Smart Grids: TECNALIA's R&D Activities and Technological Services
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Innovative solutions for a progressive transition from the current electrical systems to the 2050 smart power systems.
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At TECNALIA we are organised in 7 fully interconnected Business Divisions. Cooperation works thanks to the transversality of teams, projects and clients collaborating with each other, combining expertise and commitment. Our best asset is our team, made up of more than 1,500 experts who work to transform knowledge into GDP in order to improve people's quality of life by generating business opportunities for companies. We are committed to the future, society, our planet and our environment. This responsibility provides focus to our values and reinforces our activities.
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SMART GRIDS: TECNALIA’S R&D ACTIVITIES AND TECHNOLOGICAL SERVICES
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01. Smart Grids
02. InGRID Laboratories
NETWORK MANAGEMENT & OPERATION
POWER LAB
SMART GRIDS COMMUNICATIONS LAB
POWER ELECTRONICS & ENERGY CONVERSION
HIGH VOLTAGE LAB
ON-SITE TESTING LAB
LOW VOLTAGE & ENVIRONMENT LAB
ELECTRIC SYSTEMS FOR RENEWABLE ENERGIES
POWER ELECTRONICS LAB
RESONANT SYSTEM FOR HIGH VOLTAGE CABLES
FINAL USE OF ENERGY
ELECTROMAGNETIC COMPATIBILITY LAB
ELECTRICAL VEHICLE-NETWORK CONNECTION
SMART METERING LAB
SMART GRIDS & ENERGY STORAGE
04. Accreditations and 05. Some Clients and Partners Recognitions
Innovative solutions for a progressive transition from the current electrical systems to the 2050 smart power systems.
03. Alliances & Collaborations 06. Involvement in R&D
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Smart Grids
TECNALIA generates, develops and validates business opportunities for electrical utilities and their equipment and services suppliers. We design, develop, validate and test, innovative technical solutions that will enable a progressive transition from the current electrical systems to the 2050 smart power systems: ELECTRIC NETWORK MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION Integration of Distributed Generation, Storage and Electric Vehicles. Active Demand Side Management. Monitoring and supervision of MV/LV grid, based on AMI infrastructure. ADVANCED ENERGY SYSTEMS ARCHITECTURE Microgrids for energy efficiency improvement in urban areas and remote locations. ENERGY STORAGE Power converters, control strategy and systems. DATA ANALYTICS FOR NETWORK MANAGEMENT AND OTHER SMART GRIDS APPLICATIONS
Advanced Systems for Grid Control and Business Management
Control & Management
Control Systems for Final User
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Final User Data
EMS, DMS, GIS
Application 3 (e.g. Distributed Generation)
Distributed Generation Data Storage
DR Control Systems
Application 2 (e.g. Demand-Answer)
Home Applications Data and Control
AMI, MDM
Application 1 (e.g. AM)
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Smart Grids Apps Layer
LAN
Local Area Network
WAN
Wide Area Network
FANAMI
Network Gategay
Comm Layer
HAN
Field Area Network
Home Area Network Smart Meter
FINAL USE OF ENERGY OPTIMIZATION Smart energy management in buildings. MicroCHP economic dispatching. Smart analytics of consumption patterns and demand flexibility.
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ECONOMIC MODELS AND COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS FOR ENERGY MARKETS FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDERS CIBERSECURITY AND DATA PRIVACY APPLIED TO SMART GRIDS
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Distributed Generation and Storage
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Business opportunities for utilities and their equipment and services suppliers through designing and developing innovative solutions in Smart Grids.
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Smart Grids: Our Activities
NETWORK MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION
Solutions for network management, operation and control, end user and e-mobility.
The observability and the flexibility of the whole power system are the two key characteristics that the electrical networks are facing in becoming smart grids. TECNALIA develops software applications and tools aligned with these major challenges, aimed at: • Facilitating an optimal integration of Distributed Generation, Storage and Electric Vehicles by a rational dispatching of the power supply and by providing ancillary services to the utility to support the network operation.
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• Enabling the use of Active Demand Side Management as a valuable tool for network operators to manage the system.
• Improving the monitoring and supervision of MV/LV grid hence taking advantage of the AMI infrastructure. • Designing advanced energy systems architecture such as microgrids to improve the energy efficiency in urban areas and remote locations, and developing dedicated control systems for them. • Exploiting the potential of the huge amount of data gathered by the Smart Metering systems through smart analysis techniques to use them beyond the easy billing system.
