This page contains a list of all deliverables published within the course of the HONOR project. Deliverables are reports on the results achieved in one or multiple work package tasks. They highlight intermediate achievements and are also used as input for subsequent project tasks.
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This report, deliverable D2.1 of the HONOR project, describes the requirements and expected benefits of flexibility markets. The report is based on findings from stakeholder co-creation workshops hosted in Germany by Stadtwerke Wunsiedel (SWW) and interviews performed in Denmark by Danish Energy.
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This deliverable focuses on the current flexibility markets and business models in the countries of HONOR’s consortium partners and gives a view to how those markets could look in the future on a regional and national level, also with consideration to sector coupling. This document is a direct successor of D2.1 – Requirements and expected benefits of flexibility markets.
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This document lists the use cases that the HONOR project aims to satisfy through development of a system architecture and eventually demonstration. Despite differences in energy markets and regulations, the ambition of these Use Cases is that they apply equally to actors located in any of countries associated with the HONOR project: Norway, Sweden, Denmark or Germany. Since the EU is leading harmonization between member states of electricity market and operating practices, and the countries where HONOR partners are located have incorporated the latest EU regulations into their own national regulations, the use cases should be relevant anywhere in the EU.
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Deliverable D3.2 aims at creating a holistic system architecture for further work in the project towards the flexibility market design and the technical assessment. The sys-tem architecture covers the core business roles towards creating the flexibility market in the project and their relations on different system layers. The elaboration focuses on mapping the proposed architecture on the Smart Grid Architecture Model (SGAM).
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The HONOR project aims to develop and evaluate a trans-regional flexibility market mechanism, determine the optimal operation of flexible resources and their allocation, and integrate cross-sectoral energy flexibility at a community-wide level. One of the critical problems within the practical application of flexibility services is their harmonization with existing operational processes used by TSOs and DSOs. For this reason, the different visions, regulations, and approaches to flexibility utilization and TSO-DSO coordination were considered and systematized in this work. This investigation is essential for developing the HONOR solutions, which will link the new flexibility services to already established processes in the power system.
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To meet new challenges in the transmission and distribution grid, it becomes necessary to implement a flexibility markets mechanism. This paper proposes a framework based on optimal power flow for coordination of flexibility exchange between transmission and distribution grid. The acquiring flexibility assets can be applied effectively in response to possible grid challenges in different electricity grid levels. The proposed power flow approach is formulated as a hybrid AC/DC optimal power flow (AC/DC-OPF) model. This model consists of two different power flow methods. For the distribution grid, a second-order cone AC optimal power flow (SOC-ACOPF) method is formulated. For the transmission grid, a DC optimal power flow (DCOPF) method is applied. This approach also incorporates scenario-based and multi-period modeling, optimizing flexibility usage for a predefined period. The optimization is based on power demand, grid constraints, cost minimization, and operational criteria for distributed energy resources. The results presented in this paper are valuable for creating and implementing an adequate flexibility exchange mechanism between TSO and DSO.
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Unlocking potential from flexibility assets is an effective way to address power grid challenges. Proper coordination between transmission and distribution system operators (TSO and DSOs) is key to achieving this goal. This paper presents a framework based on optimal power flow (OPF) for coordination of flexibility exchange between TSO and multiple DSOs. As a basis, the Hybrid AC/DC-OPF model, where the transmission grid represents DC OPF model and the distribution grid represents SOC-AC OPF model, was used. To establish TSO coordination with multiple DSOs, the Hybrid AC/DC-OPF model was extended with Alternating Direction Method of Multipliers. The test case, which includes three distribution grids connected to one transmission grid, was created based on a Pandapower grid and a synthetic grid generated by Ding0 package. The test case proves the ability of the model to solve scenario-based and multi-period problems when TSO-DSOs coordination is established. Furthermore, the analysis shows the economic benefits and reduced volume of load shed and active losses in the distribution grids when flexibility assets are used.
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Download D5.1 (Part 1)
Download D5.1 (Part 2)The aim of this document is to fulfil one of the goals of the ERA-Net funded project HONOR (holistic flexibility market integration of cross-sectoral energy sources) in the form of a deliverable. The aim of this deliverable is to describe the conceptualization of a control system algorithm. This deliverable is identified in the project as Deliverable (D) 5.1. The main tasks of this deliverable are the conceptualization of the control system algorithm, which in HONOR project’s case is called as Flexibility Service Mechanism (FSM), and the development of concepts for visualization and operating scenarios for FSM. For the sake of simplicity and understanding, this deliverable is therefore divided into two parts accordingly. The Part – I of this deliverable is described in this document whereas the Part – II of the deliverable is drafted in a separate document.
This document is the second part and a supplement to the HONOR Deliverable (D) 5.1 – Part I document, where the FSM has been conceptualized and described. The aim of this document is to conceptualize visualization and operating scenarios for FSM. Therefore, this document may be read in addition to the first part of D5.1 document. Furthermore, the result of this documentation will also act as a base for setting the laboratory demonstration in WP8 of the HONOR project.
