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23/03/21 – Meet some of the Belgian hardware frontrunners
SME’s for energy communities

SDM-group
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We are leaders in the development and
implementation of mission-critical applications
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Less Energy
Consumption
Renewable
energy
Operational
reliability
High efficiency
and low TCO
Health and
support

SDM-strengths
50 years of
experience in
energy critical
installations
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Competence
Engagement
Partnership
Skills
Innovative
Healthcare
Industry
Data & Banking
Airport Aviation
Micro grid

SDM-worldwide
• Covering the whole world
• Market leader in Belgium
• Strong in Africa and Asia
• Headquarters in Belgium
• Control panels factory in Belgium
• Development in Germany
• Programming in Belgium
• Salesmen in Europe and Asia
• Inventor of the UPD
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SDM-activities
Total solutions
Critical energy
Power Plants
Power and
Control Panels
OEM Cabling
Engineering
Retro fitting
and Service
UPD Universal
Power Device
Microgrid
DEIF Controlers
Energy management
Our activities and products
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SDM-Power quality specialists
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Healthcare
Industry
Data & Banking
Airport Aviation
Micro grid
• SDM responds to the growing need for adaptable and
reliable energy solutions.
• SDM has an unparalleled experience in custom design
and manufacturing of critical power supply devices
• SDM-Group introduce a revolutionary system:
• The Universal Power Device or UPD
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UNIVERSAL POWER DEVICE
• A revolutionary new quality tool for
mission-critical applications
• This is an innovative system that
• Reduces your energy costs
• Optimizes production capacity
• Guarantees continuity and high
operational efficiency, even with
grid failures.
• The UPD is a modular system that can
be adapted to your wishes and needs
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UPD Universal Power Device
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UPD Universal Power Device
• Up to 98% efficiency at full load
• Up to 40% input voltage correcting
• No air conditioning required up to 40°C
• Very Low TCO, no moving parts
• Absorbing and generating kVAr
• Cancelling harmful harmonic content
• Improving power factor
• Energy storage with Caps, Lithium
batteries, Flywheel and more
• The most versatile protection ever made
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UPD The various functions
No moving parts
Up to 98% efficiency
Up to 99% in V-mode
No air conditioning up to 40°C
Low TCO
Unique & versatile
SDM
UPD
The most versatile
protection ever made
Universal Power Device
250 kVA up to MW’s
Tx
mode
UPS – NOBREAK function.
For critical applications
230V - 690V up to 20kV
FC-Tx
mode
Voltage and frequency
conversion
230V - 690V up to 20kV
Vr
mode
Grid Voltage conditioner
corrects the grid voltage
according to the new
European regulations
V
mode
Corrects V up to 40% from the
nominal voltage.
Fuel saving Green Power
solution
F
mode
Frequency and Voltage
Stabilizer
Can bridge a mains failure by
discharging different storage
systems
F
mode
Energy
storage
Energy storage
Super fast Caps and Batteries
Flywheel or other
Stabilizer for Microgrid
Combination of solar panels,
wind turbines and other
energy sources
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UPD
DEMO
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• V-mode on an island
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UPD CASE 1.
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• The situation problem
• This island has no electrical
connection with the main land
• The electricity on the island is
produced by windmills and generator
sets.
• A long high-voltage circuit around the
island connects all the villages.
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UPD Island energy production improvement
WIND
FARM
POWERP
LANT
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High-
voltage
lines

• The problems
• The underground high-voltage power
lines act like capacitors and cause an
overvoltage on the island grid.
• A second problem is wind instability.
The wind turbines can suddenly go
from full power to zero power. As a
result, the gensets are overloaded and
shut down. This causes a total power
outage on the island.
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WIND
FARM
POWERP
LANT
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• Is there a solution?
• Installing more diesel generators
• Using even more generating sets is
a very expensive solution and
requires a large investment and
high fuel cost.
• This also does not solve the
problem of overvoltage caused by
the long underground high-voltage
lines.
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WIND
FARM
POWERP
LANT
POWERP
LANT

