A study of Model Predictive Control applied to the French Demo of InterFlex

Abstract

In the course of the 2020 Horizon project InterFlex, French distribution system operator (DSO) ENEDIS is building Nice Smart Valley, a demonstrator to test innovative solutions for distribution systems. In their first use case, the network of the Lérins’ islands is equipped with a variety of distributed energy resources (DERs) to investigate the combination of local storage systems and renewable generation, with specific focus on the temporary operation as a fully autonomous island. This paper presents the application of a previously developed model predictive control (MPC) based energy management system (EMS) to the demonstrator network under construction. Simulations show how the DERs can be used for different objectives like collective self-consumption and maximization of potential islanding time (PIT).