HEILA

Project objective

HEILA project aimed to define, implement and demonstrate an integrated business platform of DERs for information exchange between energy market participants. Development of such a system begins as a national smart grid demonstration platform in Finland but will be designed to support Europe wide deployment of the system.

Project partners

The project is realized by LUT University, Tampere University and VTT. The following companies have also participated in the funding and the work of the steering group: Fingrid Oyj, Helen Oy, Helen Sähköverkko Oy, Lempäälän Energia Oy, PKS Sähkönsiirto Oy (representing R4 consortium), Tampereen Sähköverkko Oy, Convion Oy, GreenEnergy Finland Oy, FinnEnergia Oy, Liikennevirta Oy, MSc Electronics Oy, Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy, Siemens Oy, Wapice Oy.

My Role in the project

I was participating in definition of a scalable smart grid architecture able to support integration of DERs into different business models of electrical power system using SGAM use case methodology. Furthermore, I contributed to the programming of control agents for microgrid operator of LUT LVDC microgrid and DER operator managing battery energy storage system. The final report is available here.