ISGAN leads international knowledge exchange on regulatory sandboxes
Webinar: Advanced weather forecasting for RES applications: Smart4RES developments towards high-resolution and Numerical Weather Prediction solutions to improve RES forecasting models
23 Mar. 2021 12:30 CET This 3rd Smart4RES webinar will address technological and market challenges in RES prediction and will introduce the Smart4RES strategy to improve weather forecasting models with high resolution.
Through wind and solar applications, Innovative Numerical Weather Prediction and Large-Eddy Simulation approaches will be presented.
Webinar: Innovative solutions for increased regional cross-border cooperation in the transmission grid: the FARCROSS project
1 Mar. 2021 12:30 CET- The webinar will provide insight into the FARCROSS Horizon 2020 EU research project. Driven by recent development in EU internal market for electricity regulation, increased cooperation is key element for improving the interconnectors’ utilization and market harmonization. FARCROSS project looks into these challenges and promotes integrated hardware and software solutions in 5 pilot demonstrators across 8 European countries.
ISGAN launches a new Annex: Flexibility Market Development and Implementation
After the last ISGAN Ex.Co. it was decided to start a new annex: “Annex 9: Flexibility Markets- development and implementation” dedicated to all aspects of market design for power system flexibility.
New initiative to advance policy development on regulatory sandboxes
The objective of the project is to facilitate a structured and learning-focused knowledge exchange on sandbox programs and similar measures of regulatory experimenting in different countries.
21st Meeting of the Executive Committee (ExCo)
The 21st Meeting of the Executive Committee (ExCo) of the International Smart Grid Action Network (ISGAN) will take place March 16th-18th, 2021 as a virtual meeting.
CEM12/MI6 will be in the week commencing 31 May 2021
Call for tender for Executive Committee Operating Agent and Secretariat of the International Smart Grids Action Network
The Executive Committee of the International Energy Agency Technology Collaboration Programme for a Co-operative Programme on Smart Grids (ISGAN – International Smart Grids Action Network) launches a call for tender to serve as ISGAN Executive Committee Operating Agent and Secretariat (ISGAN OA/Secretariat). The document contains an introduction to the ISGAN activities, the proposed content, the eligibility and selection criteria, the terms and conditions, and the terms of reference for the position.
Smart5Grid kickoff meeting
The project will investigate the implementation of 5G connectivity in Energy sector, by developing 4 demonstrators in Italy, Spain, Bulgaria and Greece, for testing different applications in energy industry and Smart Grids. Besides that, the project will also develop a framework to facilitate the development of NetAPPs, fostering the access to new markets for SMEs.
Capturing Flexibility in Local Energy Systems Workshop
Canada, with ISGAN Annex 6, is hosting a public workshop titled “Capturing flexibility from local energy systems,” inviting participants to explore the role distributed energy resources (loads, storage devices, and small generation) will have in a deeply decarbonised, next generation smart grid.