Started in June 2013, the project will now use DERMS to test a range of smart grid technologies to take on changing energy landscape, integrating renewable energies and modernising the electricity distribution grid.
Wind, solar and electrical vehicles are all known as Distributed Energy Resources (DER). The integration of DER in the distribution requires deployment of new information and smart grid operation technologies, which smooth the intermittency in generation or consumption peaks and forms a reliable distribution grid.
Alstom’s e-terraDRBizNet software serves as core component of its DERMS solution. It will be integrated with the network operator decision support tools and will offer a single portal to manage distributed generation and demand side resources.
Alstom Grid network management solutions vice president Karim El Naggar said Alstom is pleased to be at the forefront of Smart Grid development, supporting the Smart Grid Vendée project.
"Renewable power is fast-growing, and expected to make up almost a quarter of the global power mix by 2018," El Naggar added.
"Today, Alstom’s e-terraDRBizNet solution enables more than 10,000 MW of demand response globally, representing over 1,000,000 end-user residential customers and over 10,000 commercial and industrial customers."
