Decentralised energy generation plays an important role in the development of energy management that is as sustainable as possible. Compared to the current centralised energy supply, a decentralised energy supply makes other specific demands of the infrastructure besides reliability. The market then has to contend with a great number of individual energy suppliers and consumers who have to be attuned to each other. The reliability of the energy infrastructure can be guaranteed with the aid of advanced information and communication technologies. GasTerra is the initiator of the Smart Power System. This foundation is working on an operating system which will make it possible to link together decentralised energy generators such as HRe boilers, PV solar panels and wind turbines, to address them centrally and let them function as a ‘virtual power plant’.
During the year under review, a second field test with a new generation of HRe boilers was performed in order to be able to assess the effects of large-scale application of these boilers in residential areas on the electricity grid.
