On Scalability and Replicability of Smart Grid Projects—A Case Study
This paper studies the scalability and replicability of smart grid projects. Currently, most smart grid projects are still in the R&D or demonstration phases. The full roll-out of the tested solutions requires a suitable degree of scalability and replicability to prevent project demonstrator...
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| author | Lukas Sigrist Kristof May Andrei Morch Peter Verboven Pieter Vingerhoets Luis Rouco |
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| description | This paper studies the scalability and replicability of smart grid projects. Currently, most smart grid projects are still in the R&D or demonstration phases. The full roll-out of the tested solutions requires a suitable degree of scalability and replicability to prevent project demonstrators from remaining local experimental exercises. Scalability and replicability are the preliminary requisites to perform scaling-up and replication successfully; therefore, scalability and replicability allow for or at least reduce barriers for the growth and reuse of the results of project demonstrators. The paper proposes factors that influence and condition a project’s scalability and replicability. These factors involve technical, economic, regulatory and stakeholder acceptance related aspects, and they describe requirements for scalability and replicability. In order to assess and evaluate the identified scalability and replicability factors, data has been collected from European and national smart grid projects by means of a survey, reflecting the projects’ view and results. The evaluation of the factors allows quantifying the status quo of on-going projects with respect to the scalability and replicability, i.e., they provide a feedback on to what extent projects take into account these factors and on whether the projects’ results and solutions are actually scalable and replicable. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-43c6229102bc4edcbed4fe3ebe27dac22022-12-22T04:21:10ZengMDPI AGEnergies1996-10732016-03-019319510.3390/en9030195en9030195On Scalability and Replicability of Smart Grid Projects—A Case StudyLukas Sigrist0Kristof May1Andrei Morch2Peter Verboven3Pieter Vingerhoets4Luis Rouco5School of Engineering, ICAI of Universidad Pontificia Comillas, Alberto Aguilera 23, Madrid 28015, SpainDepartment of Electrical Engineering (ESAT) of KU Leuven, Kasteelpark Arenberg 10, Heverlee (PB2445) 3001, BelgiumSINTEF Energy Research, Sem Saelands vei 11, Trondheim NO-7465, NorwayVITO, Boeretang 200, 2400 Mol, BelgiumDepartment of Electrical Engineering (ESAT) of KU Leuven, Kasteelpark Arenberg 10, Heverlee (PB2445) 3001, BelgiumSchool of Engineering, ICAI of Universidad Pontificia Comillas, Alberto Aguilera 23, Madrid 28015, SpainThis paper studies the scalability and replicability of smart grid projects. Currently, most smart grid projects are still in the R&D or demonstration phases. The full roll-out of the tested solutions requires a suitable degree of scalability and replicability to prevent project demonstrators from remaining local experimental exercises. Scalability and replicability are the preliminary requisites to perform scaling-up and replication successfully; therefore, scalability and replicability allow for or at least reduce barriers for the growth and reuse of the results of project demonstrators. The paper proposes factors that influence and condition a project’s scalability and replicability. These factors involve technical, economic, regulatory and stakeholder acceptance related aspects, and they describe requirements for scalability and replicability. In order to assess and evaluate the identified scalability and replicability factors, data has been collected from European and national smart grid projects by means of a survey, reflecting the projects’ view and results. The evaluation of the factors allows quantifying the status quo of on-going projects with respect to the scalability and replicability, i.e., they provide a feedback on to what extent projects take into account these factors and on whether the projects’ results and solutions are actually scalable and replicable.http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/9/3/195smart gridscalabilityreplicability |
| spellingShingle | Lukas Sigrist Kristof May Andrei Morch Peter Verboven Pieter Vingerhoets Luis Rouco On Scalability and Replicability of Smart Grid Projects—A Case Study Energies smart grid scalability replicability |
| title | On Scalability and Replicability of Smart Grid Projects—A Case Study |
| title_full | On Scalability and Replicability of Smart Grid Projects—A Case Study |
| title_fullStr | On Scalability and Replicability of Smart Grid Projects—A Case Study |
| title_full_unstemmed | On Scalability and Replicability of Smart Grid Projects—A Case Study |
| title_short | On Scalability and Replicability of Smart Grid Projects—A Case Study |
| title_sort | on scalability and replicability of smart grid projects a case study |
| topic | smart grid scalability replicability |
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