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The ERA-Net funded project HONOR – holistic flexibility market integration of cross-sec-toral energy sources – covers the development and evaluation of a trans-regional flexibil-ity market mechanism, integrating cross-sectoral energy flexibility at a community-wide level. Deliverable (D) 5.2 aims at providing a review on approaches to provide a requested active (P) and reactive (Q) power flow at the Grid Connection Point (GCP) to an upstream voltage level by controlling the flexible units within the power system.
It is closely connected to D5.1 and to two corresponding publications. In the first part of D5.1 a Flexibility Service Mechanism (FSM) is being developed and subsequently evaluated for relevant use cases in a case study. The second part of D5.2 then addresses the control center integration including visualization concepts and the user interface. -
The HONOR project aims at development and evaluation of a trans-regional flexibility market mechanism, integrating cross-sectoral energy flexibility at a community-wide level. A cornerstone of this work is the development of models and procedures to observe the cyber-physical systems of flexibility markets and detect incoherent and anomalous events. Potential applications are seen in state estimation, flexibility activation monitoring and verification as well as cyber-physical security monitoring of systems and devices. The present work aims at paving the way for the development of monitoring and event detection methods for applications in cyber-physical systems of flexibility markets, such as those mentioned above. Outcome of this work is a systematic representation and connection of monitoring requirements and information streams, supporting the identification and definition of use cases for monitoring and event detection methods in the cyber-physical systems of flexibility markets.
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Link to D6.2 (Part 1)
Link to D6.2 (Part 2) Pre-PrintThe continuous electrification of the mobility and heating sectors adds much-needed flexibility to the power system. However, flexibility utilization also introduces new challenges to distribution system operators (DSOs), who need mechanisms to supervise flexibility activations and monitor their effect on distribution network operation. Flexibility activations can be broadly categorized to those originating from electricity markets and those initiated by the DSO to avoid constraint violations. Coinciding electricity market driven flexibility activations may cause voltage quality or temporary overloading issues, and the failure of flexibility activations initiated by the DSO might leave critical grid states unresolved. This work proposes a novel data processing pipeline for automated real-time identification of fast-ramped flexibility activation events. Its practical value is twofold: (i) potentially critical flexibility activations originating from electricity markets can be detected by the DSO at an early stage, and (ii) successful activation of DSO-requested flexibility can be verified by the operator. In both cases the increased awareness would allow the DSO to take counteractions to avoid potentially critical grid situations. The proposed pipeline combines techniques from unsupervised detection and open-set classification. For both building blocks feasibility is systematically evaluated and proofed on real load and flexibility activation data.
The ongoing electrification introduces new challenges to distribution system operators (DSOs). Controllable resources may simultaneously react to price signals, potentially leading to network violations. DSOs require reliable and accurate low-voltage state estimation (LVSE) to improve awareness and mitigate such events. However, the influence of flexibility activations on LVSE has not been addressed yet. It remains unclear if flexibility-induced uncertainty can be reliably quantified to enable robust DSO decision-making. In this work, uncertainty quantification in LVSE is systematically investigated for multiple scenarios of input availability and flexibility utilization, using real data. For that purpose, a Bayesian neural network (BNN) is compared to quantile regression. Results show that frequent flexibility activations can significantly deteriorate LVSE performance, unless secondary substation measurements are available. Moreover, it is demonstrated that the BNN captures flexibility-induced voltage drops by dynamically extending the prediction interval during activation periods, and that it improves interpretability regarding the cause of uncertainty.
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The HONOR project focuses on the development, implementation, and evaluation of technologies to facilitate and realize an energy flexibility market (FM) mechanism. A crucial part of delivering a holistic and practical solution towards such a market is its cyber security assurance. Since the proposed market opens new interactions involving
different stakeholders and a distributed information and communication technology (ICT) infrastructure, this potentially results in new vulnerabilities and threats, stressing the need to thoroughly analyze and assess the cyber security posture of the developed ICT infrastructure. This work aims to deliver the first and preliminary cyber security risk assessment of the HONOR project. The goal is to discover and reveal how attackers can target the FM proposed by the project and what kind of weaknesses they can exploit to reach their desired goals. The assessment is based on a threat modelling approach using attack simulations on a system model. The system model is based on the HONOR technical architecture which in turn is based on the ICT infrastructure and the relevant data streams in a FM. -
The Flexibility Market (FM) system targeted by the HONOR project consists of strong integration of cyber, physical, and market domains. On one hand this cross-domain integration sets the foundation for efficient deployment of flexibility assets, on the other hand it also introduces new vulnerabilities to all involved stakeholders and their systems. This is partly a consequence of the grid operation process becoming dependent on third-parties thanks to the application of end-user flexibility. At the same time, there is a higher incentive for cyber criminals to cause physical and financial damage. It is thus pivotal to assess the FM system proposed by the project from a cyber security point of view. Only then can the advantages of FMs be stressed and exploited and the confidence of all stakeholders increased.
This report is focused on the results from the final cyber security assessment of the market system developed by the project. The analysis and evaluation process is based on the HONOR technical architecture presented in D6.1.