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Recommendations of the SmartGrids ICT Consultation Group to the European Commission
Table 1: Clustering and Prioritisation of Recommendations
ICT Areas 6 ICT Recommendations for Investments to Reach Energy savings of 20% by 2020
I. ICT Studies, Business Cases, Surveys, Project Best Practices, Go-to-market Required
European-funded project: build a European standard business case for smart metering
ICT for smart energy comprising best practices from existing projects
consumption processes Library of case studies across diversity of business customers (schools, grocery, stores, retail stores,
private sector office buildings, warehouses, etc.) to bring more visibility to utilities about demand
response (EU project)
ICT for smart small and medium users Assistance in developing energy management capabilities for end users
behaviour management Create ICT-enabled energy efficiency standard indicators
Comprehensive survey of European demand–response pilots (EU survey)
II. Customer Communications (Smart Metering)
European regulation:
ICT for smart large users Time-of-use metering and billing (real consumption) mandatory in Europe
behaviour management Large-scale penetration of smart metering to reach 100% penetration in 2015
Incentives for investments
Standardisation:
ICT for generation and grid European harmonisation and standardisation group to be set up: interoperability open standards between
infrastructure readiness metering suppliers and end-to-end from customers to utilities
Telecom and utilities
Set up joint co-operation between utilities telecommunications
Set up up a publicly available infrastructure for smart metering (European project)
III. Demand Side and Demand Response Management and Realtime Pricing
Standardisation:
Automated demand–response communication standards for commercial and industrial buildings
Incentives:
Develop innovative incentives and business models to share benefits on demand–response across
various stakeholders
Research and development:
Technical feasibility of distributed, autonomous load control
ICT for breakthrough IV. Home Energy Controlling Box (Internet box)
industry transformation Collecting realtime consumption of household appliances and connected to the smart meters (European project)
V. ‘Loss Free’ and Readiness of Infrastructure Network to Connect Large-scale DG and RES
European project: Research innovative technologies for minimising network losses and improving network stability
European project: large-scale connection of DG and RES to the grid by 2020 (considering 20–50% renewable
capacity connected to the grid)
VI. ICT readiness for ‘Mobile Electricity Consumers’ (e.g. Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle)
Regulation
Promote the advancement of commercial plug-in hybrid electric vehicles
Promote renewable energy programmes around cars
Push the creation of time-of-use rate plans as incentive for plug-in hybrid electric vehicles
Change the regulatory framework to allow pan-European ubiquitous micropayments and engage telecoms
and banking
investments in demand-side management, demand response investments in ICT readiness for ‘mobile electricity consumers’ (e.g.
management and realtime pricing as key processes for peak load plug-in hybrid electrical vehicles that will become customers of
shaving and energy efficiency; electrical distributors rather than oil companies or any electrical
investments in home energy controlling box Internet box that could charging of mobile devices).
be linked to smart meters or directly to the distributor or retailer)
that will collect from smart household appliances the realtime By implementing these recommendations, we estimate significant
energy consumption and will automatically advise consumers about benefits will be achieved, depending on the stage of each EU country and
how to consume less; success in combining smart processes (such as demand response) and
smart technologies (such as smart meters). Expected reductions include:
A combination of demand
peak load shaving: up to 50%;
response enabled by smart
consumer energy consumption reduction: up to 25%; and
network losses reduction: up to 50%. n
metering and distributed
generation reduced peak
Acknowledgements
Contributors to the study include the following: from industry
distribution loads by 50% for
SAP (Co-Chair), Accenture Technology Labs, Alcatel Lucent,
days on end.
BOOZ & Company GmbH, IBM, IDC Energy Insight, Infineon Technologies,
KEMA, Siemens; from broader business associations European Utilities
Telecom Council (Co-Chair), Eurelectric, European Renewable Energy
investments in ‘loss free’ and readiness of infrastructure networks Council, European Centre for Power Electronics, CIRED; from research
to connect a large scale of distributed generation and renewable centres Enersearch, Cesi Ricerca SpA; and from the European Commission
energy sources (share of 20% by 2020); and INFSO, ENV, Joint Research Centre, RTD.
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