Project objectives
 4 main objectives
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Increase MV/LV PV integration thanks to a “Network Energy Manager”
Study and model customers response
Operate a pocket of LV network on an Islanding mode
Study business models
 2 key features
– Project based on ERDF Linky smart meter architecture
– 3 levels of electricity storage
Nice Grid Facts and Figures
Site description
 Carros located in Southern France, in an “electrical
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peninsula”
10 500 inhabitants, with residential and industrial areas
Already 1,8 MWp of solar PV
Single 400 kV line supplying the area
88 secondary substations
20 MW peak load
AVIGNON
CARROS
NICE
400 kV line
MARSEILLE
TOULON
Use cases
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Optimize massive PV integration in the distribution grid
Test islanding within a low voltage district
Test 3.5 MW load shedding within the city of Carros
Incentivize prosumer behavior
Nice Grid Use Cases on a map
PV Area
550 Linky clients
150 kWp installed
Islanding area
12 Industrial clients
420 kWp installed
Customer Behavior :
2600 Linky clients
Cailletiers
Pesquier
Colombie
Rosemarines
Battery
locations
Lou Souleou
Plaine 1
Docks Trachel
Flexible Load Management
Power
PV generation
Consumption
 Traditional
Generation / Consumption
curves
Load shifting
Power
Time
 Generation / Consumption
curves with flexible load
management
Flexibilities
- +
Time
Nice Grid Batteries
Sept. 2014
4 kW / 4 kWh
1 MW / 560 kWh
Dec. 2013
33 kW / 106kWh
Oct. 2014
250 kW / 620 kWh
Nov. 2014
Nice Grid Architecture
FLEXIBILITY REQUESTS
OPTIMIZATION AND
MANAGEMENT
BIDS
AGREGATOR
B2B
TRANSMISSION SYSTEM
OPERATOR DEMAND
RESPONSE REQUESTS
NETWORK ENERGY
MANAGER (NEM)
AGREGATOR
B2C
CONSUMPTION
FORECASTS D1
NETWORK
AGREGATOR
GENERATION
FORECASTS
D-1
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Load shifting
Average power consumption and generation
in Watts
3000
 +2300 Wh
consumption per client
between 12 PM and 4 PM
2500
 - 1000 Wh
2000
consumption per client on
previous off-peak block
(no electrical boiler start)
1500
 -1100Wh
1000
consumption during onpeak time (appliances
shifting)
500
0
00:00 01:30 03:00 04:30 06:00 07:30 09:00 10:30 12:00 13:30 15:00 16:30 18:00 19:30 21:00 22:30
Average power consumption on 21 clients with solar off-peak hours
Average reference power consumption for the 21 clients
Average PV generation for 40 PV generators
Source: ERDF, EDF R&D
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 +200Wh
consumption in total per
client
The Nice Grid Consortium
 Leaders
 Participants
 Academics, R&D
 Sponsors, Local Authorities