• The best Solution
• A modular UPD system with reactive
power absorption or injection to
stabilize the voltage on the island
• The benefits for the customer are
• Stable voltage on the grid
• The diesel generators have to run
much less
• No unnecessary grid failures
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WIND
FARM
POWERP
LANT

• The UPD can correct V that
deviate up to 40% from the
nominal voltage.
• A typical application for the areas
where the mains voltage can be
very unstable. Africa, Asia or ….
• The UPD ensures that the
factories can continue to be
supplied by the unstable public
grid without having to switch to
an emergency power plant.
UPD V-mode Consumer Voltage conditioner
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• EUROPEAN GRIDCODE OBLIGATION
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UPD CASE 2.
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• Microgrid application
• A new European grid code has recently come into application for major
electricity consumers
• This major electricity customers have an obligation to monitor and to improve
the quality of the grid themselves.
• The consumers have the obligation to control the grid voltage and the
frequency
• Usually these large customers also have solar panels and therefore also have
problems with the fluctuating solar energy.
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• The new European grid code has recently
come into application for for major
electricity consumers
• They have to ensure that both the
voltage and the frequency on the grid
side (not on their consumers' side) is
stable.
• This means that they must be able to
increase the voltage if it drops on the
grid side and decrease it if it rises on the
grid side.
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Grid in
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• If, for example, there is suddenly less
sun, a large part of the solar energy is
lost and the voltage on the grid side
may drop.
• At that moment, the consumer has to
inject reactive power kVAr.
• If the grid voltage rises due to a lot of
sun, the consumer must be able to
absorb the kVAr.
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Grid in
fluctuating
solar
energy
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• In many large companies, for example,
there are capacitor blocks to generate
the kVAr that the consumers need. Just
as their motors and machines need kVAr
to work.
• But capacitors cannot absorb kVAr and so
cannot be used when the voltage on the
grid side is rising. Our UPD can.
• We provide
• A modular UPD system with kVAr
absorption / injection to stabilize the
grid voltage
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• Large companies with e.g. a lot of solar
panels also have a lot of small inverters
that inject the voltage of the solar
panels.
• In theory, it is possible to control each of
these inverters to stabilise the grid. But
there is a big but.
• The older inverters do not have the
software to do that.
• Another problem is controlling all those
individual units.
• Cabling etc.
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• But the losses in the network are
considerable as the local small inverters
inject low voltage.
• A bigger problem is the maximum
capacity that those inverters have to
make or absorb kVAr because at a certain
moment the yield of solar energy will
drop and they will get less power than
what they need for their certificates.
• We connect our UPD to the high voltage
grid of 36 kV and inject or absorb
reactive power directly.
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UPD Vr-mode Grid Voltage conditioner
Vr
mode
Grid Voltage conditioner
Corrects the grid voltage
according to the new
European regulations
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• In hybrid microgrid with multi production assets such as
Windpower, PV, CHP, the UPD is used to compensate for
the unbalance between production and consumption of
active and reactive energy on a millisecond basis.
• The UPD keeps the output voltage constant and can
bridge a mains failure by discharging the different
storage systems on a DC bus
• The different energy sources can charge batteries or
powercaps
• All possible types of Energy storage systems which are
available on the market can be connected to the DC bus
of the UPD.
• This can be done on a DC bus as well as on low voltage
or on high voltage via a DC/DC, an AC/DC or an AC/AC
converter depending on the installation and the
application.
UPD F-mode Frequency and Voltage Stabilizer for Microgrid
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F
mode
Stabilizer for Microgrid
Stabilizer can bridge a
mains failure by discharging
different storage systems
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Challenges and solutions related to
DC microgrid
Is the Current War revived?
Benoît Bidaine, Gilles Geron, Philippe Ledent
March 23, 2021

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Copyright 2021 CE+T Energrid CE+T Power
• Early electricity distribution
in XIXth century
• End of XIXth, opposition between
Direct Current (DC) promoted by
Thomas Edison and Alternating
Current (AC) promoted by Nikola
Tesla and George Westinghouse
The Current War
• Duel won by AC
– Niagara falls hydroelectric power plant at Chicago 1893 World Exhibition
– High voltages achievable via transformers → smaller line losses
• Some Edison’s DC networks survived until the early XXIth century.
– 4600 DC US customers in 1998
– Lifts directly supplied by a DC network until 2007 in Manhattan

