AN AGGREGATOR FOR DISTRIBUTED ENERGY STORAGE UNITS UNDER MULTIPLE CONSTRAINTS IN THE NICE GRID DEMONSTRATOR

This paper presents the description of an algorithm for the management of a portfolio of distributed energy storage systems able to provide flexibility services to the distribution system operator. The algorithm will be referred to as Network Battery Aggregator (NBA). The work described in this paper is realized within the framework of the NiceGrid, a demonstration of the Grid4EU project. The project aims at developing a smart solar neighbourhood in an urban area near the city of Nice, France, and to combine controllable distributed electricity and thermal storage devices with forecasts of solar power production and load in a local energy management system. The local network energy manager (NEM) developed in this project will provide voltage control at the distribution level and congestion control at the transmission level.