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NETWORK MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION: ACHIEVEMENTS
DECENTRALIZED SECONDARY REGULATION CONTROL SYSTEM This system enables the economic operation of different resources in the µGrid, while maintaining proper quality of supply for the users connected to it. Other drivers such as minimising emissions and performance optimisation could also be integrated. Secondary regulation is aimed at the recovery of the power system frequency following the automatic response of speed regulators to real time power unbalances. The secondary regulation architecture and information exchange is inspired in the Spanish market for tertiary regulation service: offers are created once and updated as required to reduce communication needs. Multi-Agent Technologies are used to integrate the secondary regulation module into the control system. Sources, storage units, renewable resources and loads participate actively in frequency management submitting regulation offers suitable to their own characteristics.
SMART GRID DOCTOR Smart Grid Dr. is a platform that, using the information coming from the new metering infrastructure, can provide high value Smart Analysis to support the utilities decision making process. Applying advanced heuristic methods, mainly on the hourly load curves recorded by every single meter, it can provide the following advanced services to the utility: • Estimation of missing data. • Accurate load forecasting. • Market segmentation. • Design of specific tariffs for specific customers. • Smart energy procurement. • Asset management (investments on distribution). • Predictive analysis: predicting equipment failure. • Theft detection. • Customer equipment identification.
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Smart Grids: Our Activities
POWER ELECTRONICS AND ENERGY CONVERSION
Our aim is to validate and to demonstrate new converter typologies and power electronic equipment. Tests for connection of the elements to network in a total programming network are available for the development of spearhead technologies for renewable energy as HVDC for DC energy transmission in off shore wind energy.
Power electronics allow the connection to the network from a wind-energy bench, from PV panels, from batteries or from floating structures generating energy from the sea. This way, a complete experimentation of the whole energy chain would be obtained, from the generation to the network injection, providing the opportunity for the development of projects that involve huge, ambitious goals.
• Modelling of converters and full simulations adapted to each application. • Control Electronics: hardware and firmware: Design of DSP-based hardware (Digital Signal Processing), micros and FPGAs (Field Programmable Gate Arrays), among other activities.
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• Signal adaptation and development of specific control algorithms: wind power, photovoltaic applications, electricity storage, etc. • Multilevel converters with higher complexity than two-level converters, to work at higher voltages.
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TECNALIA supports the integration and increased efficiency of the main energy applications and systems (PV inverters, wind converters, electrical energy storage, electric vehicle, active filters for Smart Grids…), hence offering support to designers, manufacturers, users, etc.
POWER ELECTRONICS AND ENERGY CONVERSION: ACHIEVEMENTS
FLEXIBLE ELECTRIC NETWORK (1.25MW) DEVELOPMENT FOR POWER ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT TESTING (THOR) THOR can be totally configured in voltage and in frequency for supporting the integration and increased efficiency of the main energy applications and systems. This electric flexible network for power electronic equipment testing is based on a multilevel converter of 3300V and 1.25MW extendable till 5MW. • Back to back MV converter (3300 VAC) with NPC multilevel topology. • 1.25 MW module parallelisation 5 MW maximum power. • Variable frequency from 0 to 70 Hz. • Functionality: voltage source, current source and DC booster. • Applications: grid elements (active filters, FACTS, STATCOMS, etc.), wind, photovoltaic applications, energy storage, HVDC, traction, electric vehicle, marine energy, etc.
MULTILEVEL CONVERTERS TECNALIA has developed 2 multilevel converters for the laboratory of AERI (Australian Energy Research Institute) for research purposes. The development includes Power electronics, FPGA design, electronic design to adapt the HIL (HW in the Loop) control system to the converter. The main features of the converters are: • Topology: ANPC (Active Neutral Point Clamped), 4 phases. • Power: 10 kW. • Maximum voltage: 1300 V.
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ELECTRIC SYSTEMS FOR RENEWABLE ENERGIES
Development and test related to the energy generation based on renewable energy (wind power, tidal power, photovoltaic, etc.) at small scale. Research in new strategies for controlling generators and for the improvement of the existing algorithms for the optimal use of the obtained power. It will be possible to validate new concepts for superconductive generators. Superconductivity applied to electric machines is an important TECNALIA´s bet for providing breakthrough solutions to off shore wind energy. In the photovoltaic field high and low voltage converters will be developed, new MPPT algorithms will be tested, interfaces for network connection involving new quality and grid management will be developed, among others.