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for security of supply
of critical applications
200+ employees
40-M€ turnover
5 R&D and production sites
Belgique (Wandre), Luxembourg,
Chine, Inde and USA
for energy management
Founded en 2017
5-people team
(full time)
CE+T Power spin-out,
close collaboration
CE+T group offers electrical conversion solutions

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Focusing on « private » distribution infrastructure,
not public distribution or transport systems in particular
• What are the pros and cons for DC distribution?
• What are the specifics of DC distribution infrastructure?
• What are the new applications of DC distribution?
Is the Current War revived?

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• Significant progress of equipment used for DC distribution,
power electronics in particular
• More and more high-voltage DC circuits appear
• Example: the ALEGrO project
– Underground HVDC link
between Belgium and Germany
– 320kV, 1GW
– Commissioned on Nov 9, for 2020
The drivers for DC back to business (1/2)
https://www.elia.be/en/infrastructure-and-projects/infrastructure-projects/alegro

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• DC energy sources
• DC-supplied equipement
The drivers for DC back to business (2/2)
22% 34% 11%
AC loads: 31%
Typical consumption of a commercial building

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• Generally speaking, at equal value, AC is more hazardous than DC
• AC frequency can yield
– Muscle tetanization
– Heart fibrillation
• Voltage ranges
• But need for arc interruption in DC!
About electrical hazard…

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I. No effect
II. Small pain but no
dangerous effect
III. Muscular contraction
and respiratory distress,
reversible effects
IV. Ventricular fibrillation,
critical effects
Hence, as human body resistance amount at ~1500 Ω,
no critical effects (zone III) for
• US 120-Vac low-voltage grid (80 mA)
• European 230-Vac low-voltage grid (153 mA)
thanks to differential protections limiting exposure duration
• A 400-Vdc network (266 mA)
Human body effects of current depend on its nature,
its value and the exposure duration
120 Vac
230 Vac
400 Vdc

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to supply a 1.2-kVA air conditioner
• from a car battery (12 V) ?
• from a low-voltage AC grid (230 V) ?
• From a low-voltage DC grid (230 V) ?
The right wire…
5.6 mm
1.3 mm
1.1 mm

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• Working voltages are much varied than with AC
• The number of conductors and the earthing system
condition personal safety characteristics
• Protections and connectors must be able to break current
• Converters are used to stabilize the distribution circuit
but standards and regulations lack or remain conservative!
4 main examples of infrastructure choices

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AC public systems
• Objective: ensure equilibrium
between controllable
centralized production and
uncontrollable consumption
• Solution: monitor frequency
and adapt production
DC local systems and microgrids
• Objective: ensure equilibrium
between uncontrollable
distributed production and
partially controllable
consumption
• Solution: monitor voltage and
transfer power from/to batteries
The resilience of electrical distribution systems
require appropriate control strategies
Source Load
10kW
5kW
Source Load
10kW
5kW
5kW
10kW

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e.g., with 1 load and 2 batteries
→ Load supply and state-of-
charge balancing between the 2
batteries
A passive, decentralized control of the distribution
circuit mutualizes energy stocks
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Load

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• Mutualize energy sources reducing grid dependency
in datacenters
• Supply distributed equipment of transportation infrastructure
based on a limited number of public AC utility connections
• Minimize voltage drops in a distributed equipment supply system
for telecommunication infrastructure
• Combine LED lighting supply
and building management infrastructure
• Avoid successive conversions between DC sources and loads
in a building
5 examples of new « private » infrastructure
applications of DC distribution to

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Technological evolution
• Higher frequency
• Shorter wavelength
Consequences
• Shorter range → need for more antennas for same coverage
vs
• Waves fading through walls → need for both inside and outside antennas
New telecommunication infrastructure
rely on more and more distributed equipment
4G 5G
Frequency 6 GHz 30 to 300 GHz
Wavelength Tens of cm 1 to 10 mm

