The project addresses these themes by ensuring a system-wide approach, supporting institutions and technical regulations at both national and international levels to accelerate the development, testing, and deployment of the technologies necessary for the energy transition.
The project is structured around four research areas: new models, architectures, and control logic for the power system; flexibility of the power system; aggregation of distributed resources; and forecasting of generation and load. Additionally, the project includes close support for coordination and national and international regulation activities.
In 2021, the planned activities continued. Starting from the scenarios outlined in the latest edition of the National Energy Strategy (SEN) and to achieve the objectives proposed by the Integrated National Energy and Climate Plan (PNIEC), the activities allow for the evaluation of planning and operational alternatives, initiate the validation of operational methods for networks under normal and fault conditions, and improve observability, monitoring, and analysis of stability and power quality levels.
Mixed alternating current (AC) and direct current (DC) distribution networks, organized in microgrids, cells, or aggregates, were considered. The analysis of the roles of key players continued, including distributed resources, non-programmable renewable sources, pumped hydroelectric systems (including hybrid configurations), electrochemical storage systems, and active users, in the context of providing flexibility services to the grid, adequacy analysis for frequency regulation, and participation in balancing and dispatch services (MSD). To ensure the operation of the networks in these contexts, the development of new forecasting techniques for generation and load is necessary to define the development of energy management systems for networks in various configurations.
Finally, the document also summarizes participation in initiatives to accelerate innovation in the national electro-energy system, the definition of strategic plans and implementation of R&D at national and international levels (EERA, ISGAN, Mission Innovation), and activities related to technical standardization (CEI, CENELEC, IEC).