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ELECTRIC SYSTEMS FOR RENEWABLE ENERGIES: ACHIEVEMENTS
SUPERCONDUCTING, RELIABLE, LIGHTWEIGHT AND MORE POWERFUL OFFSHORE WIND TURBINES Innovative, lightweight, robust and reliable 10 MW class offshore wind turbine based on a superconducting synchronous generator patented by TECNALIA. Characteristics: • Direct drive (no gearbox). • Cryogen free modular cooling. Simple and low maintenance. • 30% weight reduction compared to 10 MW permanent magnet (PM) generators. • Rare earths free. Cost competitive compared to PM generators that contain rare earths (600% rare earths price volatility in 2011). • MgB2 superconducting coil commercially available and very cost competitive. • Simpler installation and lower vessels and crane costs. Reduction of mechanical requirements for foundations and floating platforms. • Over 95 % efficiency (on-site).
PV INVERTER OF 10 KW NETWORK CONNECTION OPTIMIZED FOR URBAN ENVIRONMENT (ICARO) ICARO enhances the performance of the PV generator through new and unique algorithms tracking the maximum power point (GMPPT, MPRT) adapted to the peculiarities of the urban environment. The equipment complies with the new gridconnection requirements and it is designed to make easier the installation and operation for the end user, through a complete user interface. ICARO is a very cost-effective PV inverter thanks to the use of improved power topologies and improved grid-connection control algorithms that reduce the needs of dissipation and filtering of the output signal.
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FINAL USE OF ENERGY
To manage the consumption of energy in a more intelligent way to effectively balance generation and consumption.
The ever increasing rise in uncertainty in the generation mix, due to the high share of unpredictable renewable energy sources, makes it necessary to manage the consumption of energy in a more intelligent way to effectively balance generation and consumption. In addition to this, new consumption patterns, such as electric vehicles, have arisen in recent years, adding complexity to the management of energy in the system. TECNALIA is working on a number of technologies aiming at optimising the final use of energy by:
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• Modelling, designing and developing algorithms and software modules to add intelligence to the building management systems. • Developing control strategies to optimise the dispatching of energy in MicroCHP systems, considering the demand of energy and also some external variables like weather and energy trading prices. • Adding flexibility to the charging of electric vehicles, thus facilitating their integration into the system. • Applying smart analysis to the consumption patterns, in order to improve the predictability and flexibility of the demand.
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CONTROL SYSTEM FOR MICROCHP UNITS The economic dispatch of a set of a microCHP units decreases the primary energy bill, compared to its operation following countersigns given by a thermostat. Combined Heat and Power devices generate both electricity and heat. In figure above, a typical installation scheme is shown. The heat produced by a set of microCHP devices is stored in a thermal storage device. The storage device decouples the thermal generation and thermal load, providing an optimisation margin. The electricity generated can be either self-consumed or injected in to the main electricity network. The control algorithm developed by TECNALIA, calculates the optimal operational schedule of the units. The optimisation is based on load forecasts, energy prices, regulatory and technical constraints.
NEXT 24H-ENERGY Platform-architecture integrated into the energy management system of a building, which predicts the electrical and thermal loads on the building for a 24 hour period minimizing energy costs and maximizing user comfort through intelligent management of the HVAC system.
The calculation algorithm embedded in the NEXT 24H-ENERGY platform is based on learning and optimization techniques. Under this approach, the model "learns" about the behavior of the building from historical data controlling the BEMS or providing valuable advice to the person in charge of his operation, for an effective management that will entail significant cost savings without prejudice to the comfort of users. Its aim is to achieve savings of at least 10% of the energy bill in air conditioning.
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ELECTRICAL VEHICLE-NETWORK CONNECTION
The Electrical Vehicle (EV) is an European strategic bet for sustainability. The possibility of an active connection of the Electrical Vehicle to the energy network and not for simple load opens promising possibilities.
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The capacity of energy storage of electrical vehicles can be managed in a bidirectional way and so functioning to meet the needs of the grid and the users of the vehicles (model V2G). The vehicle can be charged when energy is cheap and can transfer a certain amount of energy when it is expensive.
TECNALIA provides an integrated test system for electric vehicles that permits investigation and development of applications for charging optimisation, communications trials, protocols and power electronics in different scenarios to be considered in a potential massive deployment.
