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Index1. List of barriers

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Rules forbidding RES energy curtailment except for security issues

Currently only an exception.

Curtailing small quantities of energy could increase significantly the hosting capacity of PV.

Analyze whether slightly increasing the conditions could be beneficial.

Compensate the PV agent for the curtailment.

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Source: http://www.louyeh.com

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Insufficient Self-consumption Framework

Necessity to be legislated.

Net meetering.

Legal uncertainties.

Direct or indirect incentives.

Review the tariffs.

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Source: www.iit.upcomillas.es

Insufficient DSO access to advanced PV Inverter Capabilities

Technically available.

DSO has no access.

Access to inverters and control over their capabilities should be granted to DSOs.

Boundary conditions.

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Source: http://www.freepatentsonline.com

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Insufficient Framework for Prosumer Storage Solutions

Fluctuations.

Natural technical solution.

Allowed and regulated.

Economic compensation.

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Insufficient Framework for DSO Storage Solutions

DSOs compensation of the fluctuations.

Undbundling policies.

Impacts in the market.

How the DSOs can make use of this technology.

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Source: http://www.saftbatteries.com

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Insufficient Framework for Demand Response

Local network conditions.

Voluntary basis.

Possibility of contracting load reduction and load activation with the consumers.

Presently DSOs are not expected to exchange information with final customers.

Communication system.

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Smart meters

A detailed regulation.

Source: http://www.millennialliving.com

Incoherent Metering Framework

Foster a quicker implementation of some of the technical solutions.

Directive 2009/72/EC Target 80% for 2020 Directive 2009/72/EC. Target 80% for 2020 depending on a cost benefit analysis.

Required not only for consumers, but also for the photovoltaic installations

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Source: http://www.cypresscreekestates.com

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Regulatory Frameworks that do not Incentivise “Smart Grid” Development

Communication infrastructures.

Favor technologies with high potential impact and good readiness which find regulatoryand good readiness, which find regulatory barriers.

DSO should be incentivized for using smart solutions instead of just conventional solutions.

A regulatory framework.

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Source: http://www.myseek.org

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DSO investments recovery

1) Avoid that the DSO have an excessive delayPrevent at least a financial risk of DSO.

2) Ens re DSOs are rem nerated b the efficient in estments2) Ensure DSOs are remunerated by the efficient investments.

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Grid Connection Charges

1) Clear methodology based on simple and transparent rules

2) Provide an indication of the connection cost in advance

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Rules Forbidding RES Energy Curtailment Except For Security Issues

1) Debates on whether the conditions should be slightly increased.

Conditions transparent and non-discriminatory.

Ensure an adequate compensationEnsure an adequate compensation.

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Insufficient Self-consumption Framework

1) A legislation should rapidly be approved

2) Proper economic incentives should be introduced

3) The use-of-system tariffs should be reviewed.

4) It may further evaluated to introduce net-metering

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Insufficient DSO access to advanced PV Inverter Capabilities

1) Provide DSOs the right to use or impose functions to PV inverters

Define boundary conditions.

An economic compensation for DG operators.

Avoid conflict of interests with the TSOs and energy providers.

2) Define the framework for advanced reactive power controls.

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Insufficient Framework for Prosumer Storage Solutions

1) Prosumer storage solutions should be regulated and allowed.

Ensure not posing the system into a security problem or interfering with the metering.

2) Establish mechanisms for incentivising the storage solutions, when applied to reduce the peaks of PV installations.

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1) There should be a reflection on how to activate this potential;

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Insufficient Framework for Demand Response

1) Technical features for Demand Response should be assessed. However, the main focus must be on the customers’ side

Establish a compensation scheme for users participating voluntarily.

2) DSOs should be allowed to manage load activation services2) DSOs should be allowed to manage load activation services

3) The communication between DSO and final customers, should be defined.

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Incoherent Metering Framework

1) It should be analysed whether also DG installations should also be equipped with these devices.

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Regulatory Frameworks that do not Incentivise “Smart Grid” Development

1) Adaptation of national regulatory frameworks to promote “Smart Grid” investments

A stable and transparent regulatory framework

Where necessary, explicit incentives should also be established:

To innovative projects in smart grids or generalized.

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2) DSOs and NRAs should evaluate the regular collection of measurement data in MV and LV networks, to decide on whether start increasing the monitoring in the medium voltage, and then change to low voltage grids, by making use of smart meter technologyby making use of smart meter technology.

3) DSOs and NRAs should evaluate the regular collection of measurement data in LV networks, to decide on whether start increasing the monitoring of the low voltage grids, by making use of smart meter technology.

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Thank you for your attention

Stelios Psomas

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