The future FLExibility Clearing House - FLECH - was demonstrated at an iPower Seminar about the creation of a flexibility marketplace for the smart grid
On 8 April 2014 IBM in Lyngby hosted an afternoon of live demonstrations and presentations of the FLECH prototype platform. The iPower seminar presented in-depth knowledge of the background, concept, current solution and perspectives of the FLECH, which is being developed in the iPower project by DONG Energy, Danish Energy Association and IBM. The seminar attracted 100 participants from the electricity distribution industry and the energy component industry as well as several PHDs and students within the field.
The presentations from the seminar and a number of relevant articles are available for download at www.ipower-net.dk.
About iPower
Department of Electrical Engineering at the Technical University of Denmark is coordinating the project and has the overall responsibility that the iPower platform achieves the desired results. The iPower Platform partner group has both volume and breadth to develop and demonstrate solutions that cover all critical aspects of intelligent energy systems with flexible consumption.
The iPower Platform develops and matures Smart Grid technologies for the electrical grid, industries and residential applications. The society needs Smart Grid technology to ensure that the electrical grid can absorb all the energy generated by wind and solar renewables. The iPower platform links research, innovation and demonstration to actual product development by specifying technologies, requirements and methods for Smart Grid products. It enables the industry partners to become first movers in a new and growing world market."
iPower is supported with 60 million DKK by the Danish government via SPIR - the Strategic Platform for Innovation and Research. The research and demonstration project has 32 collaborating partners, universities and research institutions as well as industrial companies from various countries.