Recent R&D Trends in EU Smart Grid Technology

So far, the concept of construction of the EU transmission grid has remained in the traditional large-scale power plants to produce electricity to supply power to passive users through the transmission grid, but the sustained and rapid development of renewable energy requires that the EU transmission grid becomes more “intelligent” and thus avoids The grid is unstable or even collapses. The smart grid can better optimize resource allocation and energy conservation by taking measures to facilitate access to the transmission grid through renewable energy (such as wind energy and photovoltaic energy generation), maximizing the use of renewable energy resources, and interconnecting transformation of the transmission grid. Two-way networking with convenient power consumer users (sold their own extra power). Therefore, in order to intelligently reconstruct the traditional power transmission network, a series of complex designs, organizations, adjustments, and technical engineering are needed to adapt to the Power Supply and demand market. A large number of R&D and innovation activities are needed for the emerging cross-connected technologies to promote transmission and The distribution network is more stable, reliable and intelligent. This means that the application of information and communication technology (ICT) transmission grids needs to speed up the development process, such as sensors, digital instruments and equipment, automatic control technology and information transmission network technology.

The EU's Seventh R&D Framework Program (FP7) has increased funding support for smart grid technology R&D and application projects. The current R&D projects focus on the following three major areas:

1. Two-way connection technology between power consumer users and the transmission grid to meet the need of power users for two-way selection of transmission grid power supply and demand, strengthening the study of transmission grid management technology for indirect power generation, and developing compensation and incentive technologies for electric energy storage users .
2. Improve the energy efficiency technologies of the transmission grid, connect renewable energy sources to the transmission grid technologies, connect transmission technologies to a wider range of transmission grids (different electricity prices among the member power grids), and prioritize renewable energy cross-border exchange technologies for transmission grids.
3, ICT transmission grid application technology, new energy storage technology, clean coal technology and carbon capture and storage technology, urban, construction, transportation intelligence technology, electric vehicle charging facilities and fuel cell technology.