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“PV LEGAL” becomes “PV GRID”
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Project PV GRID officially started in May 2012 While PV LEGAL focused on pointing out legal and administrative barriers that are faced by planners and installers of PV systems, PV GRID will focus on technical aspects that hamper the large-scale integration of PV electricity into the distribution grids. The website of PV GRID will be opened in the summer 2012. DERlab's participation >>> |
Call for papers on Hardware-in-the-loop testing
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Submission of papers until 15th June 2012 The DER Journal special issue on Hardware-in-the-loop welcomes papers from scientists using and developing HIL approaches. The issue will be published in autumn 2012 and distributed widely in topic-related events, e.g. during the Integration of Renewable and Distributed Energy Resources Conference in Berlin in December 2012. Download the call for papers >>> [193 KB] |
Job offer: Scientist in grid integration of distributed energy resources
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DERlab is looking for a scientist to work in the field of grid integration of photovoltaic systems. Applications can be sent to diana.craciun( at)der-lab.net. Read more >>> |
Hardware-in-the-Loop Workshop in Athens
| A workshop for DERlab and DERri took place in April in the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) laboratory. Research activity around Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) of DERri project targets to define a comprehensive simulation environment for power systems, distributed generators and protection and control equipment.Workshop material is available in the DERlab Intranet (for DERlab members). |
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Article in the PV International journal on harmonised PV testing procedures
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DERlab office, NTUA, CRES and Sandia National Laboratories wrote an article on the DERlab technical guidelines on long-term photovoltaic outdoor tests in the 15th issue of PV International journal. Read article >>> |
Looking for the right kind of DER facility to carry out your experiments?
Send your project application for DERri TA until 30th of June
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Over 20 user projects have already been completed using Distributed Energy Resources Research Infrastructures (DERri) Transnational Access (TA). DERri is a unique opportunity for European research groups to supplement their ongoing research. The available testing facilities and infrastructures are described on www.der-ri.net. |
DERlab releases the European White Book on Grid-Connected Storage
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The newly published DERlab European White Book on Grid-Connected Storage examines the fundamental functions and duties of energy storage systems. The book has its special focus on storage systems as seen from the grid and gives clarification, among other things, to interconnection issues, economical aspects and testing procedures. External contribution was invited during several public workshops within recent years, e. g. at the IRES conference. Photo: CEA-INES |
IRED 2012 - Call for papers
5th International Conference on Integration of Renewable Energy and Distributed Energy Resources
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The IRED 2012 conference will be held from the 4th to 6th of December 2012 in the MARITIM proArte Hotel Berlin, Berlin, Germany. IRED 2012 will focus on the latest technical, market and policy aspects related to integration of renewable and distributed energy resources and smart grids through the plenary sessions. |
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Deadline for the submission of abstracts: June 11th, 2012 [more] |
DERlab's technical liaison with CENELEC TC 8X
CENELEC Technical Board welcomes DERlab as an official “Technical Liaison Partner” within the CLC/TC 8X committee (System aspects of electrical energy supply) in 2011.
CENELEC is the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardisation and is responsible for standardisation in the electrotechnical engineering field. CENELEC prepares voluntary standards, which helps to enhance European excellence in the area of electrotechnical standardisation.
The scope of the CLC/TC 8X technical body is to prepare the necessary standards framework and coordinate the development, in cooperation with other TC/SCs, of CENELEC standards needed to facilitate the functioning of electricity supply systems in open markets. DERlab contributed actively to the recent European standard EN 50438 “Requirements for the connection of micro generators in parallel with public low voltage distribution networks”.
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