Tool for prediction of consumption and of renewable energy production in rural a

[LARES, University of Zagreb Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing]

Research group Laboratory for Renewable Energy Systems (LARES) on University of Zagreb Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing (UNIZG-FER) has a significant R&D background on creating models for prediction of energy consumption and renewable energy availability (wind and solar energy). It has a series of practical references achieved in cooperation with energy and water distribution utilities for these predictions and a firm cooperation with Croatian Meteorological and Hydrological Service (e.g. ERDF-funded project Will4Wind dedicated to improve wind and wind farm power forecasting tools for the challenging area of Croatian coast with the characteristic bora wind).
We believe such prediction models and expertise is needed in performing analyses of different day-to-day and hour-to-hour scenarios of operation of the planned renewable energy system within the island or rural area from which assessment of value of different configurations can be made. Furthermore, there is a need to develop strategy of operation of local energy storages in order to attain optimum economical gain of local renewable energy installation and count with that value in planning. We have both research and practical experience in connecting of different distributed generation and storage units in a whole named microgrid that actively supports often weak grids in rural and island areas by enabling reliable and safe level of power supply, and thus opens space for a more favourable conditions of local community connection to the central distribution grids (due to reducing transmission losses and less stringent requirements on the grid side in the point of microgrid-grid connection).
In addition, our research group has also a background in designing a hierarchical and modular energy management in buildings with integrated microgrids for enabling their economically optimal interoperation in real-time (taking also into account weather forecasts) as well as optimal exploitation of energy price and availabiliy conditions imposed by the island or rural community grid (thus a nice connection with SO2.1 can be established).
It has finished or performs several EU and national funded projects related to implementation and testing of the energy management scheme from the level of heating/cooling consumption control in individual buildings to the level of coordination of electricity and water distribution systems within a smart city framework (ENHEMS-Buildings and FER-KIET funded by ERDF, UrbanWater and DYMASOS funded through FP7, 3CON funded through Croatian National Science Foundation).
UNIZG-FER as a public institution is situated in a complex of public buildings with capacities for piloting of different energy management schemes on its skyscraper where within its LARES premises a 48 V DC microgrid is available which comprises: controllable 1.5 kW connection with photovoltaics on a controllable two-axis tracker, controllable 2 kW connection to wind turbine emulator, 3 kW bidirectional controllable AC grid connection, 3.5 kW controllable supercapacitor connection, 3.5 kW controllable connection to 10 kWh VRLA battery stack, 2kW in – 0.5 kW out connection to electrolyzer-hydrid storage-fuel cells system. The building has controllable heating/cooling implemented on two floors of the university skyscraper building (cca. 1.500 m2 overall) via fan coils system including database server for actuators and sensory current and historical data. It has sensory equipment for detailed assessment of solar irradiance (global horizontal and tilted in 7 different planes, direct, diffuse and reflected), temperature, wind etc. on the site, as well as 20 kWp of photovoltaics on the roof that inject electricity into the faculty’s electricity distribution system.
We can pull, if required, a network locally consisting of a hydrometeorological service and a required mix of energy agencies, local authorities and SMEs stemming from previous successful cooperations. From the SMEs side, very important might prove also the producer of stand-alone renewable energy power supplies (wind, sun, battery, hydrogen) for telecommunication stations in Croatia with which we currently have an active ERDF-funded project for improving efficiency and availability prediction of the named power supplies. Such system already has installations on islands along the Adriatic coast.
We are also the leading organization in the Energy Platform Living Lab for South-Eastern Europe and can enable a transnational outreach through it on-board.
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Assoc. Prof. Mario Vasak, Ph.D.E.E., Laboratory for Renewable Energy Systems,
Department of Control and Computer Engineering,
University of Zagreb Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing
Unska 3, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia
tel.: +385-1-6129-821
fax: +385-1-6129-809
mario.vasak@fer.hr
http://act.rasip.fer.hr
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[Cino Repetto]

