ERA-NET ACES - Adaptive Control of Energy Storage

The ACES project later period was focused on the project deliverbles. Closer cooperation between project partners and a more concentrated focus on making things work as intended. The test sites where for abvious reasons subject to a lot of testing and evalution during this period. For the purpose of spreading knowledge and information about the ACES project we also focused on creating a series of videos that where release both on the project website and on the partners websites. A digital seminar was held online and the project was presented in several occations with different DSOs, especially in the nordic countries. A lot of effort was also places in the ACES project report. All the videos and subreports can be found on https://www.acesproject.eu/about-aces-project/ We can show that energy storages can support the upcoming electrification of our society. The development of business models and incentives are less unclear. But it is clear that the will have to evolove to speed up the deployment and use of energy storages. We have seen several upcoming and some already established companies that focus on micro grids with energy storages that have developed busniess models that make the ROI more viable then before. The force that drive the development is in the customer and supplier side. Not as much force from the DSOs even if they do see the benefits. Some does have started to hire energy storages to aliviate one or more issues. Its here that we also see the need for solutions like the ones the ACES project already has developt, to figure out what features to develop and how to develop them in such a way that they prove viable. There seems to be a quite large amount of newly started project that are trying to do the same thing that the ACES project already has done. The ACES project has interacted with a couple of other energy storage projects to inform about our findings and challanges. The ACES project has initiated interations with other project that aim for a more adaptive control of other flexible resources. That has actualy led to the participation in a new project in Sweden with international companies called Flexible Housing.

The ACS-platform and algorithms have utilized advanced forecasting of generation and consumption patterns and integration of market prices and weather forecasts through APIs, and thereby fulfilling the 2 top goals. Note however that power-to-gas demonstration could not be realized and sensor-based estimations of SOH were not integrated in the ACS platform. Integration of sensors in battery cells showed that both SOC and SOH could be interpreted.Through the development and demonstration of the ACS-platform for optimization of battery control, we fulfilled the goal of implementing data exchange between different platforms. Flexibility and DSO related marked data interchange was successful. As for service stacking, we created a feasibility study assessing profitability and regulatory market barriers. A billing solution for peer-to-peer flexibility markets have been integrated. Several presentations and webinars were conducted to spread the knowledge of the project and its findings.

The Adaptive Control of Energy Storage (ACES) project plans to develop and invest in energy storage and associated equipment for measurement, monitoring and control, and develop and test adaptive optimisation algorithms for battery energy storage control, based on pattern recognition technology. By analysing load profiles, power quality, battery health status and market prices as well as using forecasts and trend analysis, this project aims develop better optimisation algorithms for the usage of battery storage on suitable locations in the power grid with actual challenges of intermittent power generation and new loads. The goal of this project is to significantly improve the conditions for investing in energy storage. By applying new business models and methods such as adaptive management and optimized operations, there is greater opportunity to create benefits and profitability. Thereby, ACES intends to contribute to an affordable renewable energy transition.