Policies, Regulatory framework, and Market Architecture

This deliverable presents and overview of the current state of standardization regarding LV and MVDC grids and applications as they will be demonstrated within the Shift2DC project. Most standardization is done on an international level within IEC, and while there are some national peculiarities in the standardization and regulation within some EU countries, this should result in better transferability across national borders. With the system specifications from both ODCA and Current/OS Foundation, two well defined – and in most parts complementary – reference scenarios are presented, which will be the basis for the development of the demonstrators. The main gaps within the current standardization have been identified, which lie mostly within the protection area as well as clear definitions. Lastly, the market architectures and grid services that DC systems in general can supply are introduced.