RT Journal Article T1 Towards holistic power distribution system validation and testing—an overview and discussion of different possibilities A1 Strasser, Thomas A1 Pröstl Andrén, Filip A1 Lauss, Georg A1 Bründlinger, Roland A1 Brunner, Helfried A1 Moyo, Cyndi A1 Seitl, Christian A1 Rohjans, Sebastian A1 Lehnhoff, Sebastian A1 Palensky, Peter A1 Kotsampopoulos, Panos A1 Hatziargyriou, Nikos A1 Arnold, Gunter A1 Heckmann, Wolfram A1 Jong, Erik A1 Verga, Maurizio A1 Franchioni, Giorgio A1 Martini, Luciano A1 Kosek, Anna A1 Gehrke, Oliver A1 Bindner, Henrik A1 Coffele, Federico A1 Burt, Graeme A1 Calin, Mihai A1 Rodriguez-Seco, Emilio AB Renewable energy sources are key enablers to decrease greenhouse gas emissions and to cope with the anthropogenic global warming. Their intermittent behaviour and limited storage capabilities present challenges to power system operators in maintaining the high level of power quality and reliability. However, the increased availability of advanced automation and communication technologies has provided new intelligent solutions to face these challenges. Previous work has presented various new methods to operate highly interconnected power grids with corresponding components in a more effective way. As a consequence of these developments the traditional power system is transformed into a cyber-physical system, a smart grid. Previous and ongoing research activities have mainly focused on validating certain aspects of smart grids, but until now no integrated approach for analysing and evaluating complex configurations in a cyber-physical systems manner is available. This paper tackles this issue and addresses system validation approaches for smart grids. Different approaches for different stages in the design, development, and roll-out phase of smart grid solutions and components are discussed. Finally, future research directions are analysed. SN 0932-383X YR 2017 FD 2017-02-01 LK https://hdl.handle.net/11556/4349 UL https://hdl.handle.net/11556/4349 LA eng NO Strasser , T , Pröstl Andrén , F , Lauss , G , Bründlinger , R , Brunner , H , Moyo , C , Seitl , C , Rohjans , S , Lehnhoff , S , Palensky , P , Kotsampopoulos , P , Hatziargyriou , N , Arnold , G , Heckmann , W , Jong , E , Verga , M , Franchioni , G , Martini , L , Kosek , A , Gehrke , O , Bindner , H , Coffele , F , Burt , G , Calin , M & Rodriguez-Seco , E 2017 , ' Towards holistic power distribution system validation and testing—an overview and discussion of different possibilities ' , Elektrotechnik und Informationstechnik , vol. 134 , no. 1 , pp. 71-77 . https://doi.org/10.1007/s00502-016-0453-3 NO Publisher Copyright: © 2016, The Author(s). NO This work is partly supported by the European Community’s Seventh Framework Program (FP7/2007-2013) under project “ELECTRA IRP (Grant Agreement No. 609687) as well as by the European Community’s Horizon 2020 Program (H2020/2014-2020) under project “ERIGrid” (Grant Agreement No. 654113). Further information is available at the corresponding websites www.electrairp.eu and www.erigrid.eu . DS TECNALIA Publications RD 26 jul 2024