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Green Energy Park is a strategic living lab center, powered by the University of Brussels (VUB), working as a pilot/demonstration/training zone for energy and mobility solutions. The long term goal is to become a CO2 neutral research park (70 companies + datacenter).
GEP’s Smart Village Lab is an open-air open multi-energy innovation lab (‘smart home in a smart neighbourhood’) where solutions can be integrated in a real life environment to test/pilot/demonstrate. Elements of the lab:
Smart home lab (6 units)
with typical and new home appliances (heatpump, PV, home storage, heat storage vessel)
each 10kWp solar
1 of them with private parking lot and EV charger
Neighbourhood lab with collective systems
Dedicated DSO cabin 1MW-15KV/400V, with innovative elements for digitalisation and Smart Distribution grids
2 battery systems (300/370kWh – 150kW); space and integration points for extra storage systems
Control center with IT systems, safety systems, metering, work spaces
Parking lot for 16 cars with different EV charging equipment (incl V2G)
PV generation (22kWp, to grow to 100kWp in short time)
Microgrid infrastructure
We are looking for:
An EMS platform to manage hybrid storage solutions
About the Storage Challenge
Challenge 1: EMS platform to manage hybrid storage solution
Master EMS platform; open to support also customer defined control algorithms
Up to 4 neighbourhood storage systems and 6 home storage systems
Smart homes, smart EV charging
Balancing between electrical grid and thermal grid
Challenge 2: General testbed facility
To host new equipment/services/algorithms to test integration within a living lab
Lab environment with most services already available to ‘easily plug-in’ innovative solutions, services for electrotechnical works, metering systems, IT platforms
Control center with data monitoring and analysis systems
Access to all DSO metering in this distribution area
Possibility to create a voltage distortion on the distribution grid
AC and DC
Possibility to test a hybrid battery solutions, ex: existing lithium-ion battery + supercab/lithiumcab
Possibility to test power booster, ex: 150kW input, 350kW output for supercharger
Usable Capacity: n/a
Power, discharging cont.: 150 kW
Power, charging, cont.: n/a
Voltage level: 400V AC to 1000 V DC
Temperature range: -10 °C - 30 °C
site: n/a
headword / technology: EMS platform; hybrid battery; power booster
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