Flexibility and stakeholder interaction questionnaire
ISGAN invites you to take part in our survey on flexibility in the power system until 30th of September.
2020 ISGAN Annual Report
A particular challenge encountered during 2020 was to ensure that ISGAN continued to work successfully together as a network, despite the many challenges encountered during the COVID-19 pandemic. Amongst
many issues, this made the familiar ways of working simply impossible and new approaches had to be found. The overall success of ISGAN activites in 2020 reflects the network ability to manage and operate despite
these great challenges, testifying the strengths and cohesion of this TCP.
ISGAN leads international knowledge exchange on regulatory sandboxes
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.
Lessons learned from international projects on TSO-DSO interaction
Annex 6 presents the lessons learned from international projects on TSO-DSO interaction.
2019 ISGAN Annual Report
The Annual Report 2019 provides an overview of ISGAN’s ongoing research activities and main achievements towards Smart Grid development and deployment to ensure a reliable, economically competitive and environmentally sustainable electricity system as the cornerstone of a modern society.
Online workshop “Testing Methods and Certification Protocols”
IEA-ISGAN invites you to the online seminar on “Testing Methods and Certification Protocols”, which will take place on October 15th, 2020.
The “Smart Grid International Research Facility Network – SIRFN” is a sub-programme of the “International Smart Grid Action Network – ISGAN” and will present its advanced work on testing and validation of Smart Grid systems. The online seminar will include automated testing of distributed generators, holistic validation considerations of energy systems, validations procedures of Microgrid functions and modern laboratory testing technologies.
Webinar: FlexPlan project
Storage and flexible exercise of big industrial and tertiary loads can be an alternative to plan the build-up of new lines. However, a new methodology is necessary in order to assess the best grid planning strategy, in term of an analysis of techno-economic optimum in the system perspective.
There are strong regulatory signals prompting European system operators to consider flexible resources as a new important active subject in the grid expansion planning process for the system operators. Despite considerable efforts from ENTSO-E to develop common methodologic principles, there are still several missing elements in the puzzle. On some issues there is a clear disagreement between TSOs and DSOs, like for example costs allocation principles.
Regarding the evolution of roles and responsibilities, in a 10-20 years’ timeframe it is likely that TSOs will remain responsible for system balancing and congestion management in their respective networks, while DSOs will be allowed to deal with congestion in their own distribution network. Meanwhile the European Commission has started the formalisation process of several new business actors, including so-called Citizens Energy Communities. The introduction of these new actors could change the landscape and roles/procedures applied both in the planning and in the operation phases.