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SET-PLAN IMPLEMENTATION
The Steering Group of the SET-Plan in its last meeting on October 28th, 2010 agreed to speed-up the
execution of activities of the Implementation Plans(IPs) of the European Industrial Initiatives (EIIs).It was
decided to collectively identify the possibilities for launching joint actions between MemberStates and/or
MemberStates and the European Commission.
The mapping exercise carried out through this questionnaire builds upon this decision of the Steering
Group. It aims to identify topics for leveraging best ongoing efforts with complementary joint actions, as
prioritized by the Implementation Plans. In this phase the mapping will focus on projects and activities with
a total budget higher than 1 M€.
We trust that you also consider the success of this exerciseimportant for the immediate implementation of
the SET-Plan.
MAPPING OF
PROJECTS, ACTIVITIES, RESOURCES ANDINVESTMENTS
To which EII(s) is your project, activity, resource or investment relevant?(multiple choicesare possible)
WIND
SOLAR
GRIDS
CCS
NUCLEAR
BIOENERGY
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A. PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES
GENERAL INFORMATION
Name of project:
Local Intelligent Networks and Energy Active
Regions
Acronym:
LINEAR
Give project acronym, if applicable
Location:
Applicable only for demo/pilot project;enter
specific location(s) andMemberState(s)
Flanders, Belgium
Project partners:
R&D: VITO, KUL, IBBT, IMEC.
Industry: Eandis, Infrax, Alcatel-Lucent, Telenet,
Belgacom, Laborelec, Fifthplay, SPE-Luminus, Sony,
Siemens.
List project partners; name coordinator first. For
European & international projectsmention the
country affiliation of each partner
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Project website:
www.linear-smartgrid.be
Contact details:
Eefje Peeters – VITO
Eefje.peeters@vito.be tel: +32-(0)14-335923
Name, affiliation and contact details ofthe project
coordinator
Start date:
mm-yyyy
Duration:
in months
01/05/2009
60 months
SHORT PROJECT DESCRIPTION
LINEAR is a large scale project about intelligent energy networks in Flanders. It wants to initiate the first step in
the transition towards sustainable energy supply in Flanders by means of developing and studying smart distribution
grids, where energy demand and supply is actively balanced through intelligent control and storage means.
PROJECT GOALS & OBJECTIVES
Goals:
Indicate main qualitative goals
Objectives:
Indicate quantitative objectives (similar to KPIs
of the IPs of the EIIs). Also indicate intermediate
milestones where applicable.
1. Implementation breakthrough via pilot projects
2. Define development needs → technologyinnovation via additional projects
3. Unique research infrastructure for smart
networks in Flanders:
- Laboratory infrastructure
- Residential test site - VPP
1. Obtain knowledge concerning the consumption
and production profiles in small regions, with a
focus on intelligent demand control.
2. Work out the needs which stimulate users to
participate actively in demand side management:
identification of the barriers and formulation of
solutions which take the technical, social and
economic aspects into account.
3. Propose concrete concepts to match energy
demand and supply intelligently, taking into
account:
1. The flexibility of the users
2. The flexibility of the local producers, in
combination with storage systems
3. Grid operation
4. Communication aspects
5. The integration of energy demand
concerning mobility
6. Possible control strategies
7. E-market
4. A large scale pilot project will be realized with
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an emphasis on the residential function (but also
combined with other building functions)
5. A virtual power plant (VPP) will be realized,
containing a combination of primarily
(industrial) distributed production and demand
units (geographically dispersed).
PERFORMANCE OF THE PROJECT
Assumed state-of-the-art:
Describe quantitatively the state-of-the-art that
the project objectives are based upon
Achievements so far:
If intermediate results are available, please
indicate the current achievements (qualitative
and/or quantitative)
“Intelligent” prototype household and heating
applications are being developed, in conjunction with
advanced ICT based energy management systems.
Fase 1 of fieldtests ongoing at 30 selected
households with total duration of 24months.
