SmartGrid

  As a part of IBM’s smarter planet initiative, we are taking part in the "Electric Vehicles in a Distributed and Integrated Market using Sustainable Energy and Open Networks" (EDISON) consortium. Partially funded by the Danish Ministry for Climate and Energy, it is a joint project with partners DONG Energy, Denmark's largest energy company, the regional energy company of Oestkraft, the Technical University of Denmark, Siemens, Eurisco and the Danish Energy Association.

The purpose of the project is to supply electrical balancing power for wind-generated electricity through the use of electrical vehicles (EV) and their accumulators. In order to manage, balance, and predict the impact of a large number of electric cars onto the electric grid, a new breed of metering, analyzing, and controlling infrastructure needs to be developed so that electric cars can communicate intelligently with the grid to determine dynamically the time intervals when charging or discharging can take place. This will be influenced by fluctuating power inputs to the grid from renewable energy sources such as wind, as well as by cumulative demand on the grid at any given moment.

IBM Denmark and IBM Research - Zurich will develop, among other contributions, technologies that synchronize the charging and, potentially, discharging of the electric vehicles with the availability of wind in the grid. Other areas of interest are simulations of such systems in order to predict electricity supply and demand related to electric vehicles as well as to study the impact of dynamic pricing models on EV usage and electrical grid utilization using real-time analytics techniques.

• 21 Sept 2012. Swiss energy utility and supermarket chain pilot smart grid using renewable energy. FlexLast project for optimal power system integration. E | D | J
• 13 Oct 2011. IBM and EKZ make electric vehicle charging more convenient with new smartphone application. Real-time information will help utility providers better manage power grid loads. E | D
• 13 Oct 2011. IBM joins European consortium to build a smart grid using renewable energy. Consumers to schedule when to purchase electricity online and at what price.
• 25 Feb 2009. IBM joins EDISON project to build smart grid for electric cars

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• The Smartest, Greenest Grid
. What the little Danish island of Bornholm is showing the world about the future of energy, IEEE Spectrum
  29 Apr 2013
• Die Stromnetze kommen ins Eiszeitalter, energeia,
  21 Jan 2013
• Wenn im Kühlhaus ab und zu der Strom fehlt, NZZ,
  14 Jan 2013
• Fokus: Schall und Rauch, EMPA News,
  21 Dec 2012
• A better way to do demand response? IBM's Swiss pilot may show the way, SmartGridNews.com,
  24 Oct 2012
• Smart Grid steuert Energiewende, Greenbyte.ch,
  26 Sep 2012
• Sonne weg — dann Kühlhäuser aus. Migros macht bei Pilotversuch für smartes Stromnetz mit, SonntagsBlick,
  3 Jun 2012
• Intelligent vehicles can 'talk' about best schedules so grids don't get overloaded, NBC News.com
  17 Apr 2012
• Virtual Power Plants, Real Power, IEEE Spectrum,
  Mar 2012
• Elektroautos vom Handy aus laden, Computer World,
  14 Sep 2011
• Accelerating Progress. EVs and the Smart Grid, Spark,
  4 Aug 2011
• Denmark's electric dreams, UtilityWeek,
  8 Dec 2010
• Rückenwind für Elektroautos, SonntagsZeitung,
  12 Jul 2009
• Denmark to power electric cars by wind in vehicle-to-grid experiment, Guardian,
  19 Jun 2009
• Danish Electric Car Infrastructure Project Edison Officially Begins, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark,
  27 Feb 2009
• IBM Joins EDISON Project to Build Smart Grid for Electric Cars, Yahoo Finance,
  25 Feb 2009