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A 5G infrastructure may involve
3 entities requiring power
Hub
Wires
AC power
DC power
48V
380V
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Sierra
48V
48V
Multi-access
Edge
Computing
Macrocell
Metrocell

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A local 5G infrastructure can be efficiently powered
by means of 3 entities
Hub
Wires
AC power
DC power
48V
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48V
48V
Local DC/DC converter
to step voltage down
380-Vdc bus embedded into a hybrid cable

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Voltage drops can be limited
by multiplying the DC bus supply locations
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Distance
Voltage
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• The breakthrough of Distributed Energy Resources (DER) paves the
way for the creation of distributed microgrids at residential,
commercial building or even district scales
• A DC microgrid provides several advantages
– Higher efficiency
– Simplified integration of DC sources and loads
– No reactive power, nor frequency to synchronize with
• DC equipment must be selected carefully to ensure arc interruption
and personal safety
• Standards under definition will enable to streamline DC systems
and generalize them
For instance, not yet covered
by Belgian General Regulation on Electrical Installations
Conclusion

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CE+T contributes to the Walloon MIRaCCLE project
aiming at deploying a pilot DC microgrid close to Liège
https://klinkenberg.be/miraccle/

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MIRaCCLE will enable to define the typical
characteristics of an industrial DC microgrid
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AC load DC load AC load DC load
Prosumer 2
Wires
AC power
DC power
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War revived or not, we have what’s needed for peace!

Looking forward to learning about
your energy and grid challenges!
Benoît Bidaine, B.Bidaine@cet-energrid.com
Gilles Geron, G.Geron@cet-power.com
Philippe Ledent, P.Ledent@cet-energrid.com
www.cet-power.com, www.cet-energrid.com

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 893240
REScoopVPP
Creating an open smart building ecosystem enabling
community flexibility
Vincent Dierickx, co-founder EnergieID

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 893240 2

The REScoopVPP project combines front-
runner energy communities to create the most
advanced community-driven smart building
ecosystem for energy communities.
The GOAL

General overview

PV/Battery
• Sunspec compatible devices
• Most ‘EU&US brands’: SMA, Solaredge,
• Modbus compatible devices

Focus on legacy assets
• Mostly heating/HP units
• Currently supported
• EMS+ (Buderus, Nefit, …)
• Viessmann RS-485
• Working on
• Ebus (Vaillant, Bulex, ….)

Residential assets
• Smart plugs
• Z-wave
• Wifi
• 'White goods’
• SAREF compliant protocols
• Less focus, limited flexibility

Belgian partners
Citizen Energy
Community
Cooperative Green Energy
Supplier & Producer
Academic Partner
Technology Solutions
Provider

Belgian Pilot
From former projects:
- 16 prosumers with digital
meter and home battery
- 2 prosumers with hybrid HP
and thermal storage
- Communication with Cofy
box 1.0 is up and running

Belgian Pilot
Planning
- 05-06/2021: first test phase with new iteration
- Summer 2021: test existing functionality in new iteration
- 06/2021: engagement process for another 30 participants
- 10/2021 start baseline measurements

Control strategy: peak absorption
• High solar yield
• Low consumption
• Standard BMS: charge battery when solar
energy is available
• Result: battery already full before noon
• Same situation across whole
neighbourhood
• Grid congestion
• Inverters turn off (too high grid voltage)

Control strategy: peak absorption
Peak absorption
• Defer battery charging to optimally absorb
peak at noon
• Be sure to have full battery by end of day
• Requires forecast of solar yield and
household consumption
• Check effect on grid congestion

Results: peak absorption
From cVPP Community dashboard

Control strategy: collective curtailment
Noon
• Excess solar yield injected into grid
• Voltage rise along feeder length
• Inverters turn off
• The further away from MV cabin, the
higher the chance
• No ‘socialising’ of yield losses

Collective curtailment
• Inverter signals voltage increase
• Other inverters lower their setpoint
• Less injection into feeder, voltage rise
mitigated
• Individual loss of yield, higher combined
yield
Control strategy: collective curtailment