Fase 2 of fieldtests currently in recruitment stage, 90
households to participate for duration of 24months.
Difficulties and potential risks:
Indicate briefly problems encountered or to be
encountered in the short term (e. g. overall
legislative context, public acceptance, permitting,
etc.)
Technical performance prototypes, user privacy
concerns, active user household participation.
FUNDING & BUDGET
Funding programme:
Give the name of funding programme
Funding public entity:
SBO
Indicate which public entity is in charge of
/manages the programme
IWT – Flemish Government
Total (public & private) project budget
(€):
About 40M€
Public funding (€):
9,5 M€
Total effort (person-months)
DISSEMINATION OF PROJECT RESULTS
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Publications, presentations in conferences and workshops, and other dissemination means:
Market-Based Demand-Side Integration in a Domestic Domain
Techno-economical and life expectancy modelling of battery energy storage systems
Exploring the flexibility potential of residential heat pumps for smart grids
Analysis of heat and electricity production profiles for combination with energy storage
TOWARDS COMMERCIALISATION
Indicate (new) products and/or services expected from the project. Are new business models
required for commercialisation of the project results?
Highlight expected commercialisation benefits, e.g. patents, spin-offs, new products, business partnerships
Most likely, but the project is currently in its early phase of validation of research concepts.
According to obtained results at later phases in the project, potential new business models might
be defined towards commercialisation of project results.
SYNERGIES WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION PLANS OF THE EUROPEAN
INDUSTRIAL INITIATIVES – NETWORKING – KNOWLEDGE SHARING
Contribution to/Relevance with the IPs: To your opinion, to which activities of the IPs of the EIIs
is this project related to? Indicate contributions/ complements.
Please note that reference here is made to the activities of the IPs as published
inhttp://setis.ec.europa.eu/activities/implementation-plans
The LINEAR project is directly complementing the EII’s IP ofElectricity Grid European
Industrial Initiative Implementation Plan, but with contributions withinregion of Flanders,
Belgium.
Potential synergies with other projects and activities: Can you identify any other project(s) in
your country, another MS or at European level that could be synergetic with this project?
PWO-project (KHLim, Belgium), Flexines (GanzeHogeschool, Netherlands), ADDRESS
(Europe).
Networking:Would you be willing to share results with the projects identified above?
Indicate willingness to networking and also potential conditions
Yes, depending on the conditions
Knowledge sharing: Would the abovementioned Networking necessitate a formal knowledge
sharing agreement? To your view would this be the preferred route?
Yes.
Future steps: Are there any follow-up activities considered after the completion of your project?
Is there a need to scale up activities in this topic at European level?
Yes, in the framework of smart cities and the objective to go to a CO2 neutral energy supply,
there is a clear need to continue testing and to make use of cities and regions as being “living
labs”
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B.RESOURCES AND INVESTMENTS
RESOURCES AND INVESTMENTS
Describe in short any RD&D infrastructures that your project relies on. Are these available or do
they need to be developed?
VITO/KUL/IBBT/IMEC, laboratory real time field test simulation with validation of product
development: ICT system server aggregator, gateways for wireless consumer applications control,
smart energy metering, smart household application and heating devices, Data server&
management, photovoltaic and energy storage capacity cells.Partly available, partly to be
developed in the framework of Linear
If these are to be developed, what is the corresponding investment required? What is the allocated
budget (€) for this investment in your project?
KUL: 250k€, VITO: 250k€, IBBT: 120k€, IMEC: 860k€
OTHER INFORMATION
Date:
when the questionnaire was completed
Information provider:
Give the name and affiliation of the contact person for
the questionnaire. If you are the project coordinator,
check the box
08/02/2011
Dimitris Athanasiadis, K.U.Leuven
project coordinator
Please send the completed form toset-plan-secretariat@ec.europa.eupreferably by FEBRUARY
15.
Thank you for your cooperation!
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