The Danish cell project ― Status and perspective of a smart grid demonstration

There is a trend all over Europe towards power generation in the distribution network using wind, photovoltaic, and combined heat and power plants. The Danish power system can be considered a leader: already today more than 50 % of the total production capacity consists of distributed generation, mainly wind and combined heat and power plants. As a consequence of this development, it has become more difficult to predict and to control the total electricity generation. This article describes the Danish cell project, a new development for optimal management of distribution grids (cells) with large amount of distributed generation.