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Item EV integration in smart grids through interoperability solutions(Korean Society of Automotive Engineers, 2015) Rodríguez, Raúl; Madina, Carlos; Zabala, Eduardo; Tecnalia Research & Innovation; POWER SYSTEMSThe high total cost of ownership and the uncertainties surrounding battery reliability are still the main barriers for electric vehicle (EV) market take off in Europe. Storage evolution, leading to both price reduction and performance improvement, is a huge technical challenge in the medium-long term. In the meantime, new business models and market niche developments might play a facilitator role for EV deployment by tackling the economic gap between conventional ICE and electromobility (e-mobility) solutions. Based on the analysis of the state of the art, this paper considers new business model aspects, but with an especial focus on smart grid integration and interoperability. Available solutions for electro-mobility are sketched out and presented according to the Smart Grid Architecture Model (SGAM), giving hints on regulation, business, services, components and communication and information. The smart grid integration of EVs is highly dependent on the interoperability of e-mobility solutions with electric network management procedures. In addition, it is expected that the interoperability between different e-mobility developments results in lower prices and extended services availability for final users. This makes this subject to be of great importance at international level. To achieve this, it is necessary to be able to assess interoperability, not only at the level of physical systems but at all domains, including stakeholder interactions in the frame of a broad diversity of services, business models and regulatory schemes. COTEVOS project aim is to help tackle this challenge.Item A Holistic and Interoperable Approach towards the Implementation of Services for the Digital Transformation of Smart Cities: The Case of Vitoria-Gasteiz (Spain): The case of Vitoria-Gasteiz (Spain)(2021-12-02) Larrinaga, Félix; Pérez, Alain; Aldalur, Iñigo; Hernández, José L.; Izkara, José Luis; Sáez de Viteri, Patxi; Tecnalia Research & Innovation; LABORATORIO DE TRANSFORMACIÓN URBANACities in the 21st century play a major role in the sustainability and climate impact reduction challenges set by the European agenda. As the population of cities grows and their environmental impact becomes more evident, the European strategy aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions—the main cause of climate change. Measures to reduce the impact of climate change include reducing energy consumption, improving mobility, harnessing resources and renewable energies, integrating nature-based solutions and efficiently managing infrastructure. The monitoring and control of all this activity is essential for its proper functioning. In this context, Information and Communication Technology (ICT) plays a key role in the digitisation, monitoring, and managing of these different verticals. Urban data platforms support cities on extracting Key Performance Indicators (KPI) in their efforts to make better decisions. Cities must be transformed by applying efficient urban planning measures and taking into account not only technological aspects, but also by applying a holistic vision in building solutions where citizens are at the centre. In addition, standardisation of platforms where applications are integrated as one is necessary. This requires interoperability between different verticals. This article presents the information platform developed for the city of Vitoria-Gasteiz in Spain. The platform is based on the UNE 178104 standard to provide a holistic architecture that integrates information from the different urban planning measures implemented in the city. The platform was constructed in the context of the SmartEnCity project following the urban transformation strategy established by the city. The article presents the value-added solutions implemented in the platform. These solutions have been developed by applying co-creation techniques in which stakeholders have been involved throughout the process. The platform proposes a step forward towards standardization, harmonises the integration of data from multiple vertical, provides interoperability between services, and simplifies scalability and replicability due to its microservice architecture.Item ICT architectures for TSO-DSO coordination and data exchange: a European perspective: A European Perspective(2023-03-01) Perez, Nestor Rodriguez; Domingo, Javier Matanza; Lopez, Gregorio Lopez; Avila, Jose Pablo Chaves; Bosco, Ferdinando; Croce, Vincenzo; Kukk, Kalle; Uslar, Mathias; Madina, Carlos; Santos-Mugica, Maider; Tecnalia Research & Innovation; POWER SYSTEMSThe coordination between system operators is a key element for the decarbonization of the power system. Over the past few years, many EU-funded research projects