Published September 13, 2022 | Version v1
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ICT architectures for TSO-DSO coordination and data exchange: a European perspective

  • 1. Universidad Pontificia Comillas
  • 2. Engineering Ingegneria Informatica S.p.A.
  • 3. Elering AS
  • 4. Institute for Information Technology,
  • 5. TECNALIA

Description

The coordination between system operators is a key element for the decarbonization of the power system. Over the past few years, many EU-funded research projects have addressed the challenges of Transmission System Operators (TSO) and Distribution System Operators (DSO) coordination by implementing different data exchange architectures. This paper presents a review of the ICT architectures implemented for the main coordination schemes demonstrated in such projects. The main used technologies are analyzed, considering the type of data exchanged and the communication link. Finally, the paper presents the different gaps and challenges on TSO-DSO coordination related to ICT architectures that must still be faced, paying especial attention to the expected contribution of the EU-funded OneNet project on this topic.

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Funding

EU-SysFlex – Pan-European system with an efficient coordinated use of flexibilities for the integration of a large share of RES 773505
European Commission
SmartNet – Smart TSO-DSO interaction schemes, market architectures and ICT Solutions for the integration of ancillary services from demand side management and distributed generation 691405
European Commission
CoordiNet – Large scale campaigns to demonstrate how TSO-DSO shall act in a coordinated manner to procure grid services in the most reliable and efficient way 824414
European Commission
INTERRFACE – TSO-DSO-Consumer INTERFACE aRchitecture to provide innovative grid services for an efficient power system 824330
European Commission
TDX-ASSIST – Coordination of Transmission and Distribution data eXchanges for renewables integration in the European marketplace through Advanced, Scalable and Secure ICT Systems and Tools 774500
European Commission
OneNet – One Network for Europe 957739
European Commission