The Electrical Vehicle (EV) is an European strategic bet for sustainability.
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ELECTRICAL VEHICLE-NETWORK CONNECTION: ACHIEVEMENTS INTEGRATION OF THE ELECTRIC VEHICLE WITHIN THE SMARTGRID The intelligence of the different systems that constitute the infrastructure for EV charging and their interoperability have to be assessed, in order to guarantee that the intended performance is accomplished. Considering EV deployment and technological circumstances, during the coming years this task will require a large effort in standardisation, agreements, infrastructure investment and technical skills, in order to assess the individual and, even more, the global performance of the equipment that allows EVs to be charged. During the coming years, the EV is meant to be one of the key players in the Smart grid. TECNALIA, with an outstanding performance and participation in this field, will increase its capabilities to verify that: • The different systems in the infrastructure for EV charging that assures that really it fulfil their performance. • The information flow fits the requirements • Communication protocols are addressed according to specifications. • The services required to facilitate EV deployment can be adequately offered.
ASSESSMENT FOR COMPLIANCE TECNALIA complements the research vocation with accredited testing capabilities to measure and assess the compliance of products to Standards and Regulation. This brings the opportunity for TECNALIA to become an active Stakeholder to offer the OEMs, the Charging Point manufacturers, the Utilities, the E-mobility Service Providers and, in general, the companies around the EV charging, the infrastructure, capability and knowledge to verify that their systems perform as desired.
TECNALIA already offers some services for assessing compliance for EV and their charging infrastructure: • Low Voltage and EMC Directives. • 61851: Charging Systems for EVs. • IEC 15118: EV communication interface. • EN 61439-7: Low-voltage switchgear and control gear assemblies, also for EV.
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SMART GRIDS & ENERGY STORAGE
The ongoing evolution towards a more efficient and cleaner electricity system requires the development of new energy models based on Smart Grids, renewable sources and distributed generation. In this context, energy storage is bound to play a key role as an effective mean to provide the flexibility needed to face these challenges. With this idea in mind, TECNALIA is working to improve both energy storage costs and performance at all levels of the value chain: • Materials and components. Development of electrodes, membranes, bipolar plates, electrolytes and other components for fuel cells and batteries, with a special focus on redox flow batteries and metal-air batteries.
TECNALIA’s firm commitment to metal- air batteries represents our belief that low-cost technologies are called upon to allow the massive penetration of energy storage technologies in the energy market. Nanomaterials and ionic liquids are key for these developments.
• Module development. Electrical, thermal and electrical storage module design, including battery management systems (BMS) development.
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Our automated energy storage test platform is the base for our work in advanced energy storage modelling and simulation, including the development of novel algorithms for SOC (State Of Charge) and SOH (State Of Health) evaluation.
• Control and power electronics. Innovative topologies (multilevel, resonant, interleaving) and advanced control algorithms.
TECNALIA has developed multilevel DC/DC and DC/AC converters providing improved efficiency as well as reduced size, weight and cost.
• Market and applications. Development of tools for techno- economic analysis: technology selection, setting, sizing, cost-benefit analysis, efficient operation strategies.
We work to improve both energy storage costs and performance at all levels of the value chain.
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EFFICIENT, SAFE AND COST EFFECTIVE ELECTRIC ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM (SAGER II) The system has envisaged the development of high efficient large converters, flexible and efficient management of the energy and the development of new energy storage technologies. SAGER used advances lead-acid batteries that maintaining the robustness and moderating cost of conventional lead have a longer life cycle, both because of his core technology and because of its innovative control system based on wireless communications. The system has been jointly developed by AEG, IBERDROLA and TECNALIA. This system has been installed on the electric transformer station Archimedes, owned by IBERDROLA that is located in Jundiz, Vitoria.
