Objective Development and use of Sustainable Energy sources is one of the key elements in European Research. Connecting (newly) developed Sustainable and Distributed Energy Resources to the electricity distribution networks however causes significant effects on the management of these networks. Bottlenecks are stability, security, peaks in supply & demand and overall management. Electricity storage systems provide means to overcome the technical and economical hurdles for large scale introduction of distributed and sustainable energy sources.The costs for different storage technologies have dropped dramatically the last five years making introduction of storage systems feasible. However, unfamiliarity with the techniques, lack of confidence and uncertainty with costs and benefits cause very large inertia by end users (utilities, investors). Moreover, network components are designed to be technical and economical effective for a (minimum) period of 40 years, causing conservative behaviour. Fields of science engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsrenewable energy Programme(s) FP6-SUSTDEV - Sustainable Development, Global Change and Ecosystems: thematic priority 6 under the Focusing and Integrating Community Research programme 2002-2006. Topic(s) SUSTDEV-1 - Sustainable energy systems SUSTDEV-1.1.7 - Grid issues Call for proposal FP6-2005-TREN-4 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme STREP - Specific Targeted Research Project Coordinator KEMA NEDERLAND BV EU contribution No data Address Utrechtseweg 310 9035 ARNHEM Netherlands See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (9) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE France EU contribution No data Address Batiment Le Ponant D - 25, rue Leblanc PARIS See on map Total cost No data CONTINUON NETBEHEER NV Netherlands EU contribution No data Address Utrechtseweg 68 ARNHEM See on map Total cost No data ELECTRICITY AUTHORITY OF CYPRUS Cyprus EU contribution No data Address Amfipoleos 11, Strovolos NICOSIA See on map Total cost No data EXENDIS BV Netherlands EU contribution No data Address Keesomstraat 4 EDE See on map Total cost No data IBERDROLA DISTRIBUCION ELECTRICA, S.A. Spain EU contribution No data Address Gardoqui 8 BILBAO See on map Total cost No data INSTYTUT ENERGETYKI, JEDNOSTKA BADAWCZO - ROZWOJOWA ODDZIAL GDANSK Poland EU contribution No data Address Mikolaja Reja 27 GDANSK See on map Total cost No data MVV ENERGIE AG Germany EU contribution No data Address LUISENRING 49 68159 MANNHEIM See on map Total cost No data SAFT S.A France EU contribution No data Address 12 rue Sadi-Carnot BAGNOLET See on map Total cost No data SICON SRI (SOCIETA SOGGETA ALLA DIREZIONE E COORDINAMENTO DEL GRUPPO SOCOMEC S.A.) Italy EU contribution No data Address Via della Tecnica 1 VILLAVERLA See on map Total cost No data
