1. Test Bed for NZEB Community Grid South Dublin County
Tallaght Smart Grid Test Bed
MEGA-SDCC Joint Development Project
Test Bed for NZEB Community Grid
South Dublin County
Dudley Stewart C. Eng.

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3. A Simple Example of the Challenges Ahead
Solar PV Panels + Heat Pump in Glenasmole NS
Schools in Ireland have little use for solar-power in the summer months
A Typical Tallaght Smart Grid Challenge is to enable this school to trade surplus power with neighbours while respecting Network Power Quality & the Grid.

4. Local Electricity Disturbance from Solar

5. Electricity Quality Disturbance from Wind 2015

6. This Rural Tallaght Cluster is no different to any urban Cluster – We see these all as future Smart Micro Energy Clusters – building blocks of a Cellular Smart Grid – Regulated By Contract

7. In 2008 MEGA explored the development of Clusters Sharing Power - Grid & Network Disturbance issues Failed the Power Quality Test - This will prove true of NZEB Clusters also

8. Real-time Power-matching of Local Production resolved Network and Grid Issues – to achieve this a sophisticated Trading & Automation Platform was needed and also Enabling Regulation – to bring about this radical change a real Living Lab was essential - South Dublin County Council (SDCC) and MEGA (Micro Electricity Generation Association) committed to this development in 2013 with SEAI & EI Support.

9. The Advanced Smart Energy Cell features now Ultra-fast (Ultra-Caps + Ultra-Batteries) + Power Quality Controls & Community Battery

10. Smart Energy Cells will work well for NZEB as not all dwellings need to be included – only the willing - Put simply only those houses with the S-L computerised data and actuation system have the M2M capability of Trading

15. MODEL CITY 2016 Tallaght South Dublin Model Community Energy Utility
Smart Grid Cell Clusters
Migro Grid Stabilisers
Community System Services
Automated Energy Services Trading Platform
Biomass CHP District Heating, Solar PV, Fuel Cell + Energy Storage & Recycling

19. Thank You
Micro Electricity Generation Association (MEGA)