CROSSBOW – Cross Border management of variable renewable energies and storage units enabling a transnational wholesale market

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PROGRAMME: EU H2020

ABSTRACT:

The main objective of the European Project CROSSBOW is to propose the shared use of resources to foster cross-border management of variable renewable energies and storage units, enabling a higher penetration of clean energies whilst reducing network operational costs and improving economic benefits of RES and storage units.

The project has a budget of 22M€ (co-funded by the EU under the H2020 programme). It has a duration of 48 months and the consortium working on it is form by 24 partners from 13 countries .

In addition to the technology partners from Spain, Germany, Austria, UK and Slovenia; the project counts with the active participation from the TSO (Transmission System Operators) of 8 countries: Bulgaria, Romania, Greece, Montenegro, FYROM, Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Serbia.

COORDINATOR: ETRA INVESTIGACIÓN Y DESARROLLO, S.A.

PARTNERS:

  1. ETRA Investigación y Desarrollo, S.A.
  2. Centrul Roman al Energiei -CRE
  3. Compania nationala de transport alenergiei electrice transelectrica, S.A.
  4. Institute Of Communications And Computer Systems
  5. Independent Power Transmission Operator, S.A.
  6. Hellenic Electricity Distribution Network Operator, S.A.
  7. Public Power Corporation, S.A.
  8. COBRA Instalaciones Y Servicios, S.A.
  9. VARTA Storage Gmbh
  10. Elektroenergien systemen operator EAD
  11. P. Elektromreza Srbije
  12. Security Coordination Centre SCC ltd. Belgrade
  13. Nezavisni Operator sistema u BiH
  14. University of Manchester
  15. HEP – Operator prijenosnog sustava d.o.o.
  16. KONCAR – inzenjering za energetikui transport dd
  17. Sveuciliste u Zagrebu fakultet elektrotehnike i racunarstv
  18. Univerza v Ljubljani
  19. ELPROS elektronski in programski sistemi doo
  20. Crnogorski Elektroprenosni Sistem
  21. Operator na elektroprenosniot sistem na Makedonija
  22. Ss Cyril and Methodius University, Faculty Of Electrical Engineering And Information Technologies
  23. AD Elektrani na Makedonija Skopje – Direkcija
  24. CyberGrid Gmbh

KEY WORDS: Electricity Transmission/Distribution. Cross-border, TSOs, Eastern-Europe, RES, storage, ICT.