Challenges, Innovative Architectures and Control Strategies for Future Networks: The Web-of-Cells, Fractal Grids and Other Concepts

Georges Kariniotakis (1) , Luciano Martini (2) , Chris Caerts (3) , Helfried Brunner (4) , Nicolas Retière (5)

1 PERSEE - Centre Procédés, Énergies Renouvelables, Systèmes Énergétiques
2 Ricerca sul Sistema Energetico- RSE
3 VITO - Flemish Institute for Technological Research
4 AIT - Austrian Institute of Technology [Vienna]
5 G2ELab - Laboratoire de Génie Electrique de Grenoble

The large-scale deployment of distributed generation including intermittent renewable energy sources introduces several challenges to power systems operation and planning. Although power systems often evolve in a fairly incremental way to meet these challenges, the ambitious objectives for RES development in the next decades (2030-2050), together with the deployment of storage options and active demand, indicate that a more essential paradigm change shift may be required. This paper presents the future challenges and the state of the art of research works that study new concepts for the power systems of the future, with a particular focus on the Web-of-Cells concept, multi-microgrids, the fractal grid approach and autonomic power systems.

Mots clés: Power system; Microgrid; distributed generation; power system planning; renewable energy sources; active demand; RES development; storage options; intermittent renewable energy sources; large-scale deployment; control strategies; Web-of-Cells; fractal grids; power systems operation

Domaines: Energie électrique

Georges Kariniotakis, Luciano Martini, Chris Caerts, Helfried Brunner, Nicolas Retière. Challenges, Innovative Architectures and Control Strategies for Future Networks: The Web-of-Cells, Fractal Grids and Other Concepts. CIRED 2017 - 24th International Conference on Electricity Distribution, Jun 2017, Glascow, United Kingdom. pp.2149 - 2152, ⟨10.1049/oap-cired.2017.1287⟩. ⟨hal-01518368⟩