Advanced Distribution Management Systems (ADSM) for more efficient and flexible distribution grids
- Funder
- European Commission · Horizon Europe
- Award amount
- Up to €9,500,000
- Deadline
- December 1, 2027
- Eligible countries
- European Union, United Kingdom, Norway, Iceland, Switzerland, Israel, Global
Summary
Forthcoming EU call topic HORIZON-CL5-2027-07-D3-26 · HORIZON Innovation Actions. Part of call HORIZON-CL5-2027-07: ENERGY. Opens 2027-08-04; next deadline 2027-12-01. Topic page: https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/topic-details/HORIZON-CL5-2027-07-D3-26
Expected Outcome: Project results are expected to contribute to all the following expected outcomes: - Enhanced reliability, resilience, controllability and efficiency of electricity distribution grids. Congestion in distribution grids is managed effectively; - Distribution system operators (DSO) leverage modern digital solutions and employ improved systems to effectively manage their grids and improve interoperability with TSOs and other DSOs; - Vendor-agnostic reference architectures, solutions and tools are developed to help advancing the ADSM design and operation and effectively manage a broad range of grid services.
Scope: Projects are expected to address all the following items: - Design and test innovative solutions, architectures, technologies and processes for advancing the way the ADSM are designed and operated; - Provide ADSM software platforms that improve grid performance, controllability, and help integrating distributed energy resources (DERs) in an efficient way, while reducing congestion and improving grid flexibility; - Advance forecasting solutions for energy supply, demand, and flexibility made available to the system operator; provide advanced analytics and visualisations; - Advance interoperability, both with TSOs and other DSOs, as well as with the DERs at the edge of the grid; - Leverage modern solutions, notably digital twins and artificial intelligence. Use security-by-design and advanced protection mechanisms against cyber threats. Use and/or develop, to the greatest extent possible, open-source software solutions and or software modules; - Develop a manual and propose best practices on this matter to be used by other DSOs (including…
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