Table 1 Software development and application of demand response worldwide
From: From demand response to integrated demand response: review and prospect of research and application
Project or System | Country | Supporter | Technology or Method | Achievements or Outlooks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Demand-side bidding project | USA | Pacific Gas and Electric Company | Automation technology and communication technology | Coordinating the control of consumers and distributed energy resources to reduce the peak load |
The “ITM” project | Netherlands | Kema Laboratory | Time-of-use distribution technology and incentive mechanism | Mitigating the impact of electric vehicles on the power grid |
FRANKE GMKP Demand Controller System | German | FRANKE GMKP | Trend analysis | Predicting the peak load at the next moment, and making adjustments accordingly such as power changing, delay or load shedding to realize automatic time-interval based control of the energy system |
Demonstration projects for the comprehensive utilization of multiple energy resources | Japan | New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) | Master-slave structure | Using the upper energy management system to optimally dispatch the distributed energy resources and energy storage devices |
The “i-japan (Smart Japan) Strategy 2015” | Japan | Government | Digital information technology | Fully supporting the development of smart cities |
Comprehensive energy management system | China | State Grid Tianjin Electric Power Company | Multi-stage energy coordination control method | Realizing the optimal utilization of the distributed energy resources, distribution networks, multiple loads and other resources in the park |