SUNSET: PHOTOVOLTAIC INVERTER WITH INTEGRATED ENERGY STORAGE AND ADVANCED ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM SUNSET is: • More efficient because it connects the PV generation and the storage system in the DC bus and incorporates the best technologies HW/FW to maximize the extracted power from the PV generator minimizing conversion losses. • More profitable thanks to an advanced energy management system that incorporates a reliable generation and demand forecasting and optimizes cycle efficiency and batteries durability. • More flexible and more scalable allowing the adjustment of the storage capacity to each consumer's necessities by means of a planner tool. 19
InGRID: Smart Grids Testing & Research
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Storage Connection
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Electrical Systems
Electronics
POWER SMART ELECTRIC
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Electromagnetic
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Metering
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InGRID is a new technologically advanced experimental infrastructure designed and oriented to meet the needs of electrical equipment manufacturers and utilities in the specification, development, validation and commercialisation of innovative products for the Smart Grids market. InGRID´s platforms and laboratories integrate the traditional electrical engineering capabilities with advanced power electronics and ICTs technologies, to cope with the needs of new "Smart" product development for the future Smart Grids. InGRID allows electrical equipment manufacturers to validate their new developments, from the prototype stage to the final product, in specifically designed facilities. InGRID allows utilities to evaluate the equipment performance and functionality for their massive deployment into the grid ensuring their safety and reliability.
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InGrid meets the needs of electrical equipment Manufacturers in the development and certification of innovative products for Smart Grids.
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InGRID is an experimental infrastructure adapted to new developments, with a forward-looking vision of development and evolution of grids and technologies, in close contact with the industry and the global scientific community.
SMART GRIDS: TECNALIA’S R&D ACTIVITIES AND TECHNOLOGICAL SERVICES
TECNALIA's new experimental infrastructure for Smart Grids is based on a series of laboratories for cuttingedge research on electrical system technologies. They will be used to manage electric power more efficiently and smartly throughout the entire process - generation, transmission and distribution, until it reaches the end user: POWER LABORATORY Laboratory connected to the transmission network at 220 kV. The largest independent Power Laboratory in Spain and Portugal. HIGH VOLTAGE LABORATORY Two Test Bays for performing dielectric tests for High Voltage Products - up to 362 kV. LOW VOLTAGE AND ENVIRONMENTAL LABORATORY Complementary Low Voltage, Climatic and Mechanical tests to complete full type testing. POWER ELECTRONICS LABORATORY LV Grid with fully flexible 165 kW AC and 300 kW DC sources for testing of inverters and converters.
SMART GRIDS COMMUNICATIONS Functional and interoperability assessment of products for Smart Grids. Development and evaluation of solutions for secondary substations automation and monitoring. ON SITE-TESTING LABORATORY Diagnosis and predictive maintenance of large electrical equipment -generators & power transformers, installed in power and industrial plants and substations. COMMISSIONING TESTS OF HIGH VOLTAGE CABLES WITH RESONANT SYSTEM Variable frequency resonant system WRV 260/80 that allows to test on-site cables up to 400 kV rated voltage. Experts in on-site measurements of partial discharges.
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The purpose of InGRID is to support the electrical power industry on the development of technology-based solutions to manage electric power more efficiently and smartly throughout the entire process generation, transmission and distribution, until it reaches the end user.
ELECTROMAGNETIC COMPATIBILITY LABORATORY Immunity and emission testing for electricelectronic low voltage products and for communications. SMART METERING LABORATORY International reference laboratory for certification of Smart Meters and Data Concentrators.
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InGRID: Our Laboratories
POWER LABORATORY
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Power output: 200 MVA, 1 s.
• Distribution Transformers.
Current at Medium Voltage (2.8 to 38 kV): Up to 40 kA (1).
• Instrument Transformers.
• Making and breaking: inductive, capacitive and transfer currents.
• Low and Medium Voltage Switchgear.
• Short-circuit making capacity. • Short-circuit breaking capacity. • Internal arc / Short-time withstand current tests. • Ability to withstand short circuits of distribution/power transformers. Current at Low Voltage (from 30 to 1000 V): Up to 200 kA. 24
• Transformation Centres. • Low Voltage Boards. • Fuse links and fuse bases. • Measuring, Protection and Control Equipment. • Safety Equipment and Materials. • Cables and Accessories. • Connectors. • Power Electronic Equipment.
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The largest independent Power Laboratory in Spain and Portugal. Connected to the transmission network at 220 kV.
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HIGH VOLTAGE LABORATORY
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Two Test Bays for performing dielectric tests: Test Bay 1 for Medium Voltage Products (up to 72.5 kV). Test Bay 2 for High Voltage Products (up to 362 kV).
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• Insulating materials.
Test Bay 1:
• Distribution Transformers.
• Capacitors.
• Power Frequency Voltage (dry and wet): 300 kV.
• Instrument Transformers.
