DEMONSTRATION AND TEST

July 2009 - September 2011

Actions

• pilot implementation:
  field partners implement core technology and business models

• functional evaluation:
  field partners, together with R&D ones, assess operational capability of the implemented prototypes and pilot modules

• socio-economical evaluation:
  field partners and communication ones will assess acceptance of VPS solutions by power providers, users, decision makers and finance partners

• Expected results
  Functioning prototype VPS elements:
  - Allgäu: 10 RES production facilities, 100 consumers (incl. heat pumps) linked to centrally controlled VPS; VPS modules as part of 100% RES municipality
  - Rhone Alpes: smart meters in 20 households and enterprises; study on RES supply
  - Gorenjska: smart meters in 100 households and 20 enterprises
  - Mantova: 4 renewable energy plants linked to VPS on national grid
  - Regione Valle d’Aosta: smart meters in 50 houses and implementation of a micro
    grid in 1 small village (meters and interpretation of data)
  - Consorzio BIM Piave Belluno: 5 RES power plants connected to the national electrical grid involving, in a VPS, different municipalities utilities (charge  load). Implementation of the hardware and managing software, including prevision of the consumption algorithms. 
  
  

• progress reports about implementation, possible delays or non realisation

• descriptions of technical and business solutions and ready-to-use hardware, software and orgware modules for followers

• study on the socio-economical effects

• study on the viability of VPS models and effects on the sustainability and spatial development