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SIRFN focus area Advanced Laboratory Testing Methods
Within this SIRFN focus area, advanced methods for laboratory testing of components and electrical power systems are complemented by novel simulation technologies such as Power Hardware-in-the-Loop (PHIL), Controller Hardware-in-the-Loop (CHIL) and co-simulation, whose practical experience is however limited and not yet widespread. The SIRFN partner laboratories use their world-class research infrastructure to share expertise and jointly evaluate these new techniques, with the aim of establishing future test procedures within the framework of international standards, and provide recommendations for the optimal application of these techniques in laboratory environments.
Copyright: ISGAN Annex 5 SIRFN
SIRFN Focus Area Power System Testing
Within the framework of the SIRFN focus area "Power System Testing", leading international laboratories are pooling their activities with the aim of developing strategies for testing system aspects of digitalised, renewable energy-based, cyber-physical power systems.
Copyright: ISGAN Annex 5 SIRFN
SIRFN Partnerships and Stakeholders
As a global network, SIRFN also works intensively with partners from other relevant networks. These networks include research and development, industry and, in particular, the field of standardisation.
Copyright: ISGAN Annex 5 SIRFN
Socio-technical dimensions of smart grid transitions
Annex 7 deals with the socio-technical dimensions of the smart grid transition, in particular with researching institutional and governance-related aspects and barriers in order to advance the implementation of smart grids. The focus here is on the institutional change associated with the introduction of smart grids. The annex focuses on framework conditions such as regulation and guidelines, but also informal forms of social organization that are characterized by culture, usage habits, as well as psychological and social aspects of energy use and investment in renewable energy technologies. In this way, the annex is to be seen as complementary to existing annexes within ISGAN, and enters into an inter- and transdisciplinary dialogue with them.
Copyright: AIT - Austrian Institute of Technology
Overview of regulatory sandboxes worldwide
Regulatory sandboxes are policy instruments that create the appropriate legal framework so that innovators can test new products, services and processes under real conditions that would otherwise not have been possible under the current regulation. Such a regulatory experiment should take place in a temporally and / or physically delimited space and pursue the goal of developing technical and / or service solutions to accelerate the energy transition. The figure shows the status of the implementation of regulatory experimenting in countries worldwide.
Copyright: AIT - Austrian Institute of Technology
SIRFN Focus Area: DER testing protocols
As part of the SIRFN focus are, SIRFN laboratories are developing test protocols for validating the interoperability of distributed energy resources, which can be used in an integrated test platform (System Validation Platform), for implementing a harmonised, international certification standard for all distributed energy resources in the power grids.
Copyright: ISGAN Annex 5 SIRFN
Description of ISGAN Annex 6
The main tasks and objectives of ISGAN Annex 6 are described and the participating countries (as of June 2020) are listed.
Copyright: Susanne Windischberger
Key Questions for TSO-DSO Interaction
The most important issues for communication between transmission and distribution system operators are listed.
Copyright: Barbara Herndler
Challenges for the Interaction between TSOs and DSOs
Functional, economic, ITC and Regulatory challenges for the interaction between TSOs and DSOs.
Copyright: Berbara Herndler
Lessons learned and recommendations for TSO-DSO interaction
Project results on the findings and recommendations for the interaction between TSOs and DSOs are summarised.
Copyright: Barbara Hendler
Contact angle measurement for membrane properties assessment
Depositing a drop of test liquid on the membrane.
Copyright: ACR/schewig-fotodesign
Membrane distillation (MD) laboratory plant at AEE INTEC in Gleisdorf
The MD laboratory system offers the option of connecting different module types and sizes, shown here with a connected test cell. The system can also be operated in different configurations, such as in direct contact mode or with vacuum.
Copyright: AEE INTEC
Vertically installed bifacial photovoltaic modules as a rainscreen, Neuchâtel
Photovoltaic fassade installation using photovoltaic modules with bifacial cells, wide gap between the cells and thin (smart) wire interconnects. See also Report T13-13:2021 "Designing New Materials for Photovoltaics: Opportunities for Lowering Cost and Increasing Performance through Advanced Material Innovations" and Report IEA-PVPS T13-14:2021 "Bifacial Photovoltaic Modules and Systems: Experience and Results from International Research and Pilot Applications". Download-Link: https://iea-pvps.org/research-tasks/performance-operation-and-reliability-of-photovoltaic-systems/.
Copyright: Karl Berger (AIT)
Photovoltaic system installation in the Alps
At a photovoltaic system in the Alps having two different types of glass-backsheet modules, one type shows after a few years cracks at the backsheets outer layer, while the others are free of failures. See Report T13-24:2021 „Qualification of Photovoltaic (PV) Power Plants using Mobile Test Equipment“ and Report IEA-PVPS-T13-25:2022 "Guidelines for Operation and Maintenance of Photovoltaic Power Plants in Different Climates". Download at: https://iea-pvps.org/research-tasks/performance-operation-and-reliability-of-photovoltaic-systems/.
Copyright: Gabriele Eder (OFI)
On-site inspection of photovoltaic modules
Left hand side: Hand-held devices can be used to get insight in polymer materials composition and degradation processes. Right hand side: Module backsheet with multiple parallel cracks of the outer layer. See Report T13-24:2021 „Qualification of Photovoltaic (PV) Power Plants using Mobile Test Equipment“ and Report T13-13:2021 "Designing New Materials for Photovoltaics: Opportunities for Lowering Cost and Increasing Performance through Advanced Material Innovations". Download-Link: https://iea-pvps.org/research-tasks/performance-operation-and-reliability-of-photovoltaic-systems/
Copyright: Gernot Oreski (PCCL)
22nd IEA PVPS Task 13 Meeting, October 2019, Chile
Technical tour of the IEA PVPS Task 13 people visiting Atamos-Tec in the Atacama desert, near Antofagasta, Chile.