• Power Electronic Equipment.
• Lightning Impulse Voltage: 800 kV.
• Fuse links and fuse bases.
• DC voltage: 100 kV.
• Insulators and Bushings.
Test Bay 2:
• Measuring, Protection and Control Equipment.
• Power Frequency Voltage (dry and wet): 550 kV. • Lightning Impulse Voltage: 1.600 kV.
• Medium and High Voltage Switchgear.
• Safety Equipment and Materials. • Cables and Accessories.
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LOW VOLTAGE AND ENVIRONMENTAL LABORATORY
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Complementary Low Voltage, Environmental and Mechanical tests.
Tested Products / • Distribution Transformers. • Instrument Transformers. • Transformation Centres. • Low and Medium Voltage Switchgear. • Low Voltage Boards. • Fuse links and fuse bases. • Measuring, Protection and Control Equipment. Capabilities /
• Cables and Accessories.
• Current for temperature-rise runs up to 12,000 A.
• Connectors.
• Climatic chambers:
• Power Electronic Equipment.
- Temperature ranges from -70 to +180 ° C. - Humidity ranges from 10 to 98%. • Large Chamber 5.5 x 4 x 4 m. • Dust, salt spray corrosion chambers. • Vibration table from 1 to 2000 Hz and 70 g.
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InGRID: Our Laboratories
Top Level Laboratory in Europe for Manufacturers of Equipment, Utilities, Wholesalers and Importers. International Recognition. Competence and Independence.
POWERS ELECTRONICS LABORATORY
Tested Products / • PV Inverters. • Power Converters. • FACTs. • Motor drives. • Electronics for grid connection. • Smart Meters. • Batteries. • Flux regulators. • EV Charging stations. Facilities /
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• Conformity Assessment with standards and customers specifications. • Technical assistance.
• Recognized testing of equipment according to each country requirements.
• Technical consulting.
• Quality evaluation of PV panels.
• Market surveillance.
• Measurement and monitoring of the quality of the power supply. • Consultancy related with plants. • On-site testing of equipment (batteries, UPS, power electronics equipment, wiring...). • Efficiency measurement. • Functional tests.
• Flex Power Grid Laboratory AC for testing power electronics in LV, under realistic grid conditions. • AC power supply sources: 165 kW adjustable; 450 kW fixed. • DC power supply sources: 150 & 300 Kw adjustable to 1000 VDC. • 3 m Climatic chamber. • RLC loads for Q > 2.5 for 150 kW inverters in anti-islanding tests.
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ELECTROMAGNETIC COMPATIBILITY LABORATORY
Immunity and emission testing for electricelectronic low voltage product and for communications. Measurements of radio acceptance for telecommunications equipment. Notified Body for EMC Directive. Capabilities / Anechoic certification chamber: • Full compliance with CISPR 16-1-4 (NSA) in 3 m measuring distance. • Approved according to CISPR 01/04/16 (NSA). • Frequency range of 50 Hz to 13 GHz. • 2 m turntable. Faraday chambers to measure conducted emission and immunity. Anechoic precertification chamber for R&D. Tested Products / • Measuring, Protection and Control Equipment. • Protection and auxiliary relays.
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• Inverters and Chargers. • Smart Meters. • Telecommunications equipment. • Switchgear and controlgear. • Household appliances. • Professional electronic equipment.
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InGRID: Our Laboratories
International reference laboratory for certification of Smart Meters and Data Concentrators. Development and evaluation of communications for automation and monitoring of secondary substations.
SMART METERING LABORATORY
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• Certification tests:
• Smart Meters.
- PRIME Protocol - Official Laboratory of the PRIME Alliance.
• Data Concentrators.
- DLMS Protocol and Functionality. • Compliance with the Measuring Instruments Directive (MID) acting as Notified Body. • Additional tests: EMC, climatic, etc. • Interoperability Tests & Communications Performance in real environment. • Product Development Tests. • Development and commercialisation of testing tools: PRIME, DLMS, ... • Technical assistance and consulting Services. 30
• Modems, chipsets, integrated circuits and evaluation boards. • Auxiliaries: filters, attenuators, cables.
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SMART GRIDS COMMUNICATIONS
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TECNALIA supports electrical equipment manufacturers and utilities in the development of new products and ensures compliance with:
• Remote Terminal Units (RTU) and Monitoring Relays for Medium Voltage installations.
