a research and innovation project within operational project Horizon (2020-FCT-2015, No: 700688) Understand the Dimensions of Organized Crime and Terrorist Networks for Developing Effective and Efficient Security Solutions for First-line-practitioners and Professionals.

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Improving PV Resilience by Dynamic Reconfiguration in Distribution Grids: Problem Complexity and Computation Requirements

Energies ◽

10.3390/en14040830 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 14 (4) ◽

pp. 830

Author(s):

Filipe F. C. Silva ◽

Pedro M. S. Carvalho ◽

Luís A. F. M. Ferreira

Keyword(s):

Distributed Generation ◽

Optimal Solution ◽

Dynamic Reconfiguration ◽

Scheduling Problem ◽

Low Carbon ◽

Distribution Grid ◽

Medium Voltage ◽

Classical Computing ◽

The Impact ◽

Distribution Grids

The dissemination of low-carbon technologies, such as urban photovoltaic distributed generation, imposes new challenges to the operation of distribution grids. Distributed generation may introduce significant net-load asymmetries between feeders in the course of the day, resulting in higher losses. The dynamic reconfiguration of the grid could mitigate daily losses and be used to minimize or defer the need for network reinforcement. Yet, dynamic reconfiguration has to be carried out in near real-time in order to make use of the most updated load and generation forecast, this way maximizing operational benefits. Given the need to quickly find and update reconfiguration decisions, the computational complexity of the underlying optimal scheduling problem is studied in this paper. The problem is formulated and the impact of sub-optimal solutions is illustrated using a real medium-voltage distribution grid operated under a heavy generation scenario. The complexity of the scheduling problem is discussed to conclude that its optimal solution is infeasible in practical terms if relying upon classical computing. Quantum computing is finally proposed as a way to handle this kind of problem in the future.

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