| Sub-Project name: | Efficient and secure ancillary services procurement considering national and cross-border capacities |
| Work package: | III. Safety of critical infrastructures |
| ID code: | TN01000024/14 |
| Duration: | 01/2019 – 12/2022 |
| Principal investigator: | doc. Ing. Eduard Janeček, CSc. (UWB Pilsen) |
| Participants: | Czech Technical University in Prague (CTU) – Czech Institute of Informatics, Robotics and Cybernetics (CIIRC) University of West Bohemia in Pilsen (UWB Pilsen) – New Technologies for the Information Society (NTIS) Institute of Thermomechanics CAS (IT CAS) ELEKTROTECHNIKA, a.s. |
| Results: | Tool set for efficient and secure cross-border ancillary services of processes and systems, R, 2020 Molten salt flow meter, R, 2021 Report on power systém reliability enhancement and flexibility provision, O, 2021 |
Abstract:
The energy sector is changing according to the technical, legal, market and environmental macroscopic trends and policies. Aside others, the volatility of power flows in the pan-european power network increases due to continuous penetration of renewable energy sources, which increase a need of sufficient volume of ancillary services. However conventional power plants providing ancillary services are smoothly closing and replacing by renewable energy sources, whose reduces volume of useable sources for available ancillary service needs. Reliable and secure operation of power networks in the light of these unprecedented changes stand for a highly challenging task.
Transmission system operators have to ensure a sufficient volume of ancillary services, which can be unavailable in their control areas under inauspicious conditions. In an ancillary services procurement process not only internal (i.e. national) resources need to be taken into account, but novel technologies ensuring sufficient volume of ancillary services have to be considered in this process.
This subproject focuses on the methodological integration of novel approaches and technologies into ancillary services procurement process.
Specialized analysis and studies focused on the generation and systems adequacy assess the readiness of a power system and generation resources to ensure secure and reliable power network operation. In this sub-project, current state of the art methodologies will be extended by the integration of novel technologies such as active energy storages, flexibility agregation, demand response mechanisms or utilization of advanced FACT devices controlling power flows. This approach focuses on the improvement of an efficiency of utilization ancillary services within its control area. Predictive algorithms and optimisation methods are applied in order to find optimal set of both proactive and operative measures. Every flexibility activation is validated against power network conditions to ensure smooth operation. For every measure both technical and financial characteristics are considered.
This project is supported by the Technology Agency of the Czech Republic within the programme National Centres of Competence 1: Support programme for applied research, experimental development and innovation.