Generally speaking, energy storage services can either be located in front-of-the-meter or behind-the-meter. Front-of-the-meter applications are those utilized by utilities and grid operators; they include frequency regulation, capacity reserve, etc. Behind-the-meter applications are customer-sited and perform some function directly beneficial to the end user such as demand reduction/peak shaving, power backup, energy time shifting, etc. On a different perspective (dimension), energy storage could be deployed adopting different spatial approaches. To minimize as much as possible the capital costs, assets could be centralized in big storage plants or, in order to provide regulation closer to the edge of the grid (closer to the end users), assets could be decentralized in many (small) storage units.
In the ASSEM Pilot a distributed management of storage units will be tested. Apparatuses will be deployed on the LV grid and will be coordinated by a TLC channel in order for cooperate to provide front-of-the-meter regulations. Moreover, behind-the-meter regulations will also be tested evaluating a more classical final user’s perspective.
Description of the Zhero Technology – equipment deployment – etc- in charge to UNE