Microgrids offer distinct advantages to customers and utilities, i.e. improved energy efficiency, minimisation of overall energy consumption, reduced environmental impact, improvement of reliability, network operational benefits and more cost efficient electricity infrastructure replacement. The STREP More Microgrids aims at the increase of penetration of microgeneration in the networks through the exploitation and extension of the Microgrids concept, involving the investigation and field trials of alternative microgenerator control strategies, energy storage and alternative network designs, development of new tools for multi-microgrids management operation (involving DSM architectures) and standardisation of technical and commercial protocols and hardware at regional, national and projected EU level.