DEFINITION OF AN ASSESSMENT FRAMEWORK FOR PROJECTS OF COMMON INTEREST IN THE FIELD OF SMART GRIDS under the EC "Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on guidelines for trans-European energy infrastructure"

The document presents the methodology to be adopted in the evaluation of proposals of Smart Grids projects to be awarded the label of Projects of Common Interest. The label, established by the Regulation 347/2013 on Guidelines for trans-European energy infrastructure, aims at identifying trans-national projects with a significant added-value for the EU as a whole. The methodology has been developed by JRC within the Expert Group 4 "Infrastructure" of the EC Smart Grids Task Force and finally approved by the Expert Group in July 2012.JRC.F.3-Energy Security, Systems and Marke

Nodal Pricing in the European Internal Electricity Market

This report summarises the findings of a project, awarded to Tractebel-Engie, to analyse the possibility and the effects of implementing nodal pricing in the European Internal electricity market based on the current and proposed legal framework. The report presents the origins and organisation of nodal pricing and the documented costs and benefits and describes the implementation challenges of applying nodal pricing in the EU.JRC.C.3-Energy Security, Distribution and Market

Cost-benefit analysis of Smart Grid projects: Isernia: Costs and benefits of Smart Grid pilot installations and scalability options

Smart Grid pilot projects and their assessment through a cost-benefit analysis are crucial to ensure that Smart Grid and Smart Metering roll-out are economically reasonable and cost-effective. Analysing the Isernia pilot project, the key result of the investigation is that an extra remuneration for such ambitious projects has been crucial in turning the Distribution System Operator’s Return on Investment (RoI) positive.JRC.C.3-Energy Security, Distribution and Market

Distribution Network Models platform guideline

The Distribution Network Model (DiNeMo) is the collaborative platform where it is possible to model the electricity distribution grids of your community, city or region. This document provide a helpful guideline to the user.JRC.C.3-Energy Security, Distribution and Market

Distribution System Operators Observatory 2018

The distribution system is a key part of the electricity chain. It links bulk production with end consumers. Recently, radical changes have taken place in every segment of the power industry. These are calling for a changing role of the Distribution System Operators (DSOs) in Europe. This report provides a clear picture of the features of distribution grids in Europe, on the way they are operated and how far DSOs are from the paved provisions proposed in the recent Electricity Directive of the European Commission.JRC.C.3-Energy Security, Distribution and Market

RICKETS AT THE MEDICI COURT OF FLORENCE: THE CASE OF DON FILIPPINO (1577-1582)

Among the children found in the crypt of the Grand Duke Giangastone in S. Lorenzo Basilica (Florence), the skeletal remains of a 5-year-old child still wearing his fine high social status clothing were recovered. This child of the Medici family was identified as Don Filippino (1577-1582), son of the Grand Duke Francesco I (1541-1587) and Giovanna from Austria (1547-1578). The prince showed several pathological deformities of the cranial and post-cranial skeleton, including enlargement of the cranium, thinning of the cranial vault bones (craniotabes), platybasia and marked bending of femora, tibiae and fibulae. Differential diagnosis suggests that Don Filippino was affected by rickets. The occurrence of this metabolic disease related to vitamin D deficiency in a Renaissance high social class individual can be explained by the practice of very prolonged breast-feeding, up until to sunlight. Historical sources describe Don Filippino as frail and sickly, with frequent illnesses and persistent slight fevers, and it can be supposed that the child was frequently confined indoors, especially in the cold season. Integration of osteoarchaeological evidence with historical documentation suggests that bone lesions observed in the skeletal remains of Don Filippino are compatible with a diagnosis of rickets, caused by the custom of prolonged breast-feeding associated with inadequate sunlight exposure two years of age. Maternal milk contains insufficient vitamin D ratios and retarded weaning severely exposes children to a higher risk of developing rickets, especially if dietary habits are combined with inadequate exposure

A Smart Grid for the city of Rome: A Cost Benefit Analysis

In this work, the JRC applies its Smart Grid CBA methodology to a full-scale project rather than only to a small-size demonstrative one. To this end, the JRC and ACEA - one of Italy’s biggest Distribution System Operators (DSOs), in charge of managing the distribution system of Rome - teamed up to study the merits of deploying Smart Grid technologies (preliminarily tested in a pilot project) in a big city like the Italian capital, hosting several million electricity users. The ACEA Smart Grid Pilot Project (named "Malagrotta" after the area where pilot solutions were first realised) is the starting point for this study, as it displays many of the characteristics of emerging Smart Grids projects and interconnects several diversified generation facilities (like biogas, waste-to-electricity and PV plants) and consumption centres. This study illustrates the outcome of the application of the JRC Cost Benefit Analysis (CBA) to a) the ACEA Smart Grids pilot project; and b) the planned deployment of Smart Grid technologies (tested in the ACEA Smart Grids pilot project) to the whole of the city of Rome. The CBA is conducted from both the private investor’s and the societal perspective, in order to assess whether scaling up the Smart Grid pilot project benefits the distribution operator and the citizens. Finally, this report shows how the JRC's CBA methodology can be effectively used to assess the financial and economic viability of real Smart Grids projects and help the investment decisions of DSOs.JRC.F.3-Energy Security, Systems and Marke