have addressed the challenges of Transmission System Operators (TSO) and Distribution System Operators (DSO) coordination by implementing different data exchange architectures. This paper presents a review of the ICT architectures implemented for the main coordination schemes demonstrated in such projects. The main used technologies are analyzed, considering the type of data exchanged and the communication link. Finally, the paper presents the different gaps and challenges on TSO-DSO coordination related to ICT architectures that must still be faced, paying especial attention to the expected contribution of the EU-funded OneNet project on this topic. IEEEItem Integration of Real-Intelligence in Energy Management Systems to Enable Holistic Demand Response Optimization in Buildings and Districts(IEEE, 2018-10-18) Romero, Ander; de Agustin-Camacho, Pablo; Tsitsanis, Tasos; Tecnalia Research & Innovation; EDIFICACIÓN DE ENERGÍA POSITIVA; LABORATORIO DE TRANSFORMACIÓN URBANAAlthough multiple trials have been conducted demonstrating that demand side flexibility works and even though technology roll-out progresses significantly fast, the business application of residential and small tertiary demand response has been slow to develop. This paper introduces a holistic demand response optimization framework that enables significant energy costs reduction at the consumer side, while introducing buildings as a major contributor to energy networks' stability in response to network constraints and conditions. The backbone of the solution consists in a modular interoperability and data management framework that enables open standards-based communication along the demand response value chain. The solution is validated in four large-scale pilot sites, incorporating diverse building types, heterogeneous home, building and district energy systems and devices, a variety of energy carriers and spanning diverse climatic conditions, demographic and cultural characteristics.Item A Methodology for the Digitalization of the Residential Building Renovation Process through OpenBIM-Based Workflows(2021-11-05) Armijo, Alberto; Elguezabal, Peru; Lasarte, Natalia; Weise, Matthias; DIGITALIZACIÓN Y AUTOMATIZACIÓN DE LA CONSTRUCCIÓN; ECOEFICIENCIA DE PRODUCTOS DE CONSTRUCCIÓN; E&I SEGURAS Y RESILIENTESThe European building industry is facing a strong increase in renovation processes, which are still non-cost-effective, involve unproperly coordinated stakeholders, are disturbing for the occupants, and cause important inefficiencies in the overall renovation process. In this context, digitalization and Building Information Modelling (BIM), as an enabler, is the key solution that may drive renovation interventions to ensure a more successful and leaner process, aiding the whole value chain of actors to achieve its full potential. This research describes the OpenBIM methodology applied in order to transform the implicit knowledge from the stakeholders involved in the building renovation process, not structured enough for automation, into an OpenBIM digital process based on the BIM standards. The outcomes of this research are the OpenBIM ready workflows that represent the renovation process and information requirements according to the involvement of different stakeholders rooted in the analysis of barriers, requirements, and needs. Those workflows are the basis for the future development of specific products and tools for boosting digitalization and interoperability in the renovation process.Item A practical approach to cross-agri-domain interoperability and integration(2022) Bilbao-Arechabala, Sonia; Martinez-Rodriguez, Belen; Tecnalia Research & InnovationIn this paper we describe the process for making sensors and IoT devices interoperable with existing agri-solutions, and to federate data and services between two agricultural smart platforms, more precisely the AFarCloud and DEMETER solutions. This approach is in line with EU data-driven strategy and GAIA-X’s federation strategy. Finally, we present the use case where this process has been tested and validated, i.e. Kotipelto farm, a dairy farm located in Ylivieska (Finland).Item Towards Semantic Interoperability Standards based on Ontologies(2019-10) Baqa, Hamza; Bauer, Martin; Bilbao, Sonia; Corchero, Aitor; Daniele, Laura; Esnaola, Iker; Fernández, Izaskun; Frånberg, Östen; García-Castro, Raúl; Girod-Genet, Marc; Guillemin, Patrick; Gyrard, Amélie; El Kaed, Charbel; Kung, Antonio; Lee, Jaeho; Lefrançois, Maxime; Li, Wenbin; Raggett, Dave; Wetterwald, MichelleThe paper is structured as follows: Section 2 introduces semantic interoperability and its benefits; Section 3 provides industry requirements for semantic interoperability practice; Section 4 describes various initiatives for ontology-driven interoperability; Section 5 explains the various life cycles for ontology-driven interoperability; and finally, Section 6 provides recommendations on ontology-based semantic interoperability.