• Standards used in electrical substation automation.
• Chargers / Rectifiers for Low and Medium Voltage installations. • Remote Management Cabinets.
• PLC-LV and PLC-MV technologies for Smart Grid services. • Standards used for telecontrol in electrical networks and power system automation applications. • Protocols associated with Demand Management. • Protocols associated with Electric Vehicle communications and network integration. • Standards used in control and monitoring of wind farms. • RTU functionality tests, Chargers and Control Relays for Medium Voltage installations. Deeper studies could be completed in order to model and characterize the old grid that uses new PLC communications.
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InGRID: Our Laboratories
ON-SITE TESTING LABORATORY
Capabilities / Rotating Machines. • Dielectric insulation testing of windings: polarization index, leakage current, HIPOT at AC and DC, measurement of tan delta and partial discharges, TVA; ohmic resistance. • Evaluation of the magnetic core; EL CID test. • Verification of RTDs and thermocouples and instrument transformers. • Commissioning Tests of hydraulic generators: No-load, permanent and sudden short-circuit, determination of characteristic values, Mordey curves. Power Transformers. • Capacitance and Tan Delta of bushings. • Capacitance and Tan Delta of windings. • Insulation resistance and polarization index of windings. • Ohmic resistance of windings. • Characterization of magnetic core. • FRA - Frequency Response Analysis. • Transformation ratio. • Recovery voltage. • Short-circuit impedance.
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• Combined Cycles. • Hydroelectric power plants. • Industrial plants. Power transformers in substations and industrial plants.
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COMMISSIONING TESTS OF HIGH VOLTAGE CABLES WITH RESONANT SYSTEM
Capabilities / • Maximum voltage: 260 kV. • Maximum current: 80 A. • Frequency Range: 20-300 Hz. Test on cables from 45 to 400 kV rated voltage and maximum lengths up to 12 km (1). Possibility of testing higher voltage cables and longer lengths using various resonant systems through collaborative arrangements with other entities.
Test range: • Withstand voltage tests. • Partial discharge measurement. • Oversheath test.
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• Measurement of electrical resistance of conductor and screen. • Line impedances measurement.
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• Capacitance measurement.
Tested Products /
• Tan Delta measurement.
• High voltage cables. • Gas Insulated Substations (GIS).
Alliances and Collaborations
European Energy Research Alliance
Meters and More
TECNALIA widely contributes to international groups.
CEN-CENELEC European Committee for Standardisation.
Joint Programme on Smart Grids and Joint Programme on Energy Storage.
Smart Grids Coordinating Group.
IEC - International Electrotechnical Committee
Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking
IEC-TC57.
European Association for Storage of Energy.
FUTURED
AEH2
PTE-HPC
Spanish Electric Platform.
Spanish Hydrogen Association.
Hydrogen and Fuel Cells Spanish Technological Platform.
Steering Group.
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Research Grouping.
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Accreditations and Recognitions
• ILAC-ENAC accreditation for: - Equipment for Generation,Transmission, Distribution and Use of Electric Energy, Low, Medium and High Voltage. - Electromagnetic Compatibility Testing (EMC) and Evaluation of Human Exposure to Electromagnetic Fields. - Mechanical and Climatic Tests. - Tests compliance with MID Directive.
• Laboratory designated by the Basque Government: - To carry out the tests for type approval of instrument transformers for their use and installation in the network. - As verifier of electrical measurements to verify the accuracy of instrument transformers before installation.
• Control Agency for Directive 2004/108 / EC, OC-L188 Accreditation.
Worldwide recognition of our reports enables our clients to access International Markets.
• Notified Body for: - Directive 2004/108 / EC Electromagnetic Compatibility. - Directive 2004/22 / EC Measuring Instruments Directive (MID). • Registered laboratory ES-02 by the European association LOVAG (Low Voltage Agreement Group). • Laboratory recognised by LAPEM (Mexico), for the acceptance of reports according to the accreditation of ILAC-ENAC 4/LE148.
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ENAC (Spanish National Accreditation Body) is member of International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC) and its accreditations are recognised around the world.
Member of DERlab - Association of leading Laboratories and Research Institutes in the field of Distributed Energy Resources Equipment and Systems.
