To realize smart grids, there is a need for flexible supply and demand of electricity. Conventional heating systems in the Netherlands are based on gas, but new innovative systems, such as heat pumps and micro-CHPs, consume or produce electricity. If the demand for heat and the production/consumption of electricity is decoupled by using a hot water buffer, these heating systems provide the flex...

Recently, we are focusing on managing the energy system automatically. The smart grids perform much functionality like a self-healing capability, a self-resistance to external attacks, and actively engage the consumers. Also we provide high quality power to consumers in the operation environment of smart grids. In this paper, we propose a prediction methodology based on random forest classifier...

Several smart grids solutions to enhance the hosting capacity of LV networks have been proposed, investigated and successfully demonstrated. However, the real deployment potential remains unknown, which is a barrier to a systematic use of them by distribution network operators. This paper presents the results of the work done in the project IGREENGrid on the quantification of the potential of s...

Information and communication technologies (ICT) play significant role in modern smart grids (SG). SG functionalities require implementation of devices with computing performance into the grids and communication network between these devices. This has also been the case in a low-voltage direct current (LVDC) electricity distribution system, to which remote and automated grid monitoring and cont...

Currently, the design and operation criteria for electrical distribution networks are fastly changing due to some factors; among these, the progressive penetration of Distributed Generation (DG) is destined to cause deep changes in the existing networks, no longer considered as passive terminations of the whole electrical system. Moreover, the increasing application of Information Communication...

Smart technologies play a key role in sustainable economic growth. They transform houses, offices, factories, and even cities into autonomic, self-controlled systems acting often without human intervention and thus sparing people routine connected with information collecting and processing. The paper gives an overview of a novel Wi-Fi technology, currently under development, which aims to organ...

The electric power system is one of the cornerstones of modern society. One of its most serious malfunctions is the blackout, a catastrophic event that may disrupt a substantial portion of the system, playing havoc to human life and causing great economic losses. Thus, understanding the mechanisms leading to blackouts and creating a reliable and resilient power grid has been a major issue, attr...

Smart Grids are complex systems interfacing power grids with information and communication technologies in order to automate decision making and balancing between production and consumption. In order to facilitate the IT engineering of these systems, we aim to provide a framework relying on executable modeling and simulation. Our main challenge is to interconnect models of the different busines...