Chips JU - Electronic Components and Systems for flexible, coordinated and resilient Distributed Renewable Energy Systems (ECS4DRES)

The transformation of the energy system in Europe needs further acceleration to meet the European Green Deal targets. Reducing dependence on fossil fuels is a measure which becomes even more urgent with the current shortage of supply. In this context, ECS4DRES targets the ambitious objective of pursuing flexible, coordinated, and resilient distributed energy systems, developing several innovation streams aiming at solutions that seamlessly plug into existing installations, unload the distribution grid and locally balance electricity generated from renewable sources including hydrogen, energy storage systems and electrical loads.

ECS4DRES will also strengthen the long-term reliability, safety, and resilience of DRES by developing advanced monitoring and control technologies including integrated sensors capable of different types of detection for safety purposes, and for monitoring of energy transfers. Finally, ECS4DRES will achieve interoperable and lowlatency communication systems, enabling the widespread interconnection of a large number of DRES, subsystems, and components to realize optimal energy management between sources, loads, and storages, to improve power quality and to enable resilient system operation. Minimum power consumption and maximum interoperability are further goals of the researched monitoring, control and communication solutions. ECS4DRES strives to deliver a set of interoperable mature solutions centred around energy conversion and management for DRES, by designing, developing, and implementing the necessary electronic hardware and software components and systems.

ECS4DRES will target to contribute to the state-of-the art knowledge on diverse aspects that are related to DRES (e.g. EV charging, power conversion, control and management methods), and to be competitive to the state of the art in terms of reliability, efficiency and, most importantly, of cost-effectiveness, while also targeting strong economic and social impacts mainly through the development of greener solutions that aiming at a net-zero and CO2-free electricity supply system. By exploiting the project results, ECS4DRES will generate a wide range of scientific, technological and economic impacts of global scale, fulfilling the needs of e.g., OEMs, DSOs, microgrid/nanogrid operators, EV charging station aggregators, energy communities, end customers and academia. ECS4DRES will provide interoperable and tailored solutions in the form of electronic control systems, sensing and monitoring technologies, and smart systems integration for the efficient and resilient deployment and operation of DRES, including the use of hydrogen and its related equipment and components. These solutions plug into existing installations seamlessly, thus minimizing the invest and accelerating the deployment. With these key findings, the project will pave the way for a wider dissemination of its scientific, technological, environmental, economic and social impacts.

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