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Some Clients and Partners
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ACCIONA ENERGÍA
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APPLUS
FRAUNHOFER
AREVA
GAMESA
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GAS DE FRANCE SUEZ
ATMEL
GAS NATURAL FENOSA
CIEMAT
GENERAL CABLE
ECN
GENERAL ELECTRIC
EDF
GROUPE CAHORS
EDP
GRUPO EVE (ENTE VASCO DE LA ENERGÍA)
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HC ENERGÍA GRUPO EDP
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Involvement in R&D
PLANGRID EV Distribution grid planning and operational principles for EV mass roll-out while enabling DER integration. (www.plangridev.eu/)
COTEVOS Concepts, Capacities and Methods for testing EV systems and their interoperability within the Smart Grids. (cotevos.eu/)
This project, led by RWE and funded by the EC under the FP7, aims at developing new network planning tools and methods for European DSOs for an optimised large-scale roll-out of electromobility in Europe whilst at the same time maximising the potential of DER integration. For the validation activities the project will rely on existing infrastructures of the four involved DSOs and the cooperation with OEMs.
TECNALIA leads this FP7 funded project that aims at developing optimal structures and capacities to test the conformance, interoperability and performance of the different systems to be included in the infrastructure for smart charging of EVs. Based on the partners’ proven experience and a decade of collaboration around their facilities, the project will address key issues such as the cross-national transparency, the interaction between grid infrastructure and vehicles and the operational reliability, while reducing the time-to-market of equipment.
ELECTRA (www.electrairp.eu/) ELECTRA is the Integrated Research Programme approved by the European Commission in 2013 under the FP7, as a result of the EERA Joint Programme on Smart Grids. In addition to some key activities for Coordination of Smart Grids research in Europe and International Cooperation, the project aims at developing and testing innovative solutions for increasing the observability and flexibility of distribution systems in Europe.
DERLAB Network of DER Laboratories and Pre-Standardisation. (www.der-lab.net/)
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DERlab will support the sustainable integration of renewable energy sources (RES) and distributed generation (DG) in the electricity supply by describing common requirements, developing quality criteria and supporting international pre-standardisation activities. DERlab will propose test and certification procedures concerning connection, safety, operation and communication of DG components and systems.
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UPGRID Real proven solutions to enable active demand and distributed generation flexible integration through a fully controllable LV and MV distribution grid. UPGrid will develop, test and demonstrate innovative solutions in four European distribution Smart Grids for a complete management and operation of the MV/LV that includes the integration of Distributed Energy Resources (mainly renewable) and active demand management, allowing all stakeholders to become active in the energy market.
BEST PATHS BEyond State-of-the-art Technologies for Power AC corridors multi-Terminal HVDC Systems.
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InGRID is an experimental infrastructure in close contact with the industry and the global scientific community.
Integration of offshore renewable energy into the electric network. It involves: the development and simulation of wind turbine models, HVDC connections, and AC-DC offshore networks; the development of algorithms and control strategies for wind energy converters; critical scenarios modelling and the improvement of existing topologies.
FUTURE GRIDS 2020 New technological offer for the 2020 Smart Grid. Offshore HVDC and low voltage networks operation. Future Grids 2020 addresses the design of substations for high voltage direct current (HVDC) evacuation of power produced by offshore wind farms; and the design of new systems for operation of low voltage smart grids with criteria and tools applied currently in high and medium voltage.
BIDELEK SAREAK Iberdrola Distribución Eléctrica, together with EVE, has set in motion BIDELEK SAREAK AIE, which will become the next-generation smart grid. Bidelek Sareak is a Smart Grid demonstration project for greater support to consumers through the new smart meters and the traditional network of transformer stations, substations and MW power lines. Bidelek Sareak aims to greater integration and coordination of the entire system with electric vehicles and distributed generation. This initiative will be deployed in the areas of Bilbao, Portugalete and the Lea-Artibai District. 39
TECNALIA Parque Científico y Tecnológico de Bizkaia C/ Geldo, Edificio 700 E-48160 Derio - Bizkaia (Spain) T 902 760 000* T +34 946 430 850 (International calls) www.tecnalia.com ÁNGEL DÍAZ Smart Grids Business Area Director angel.diaz@tecnalia.com AITOR KORTAJARENA Electrical Energy Technological Services Area Director aitor.kortajarena@tecnalia.com IÑIGO COBELO Smart Grids Market Manager inigo.cobelo@tecnalia.com SMART GRIDS: TECNALIA’S R&D ACTIVITIES AND TECHNOLOGICAL SERVICES