The Cell Controller Pilot Project: Testing a Smart Distribution Grid in Denmark

In order to hit ambitious national targets for the integration of renewable energy sources and the reduction of carbon emissions, the national Danish transmission operator has commissioned the Cell Controller Pilot Project. Coordinated smart control of existing distributed assets such as wind turbines, co-generation facilities and managed loads can support transmission operations during emergency condition, while also enabling enhanced market-based control over these assets during routine operations. The aim of the Cell Project is to develop the controllers and the dataacquisition, command, and communication infrastructure necessary to realize such wide-area control of a distribution grid.