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<p>Standards are critically important for smartening the grid because they affect the interoper-ability, compatibility, efficiency, and realisation of new technologies and services. In this paper we assess the contribution of EU funded Horizon 2020 projects to adapting or initiating new Smart Grid standards. We provide a comprehensive overview of the Smart Grid standardisation ecosystem and identify opportunities for researchers and innovators to participate in stan-dardisation activities. We identify 225 Horizon 2020 Smart Grid projects and explore which have contributed to the creation or revision of Smart Grid standards. We identify the type of standardisation activities undertaken and explore the factors that influence engagement. We have found that 21 % of EU Horizon 2020 Smart Grid projects engage in some level of standardisation activities. Of these projects the majority (60 %) are involved in understanding standards, 31 % actively engage in influencing standards, while 8 % successfully participate in elaborating new standards. Our study demonstrates that despite the complexity of the Smart Grid Standardisation ecosystem, EU funded researchers and innovators play an important role in the standardisation process.</p>
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Standards are critically important for smartening the grid because they affect the interoper-ability, compatibility, efficiency, and realisation of new technologies and services. In this paper we assess the contribution of EU funded Horizon 2020 projects to adapting or initiating new Smart Grid standards. We provide a comprehensive overview of the Smart Grid standardisation ecosystem and identify opportunities for researchers and innovators to participate in stan-dardisation activities. We identify 225 Horizon 2020 Smart Grid projects and explore which have contributed to the creation or revision of Smart Grid standards. We identify the type of standardisation activities undertaken and explore the factors that influence engagement. We have found that 21 % of EU Horizon 2020 Smart Grid projects engage in some level of standardisation activities. Of these projects the majority (60 %) are involved in understanding standards, 31 % actively engage in influencing standards, while 8 % successfully participate in elaborating new standards. Our study demonstrates that despite the complexity of the Smart Grid Standardisation ecosystem, EU funded researchers and innovators play an important role in the standardisation process.

Smart Grid Standardisation: Contributions and Opportunities of EU Horizon 2020 Projects

Management Information Systems Department

Latvian Journal of Physics and Technical Sciences

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Standards are critically important for smartening the grid because they affect the interoper-ability, compatibility, efficiency, and realisation of new...

Smart Grid Standardisation: Contributions and Opportunities of EU Horizon 2020 Projects

Published Online: Jul 18, 2024

Page range: 17 - 40

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/lpts-2024-0025

Keywords
CENELEC, European projects, H2020, IEC, Research & Innovation, Smart Grids, standards, standardisation, standardisation ecosystem

© 2024 Mutule et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Smart Grid Standardisation: Contributions and Opportunities of EU Horizon 2020 Projects

Published Online: Jul 18, 2024

Page range: 17 - 40

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/lpts-2024-0025

KeywordsCENELEC, European projects, H2020, IEC, Research & Innovation, Smart Grids, standards, standardisation, standardisation ecosystem

© 2024 Mutule et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
CENELEC, European projects, H2020, IEC, Research & Innovation, Smart Grids, standards, standardisation, standardisation ecosystem