ISGAN Library

Actor Group
Phase

Community Energy Meets Smart Grids: Reviewing Goals, Structure, and Roles in Virtual Power Plants in Ireland, Belgium and the Netherlands

Paper

Aspects addressed energy communities, VPP

Target audience: National/state government or energy policy makers; Local/regional government, DSO

The merits of becoming smart: How Flemish and Dutch energy communities mobilise digital technology to enhance their agency in the energy transition

Paper

Energy communities, ICT, interoperability.

Target audience: National/state government or energy policy makers; Local/regional government

Advanced methodology and tools taking advantage of storage and FLEXibility in transmission and distribution grid PLANning

Final summary of project activities, conclusions and recommendations

Regulatory conclusions and simulation tools of the FlexPlan project on the possible role of flexibility to displace grid investments.

Target audience: National/state government or energy policy makers

ANM4L

Projecy Key Messages

Toolbox for DSOs to evaluate various alternative grid development solutions for desicion support in grid development. Provides support for defining the company policy.

Target audience: DSO/Utility/Grid Owner

Network planning and decision making under uncertainty

Discussion Paper

How to handle uncertainty, complexity, new risks and threats? – New tools to compute the metrics / indicators /KPIs; Country specific solutions, Relevant projects and R&D outcomes.

Target audience: DSO/Utility/Grid Owner

Network planning and decision making under uncertainty

Policy Brief

How to handle uncertainty, complexity, new risks and threats? – New tools to compute the metrics / indicators /KPIs; Country specific solutions, Relevant projects and R&D outcomes.

Target audience: National/state government or energy policy makers

Smartgrideval tool

Cost Benefit Analysis tool including Multi criteria evaluation

Tool which aids decision-makers by enabling the comparison of various planning or technological alternatives. Additionally, this tool facilitates a comprehensive evaluation process by allowing the consideration of multiple perspectives to determine the most suitable decision.

Target audience: National/state government or energy policy makers; Local/regional government; DSO/Utility/Grid Owner

Factsheet on Flexibility Indicator Taxonomy

Fact Sheet

This factsheet provides a framework to identify and quantify flexibility potential across various customers who have flexible resources for utility planners and operators. As flexibility potential varies spatially and temporally, having a simplified methodology will be critical to understand the flexibility potential within different segments of the electric grid.

Target audience: National/state government or energy policy makers

Together We’re Smart! Flemish and Dutch Energy Communities

Paper

Energy communities, replication.

Target audience: National/state government or energy policy makers; Local/regional government

Is small beautiful? A framework for assessing decentralised electricity systems

Paper

Decentralization, social aspects.

Target audience: National/state government or energy policy makers; Local/regional government, DSO

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