Dalen, Netherlands
Due to the high energy prices and the government’s push of hybrid heat pumps,
it is expected that around 2030, more than 300,000 households per year will
purchase a hybrid heat pump. It is expected that congestion will occur on the
low-voltage grid (LS-grid) (both supply and demand). This problem is only
getting worse given the sustainability and further electrification. Congestion on
the LS network is mainly caused by small consumers (KV) = households.
Challenges are: large numbers of customers with multiform energy profiles and
relative unpredictability and the (legally) very limited possibilities for grid
operators to take control. ACM recently introduced the congestion
management code decree. Which leads to a new role; congestion service
provider (CSP), which aims to involve the KV segment in congestion
management. This project responds to this.
The aim of this project is to develop a technology for hybrid heat pumps based
on an open standard, whereby a collective of small consumers can contribute to
congestion management by means of a CSP via a market platform (GOPACS).
Aim is to control up to 100 HWPs behind one district transformer to prevent
congestion on the LS network. Aggregation of a collective of small consumers to
contribute to GOPACS through a CSP.
The philosophy is that (A) the rate must first apply as an incentive (dynamic rates),
then (B) a request for flex can be made and if that is not sufficient, (C) the use of
an emergency measure (power limitation) is used.