Dear Prof. Vasak,
we are an italian consulting firm, with a “basket” of local authorities (Regions, Municipalities, …) who might be interested to take part in a MED project. We have read yourpost, but we can not clearly understand if you just want to present your skills and “assets”, or if you propose yourself as coordinator of a project. In this case, please define the required partners profiles, and we can try to engage italian subjects with the desired characteristics.
Best Regards
Cino Repetto

[Sergio Olivero (SiTI)]

Good morning, SiTI (www.siti.polito.it) is a research institute created by Turin Polytechnic and Compagnia di San Paolo, one of the main Italian bank foundations.
We are working in the field of renewable energy and energy governance. The Autonomous Region of Friuli Venezia Giulia asked SiTi to develop an optimization approach for distributed renewable energy sources, please see http://www.rengov.eu.
We are interested in being partner in MED Project on energy.
Kind regards

Sergio Olivero
Head, Energy&Security Research Area

[Paolo De Pascali]

Dear Prof. Vasak,
with my research group at Sapienza University (Planning Department) I am interested in participating as partner in a project relating the development of a model for the implementation and use of renewable energy systems in rural or declining areas. Our interest is connected more in verifying social and environmental benefits of the use of renewables as a new developing model, trying to define both spatial patterns and governance models for the planning application of energy districts to local communities of the inner areas of Lazio Region.
We are even in contact with the Regional Authorities testing their will being partner of the project.
For more information will be better a mail.
Best regards,

Paolo De Pascali
Full Professor in Urban Planning
Sapienza Università di Roma

[gmendesParticipant]

Dear Prof. Vasak

ENERCOUTIM is looking for partners for co-preparation of a proposal under Objective 2.2, with goal of increasing RES share in island and rural test sites via an adapted model of our solar energy platform.
From your description it looks lile perhaps we could leverage your planning tools and experience in the local environment to aid regional energy strategies. This goes along with our vision for our proposal. Also, we wouldn’t rule out possibility of a pilot in a croatian island, since you as ENERCOUTIM, are already aligned with local partners in sequence of past projects.

Please have a look at our post (link below) so to maybe follow-up with a contact.

http://interreg-med.eu/forums/topic/enercoutim-pt-partners-search-increase-res-share-via-solar-energy-platforms/

Thank you
Gonçalo Mendes
g.mendes@enercoutim.eu

• This reply was modified 9 years, 8 months ago by  gmendes.

[Considera Project Lab Group]

Dear Sir,
We are preparing an MED project leaded by FAMSI (The Andalucian Fund of Municipalities for International Solidarity: BUILDING A RURAL CROWDSPACE FOR RENEWABLE AND LOW CARBON-ENERGY Project Acronym: CROWRELOC_MED an INTERREG MED project PRIORITY AXIS 2: Fostering low-carbon strategies and energy efficiency in specific MED territories: cities, islands and rural areas-
Specific Objective 2.2: To increase the share of renewable local energy sources in energy mix strategies and plans in specific MED territories.
CROWRELOC_MED is an M2 project for the test of a virtual and collaborative learning transnational work space for promoting the use of renewable energy, low-carbon and efficiency energy strategic in rural areas consistent with the goal of the Covenant of Mayors(CM): to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs) by at least 20% by 2020. The result would be transferable to all areas signed de CM.
Decentralized and locally driven action is relevant to achieve the commitment of reduce emissions of greenhouse gases by adopting efficiency energy programs in fields such as urban transport, mobility and the promotion of renewable energy sources in urban areas.
To facilitate the implementation of these measures it is proposed to create this collaborative workspace, which should enable the capacity building of local authorities in rural areas, based on the lessons learned from the implementation of the SEAP in different rural municipalities in the participating countries, as well as others that did not adhere to the Covenant but have developed actions to reduce emissions.
The testing of the pilot in different territories will establish strategic forward from local authorities to overcome the barriers and opportunities lines.
As a result local authorities improve their knowledge, skills and tools to develop plans and policies for energy efficiency and low-carbon and renewable, that help reduce emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG) energy sources in its territory.

We are still interested in sum other partners into the partnership. If you are interesting in collaborated, please contact us:
Juan Carlos Díaz Macías: juancadiaz@considera.es
Ana CireraLeón: anacirera@considera.es

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