Research recommendations and roadmap

As shown in Figure 2, the regulatory, ownership, social and business aspects covered in RO1, RO2, RO3, RO7 and RO9 overarch all technical aspects covered in RO4, RO5, RO6 and RO8. Therefore, it is recommended that all research projects have one or more technical aspects at the centre of focus yet integrate some or all of the nontechnical aspects in each of these projects. The research opportunities outlined below and in Table 3 are proposed as a roadmap for research projects in the RACE for 2030 ‘Opportunity Assessment: Local DER Network Solutions’.

Research opportunities identified for use in the research roadmap

RO4 . Electric vehicles and RO5. Energy storage Concept numbers 6 – 11

RO6. Advanced t echnologies Concept numbers 12 – 17

RO8. Microgrids and VPPs Concept numbers 19 – 25

Priority research concepts to be developed

Within this research roadmap these research concepts have been identified as high priority for the research theme and the RACE for 2030 CRC.

1. RO4. Electric vehicles and RO5. Energy Storage a. Harnessing fluctuating EV storage (No. 6) combined with b. Storage technologies feasibility study for community storage application (No. 8)

2. RO6. Advanced t echnologies a. Urban Renewable Energy Zones (No. 12) combined with b. Context-aware network capacity assessment for DER deployment (No. 14)

3. RO8. Microgrids and VPPs a. Analysis for cost-effective embedded and stand-alone microgrids (No. 19) combined with b. Power electronics dominated power system (No. 22)