Automated Demand Response System: Linking Customers and System Operators for Improving Energy Efficiency and Network’s Manageability – A Demonstration Project

Abstract

This paper describes the main progresses of the LISCOOL – LISbon COOL energy project. LISCOOL aims to implement and demonstrate the technical and economic feasibility of an Automated Demand Response System (ADRS). This project presents an innovative character as it provides a suitable solution for largescale deployment by leveraging the role of active consumers on electrical networks, who can support network operators on grid management and thus, effectively contributing to the transition towards Smart Grids paradigm. This paper includes a detailed architecture of the LISCOOL project and some of the simulated results are highlighted. LISCOOL has been designed to allow the integration of different types of assets and end-users as this solution has been endowed with the OpenADR 2.0 b protocol, enabling, among others, high standards of interoperability between systems and devices. The adequacy of this project will be assessed over a three year timespan using two demonstration sites, where it was installed both flexible resources (Air Conditioning systems with cold storage tanks) and renewable energy resources (PV panels).