1. D. Gantenbein, C. Binding, B. Jansen, A. Mishra, O. Sundstrom
   "EcoGrid EU: An Efficient ICT Approach for a Sustainable Power System"
   IEEE SustainIT, Pisa, October 4-5, 2012.
2. O. Sundstrom, C. Binding, D. Gantenbein, D. Berner, and W. Rumsch
   "Aggregating the flexibility of domestic hot-water boilers to offer tertiary regulation power in Switzerland"
   IEEE Intelligent Smart Grid Technology conference, October 14-17, 2012.
3. Olle Sundstroem, Carl Binding
   "Flexible Charging Optimization for EVs considering Distribution Grid Constraints"
   IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, Volume 99, p.1-12, 2012.
4. O. Sundstroem, O. Corradi, C. Binding
   "Toward Electric Vehicle Trip Prediction for a Charging Service Provider"
   Proc. 2012 IEEE Int'l Electric Vehicle Conf. "IEVC," Greenville, SC (IEEE, March 2012).
5. A.H. Foosnaes, C.A. Andersen, L. Christensen, D. Gantenbein, N. Rao
   "EDISON - Study on Optimal Grid Integration of Electric Vehicles"
   in "The Cool 100 Book", edited by J. Haselip, D. Pointing, (UNEP Risoe Centre on Energy, Climate and Sustainable Development, 2011), pp.16-25.
6. Peter Bach Andersen, Einar Bragi Hauksson, Anders Bro Pedersen, Dieter Gantenbein, Bernhard Jansen, Claus Amtrup Andersen and Jacob Dall
   "Smart Charging the Electric Vehicle Fleet"
   in "Smart Grid Applications, Communications and Security", edited by L.T. Berger, K. Iniewski, (Wiley, April 2012), Part IV Case Studies and Field Trials, Ch. 15, pp. 381-408.
7. M. Naphade, G. Banavar, C. Harrison, J. Paraszczak, R. Morris
   "Smarter Cities and Their Innovation Challenges"
   Computer Society, Special edition on Smart Cities (June 2011) 32-39.
8. Carl Binding and Olle Sundström
   "A Simulation Environment for Vehicle-to-Grid Integration Studies"
   Summer Computer Simulation Conference SCSC 2011, World Forum, The Hague, Netherlands, June 27 - 30, 2011.
9. O. Sundström and C. Binding
   "Charging service elements for an electric vehicle charging service provider"
   In Proceedings of the IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting, Detroit, MI, 24-29 July 2011. Accepted for publication.
   Also available as IBM RZ 3796.
10. A. Bro Pedersen, E. Bragi Hauksson, P. Bach Andersen, B. Poulsen, C. Traeholt, D. Gantenbein, B. Jansen
    "Facilitating a Generic Communication Interface to Distributed Energy Resources: Mapping IEC 61850 to RESTful Services"
    Proc. 1st IEEE Int'l Conf. on Smart Grid Communications "IEEE SmartGridComm 2010," Gaithersburg, Maryland (IEEE, October 2010) 61-66.
11. D. Gantenbein
    "Elektroautos als Energiespeicher - Using Electric Vehicles to Store Energy"
    InformationWeek - Services, Management und Prozesse mit IT, No. 2/3, p. 41 (February 25, 2010).
12. B. Jansen, C. Binding, O. Sundström, D. Gantenbein
    "Architecture and Communication of an Electric Vehicle Virtual Power Plant"
    Proc. 1st IEEE Int'l Conf. on Smart Grid Communications "IEEE SmartGridComm 2010," Gaithersburg, Maryland (IEEE, October 2010) 149-154.
13. Olle Sundström, Carl Binding
    "Planning Electric-Drive Vehicle Charging under Constrained Grid Conditions"
    Proc. 2010 Int'l Conf. on Power System Technology "POWERCON2010," Hangzhou, China (IEEE, October 2010).
    Also available as IBM RZ 3785.
14. Olle Sundström and Carl Binding "Optimization Methods to Plan the Charging of Electric Vehicle Fleets"
    Proc. ACEEE International Conference on Control, Communication, and Power Engineering (CCPE), pp. 323-328, Chennai, India, July 28, 2010.
    Also available as IBM RZ 3768.
    
15. Carl Binding, Dieter Gantenbein, Bernhard Jansen, Olle Sundstroem, Peter Bach Andersen, Francesco Marra, Bjarne Poulsen, Chresten Traeholt
    "Electric Vehicle Fleet Integration in the Danish EDISON Project – A Virtual Power Plant on the Island of Bornholm"
    Proc. IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting 2010, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, July 25-29, 2010.
    Also available as IBM RZ 3761.
16. Carl Binding, Olle Sundström, Dieter Gantenbein, Bernhard Jansen
    "Integration of an Electrical Vehicle Fleet into the Power Grid"
    ERCIM News No. 82, pp. 57-58, July 2010.