Local Flexibility Market
The Local Flexibility Market is a multiplatform system that involves the distributed energy resources connected to the distribution system, to provide flexibility services to system operators and solve grid issues. Customers, through the aggregator, can actively participate by offering their own flexibility services, resulting in economic benefits from their activities.
Main target group
TSOs, DSOs, Aggregators, DERs owner, flexibility service providers
Technology Readiness Level
TRL 3 - Experimental proof of concept
License type
Guideline and a tool to help with APIs between different solution within the Platone Framework
Customization / Functions/ Special Terms
Compatible to DSO Technical Platform as main system for evaluation. This is customized according to needs. Creation of market is possible. Activating flex through developed devices.
Services provided
The Local Flexibility market is composed of a variety of services.
Documentation
Delivering of technology:
Contact
areti SpAPiazzale Ostiense 2, 00154 Roma
www.areti.it
Further Developments
Follow-up projects are already using the solution:
RomeFlex:
areti.it/progetto-romeflex
Flow - Flexible energy systems Leveraging the Optimal integration of EVs deployment Wave (Horizon Europe project):
h2020-flow.eu
BeFlexible (Horizon Europe project):
beflexible.eu
Further information
Study Tour for the Italian Demonstration
Platone as Pioneer for Local Flexibility Markets in Rome
Interview with:
Ing. Gabriele Fedele
Engineering and Development at areti
Interviewer: Gabriele Fedele, the Local Flexibility Market is one of the key results of the Platone project whose development was coordinated by the consortium partner areti. Let´s assume I am the responsible person of a Distribution System Operator operational control room in a metropolitan area. I have the concrete problem of being able to level out peak power consumption especially in the summer period, possibly maximizing the utilization of distributed energy resource (DER) considering the issues related to the construction of new grid sections (permits). Might the Local Flexibility Market be of interest for this challenge?
Gabriele Fedele: Yes, we have just the appropriate solution for this challenge. In the Platone project we have developed a Local Flexibility Market where DSOs can directly engage DERs in order to solve congestion on the grid.
Gabriele Fedele: Inside the Local Flexibility Market there is a DSO Technical Platform that is able to determine which will be the possible congestions in the short term through forecast algorithms. This DSO Technical Platform was developed within the Platone project as well and is one of the key project results.
Interviewer: Once congestion is identified, how can the DSO identify which resources to activate in order to resolve it?
Gabriele Fedele: Within the LFM there is a market platform that cross-references the demands expressed by the distributors with the bids from DERs aggregated by a balancing service providers.
Interviewer: How can the DSO be sure that the commercially selected resources can actually solve the congestion and not cause other problems on the grid?
Interviewer: How can the DSO activate the resources it needs to solve the congestion?
Gabriele Fedele: The DSO TP has a communication channel with the Light Nodes.
Interviewer: Is there a function for storing flexibility data?
Gabriele Fedele: Yes, within the LFM there is a database accessible to all stakeholders involved.
Interviewer: How much does it cost to make this service available?
Gabriele Fedele: There is a settlement mechanism implemented in the marketplace.
Interviewer: It seems that this would be the solution for the need of that responsible person of the Distribution System Operator operational control room in a metropolitan area. But how could this actor be part of this?
Gabriele Fedele: We have developed interfaces for data exchange between your Asset Description Metadata Schema (ADMS) and Platone's LFM platforms.
Interviewer: In case a DSO would successfully have implemented and tested the solution and is convinced. How could the DSO ensure further development of the tool internally as well as better understanding of such processes in general within its organization?
Gabriele Fedele: The department could sign a support contract that includes training sessions and stand-by support.