Results: Collective Curtailment
• Simulate congested LV feeder
• Compare three control strategies
• Hard Active Power Curtailment: inverter
switches off when reaching 253V (default)
• Collective Power Curtailment or voltage
control: all inverters lower setpoint if
overvoltage is imminent
• Soft Active Power Curtailment: individual
inverters lower setpoint if local overvoltage is
imminent
Curtailment difference between start (DG7) and end (DG53) of feeder [kWh]
(1) PV Sharing in Western Europe; Maarten Laureys (UGent), Joannes
Laveyne (UGent) and Lieven Vandevelde (UGent), (2020)

Aggregating assets
• All neighbourhood assets coordinate to
optimally absorb locally produced energy
• Increase energy autonomy
• Minimise energy exchange through MV
cabin
Control strategy: Neighbourhood
optimisation
à Further to explore best control strategy

Hybrid heatpumps
© EnergieID CV

Hybrid heatpumps
• Using as thermal storage in heating and/or DHW
• High CO2 savings possible, but reality of cheap natural gas
• Control through (emulation of) SGReady

UIA Circular South
• Urban Innovative Action Fund
• Antwerpen Nieuw Zuid
• Online an offline nudging experiments
• Automated data streams
• Smart meters
• Public waste bins
• Virtual PV & batteries
• EnergieID: mobile app

Circulair Zuid App

Vincent Dierickx
Vincent.dierickx@energieid.be
+32 486 34 91 62
http://www.energieID.be
Thanks!

Introduction
AN INNOVATIVE SOLUTION FOR THE
ENERGY MANAGEMENT
OF YOUR BUILDINGS
Jacques Terlinden jacques.terlinden@meterbuy.com +32.484.11.70.37

Meters & AMR
WEB INTERFACE
Index, consumptions…
BOILER MONITORING
Efficiency improvement,
failure detection…
ALERTS
Leaks, manipulation,…
COST ALLOCATION
Also during the year
DASHBOARD
Essential figures of the building
SMART METERING OCCUPANT
Consumptions control
INTEGRATION
Interface
with other softwares
ACCES EN
SERVICES
INDEX+ solutions

Case study : Ecodistrict - Liège
Rives-Ardentes project - Liège
• # buildings = 37
• # housings = 1.325
• Largest ecodistrict planned in
Belgium
• District heating

Ecodistrict – Rives Ardentes
District heating network

Ecodistrict - Liège
• AMR network on a district area
• Multi-energies
• Different monitoring purposes
✓ Managing of the district heat network
✓ Managing the local renewable energy community
✓ Managing electric charging station
✓ Cost allocation within each building (flats / offices / shops…)
• Versatility for future IoT applications
✓ Car park management
✓ Follow up of air quality…
Project aspects

AMR technologies
Wired networks (M-Bus / ModBus)
Advantages :
✓ Reliability
Disadvantages :
• No versatility
• Installation cost
• Limited range
• Limited sensor availability

AMR technologies
Advantages :
✓ Easy to install
✓ Cost effective
Disadvantages :
• Limited radio range
• Limited sensor availability
• Battery life time (10+ years)
OMS Radio

AMR technologies
Advantages :
✓ Easy to install
✓ Cost effective
✓ Extensive sensor choice
✓ Radio range
✓ Versatility
Disadvantages :
• Battery life time (10+ years)
• Limited data quantity / day
LoRa network

• Purpose : IoT technology for communication between sensors and a data base
(≡ WiFi or BlueTooth but with better properties)
• Main Advantages :
• Communication : Up to 5km (urban area) or 15 km (open site)
• Low consumption: Battery life time > 10 years
• LoRa : Name given to the radio wave modulation technology
on which LoRaWAN networks are based
• LoRaWAN : Long range radio wide area network radio
protocol based on LoRa technology
LoRa Networks
LoRa network ?

LoRa Networks
LoRa networks - Gateways

LoRa Networks
Analogic
converter
Car park
sensor
T + H20 + CO2
sensor
Smart plug
Smart Building
Smart Metering
Smart Parking
Smart Lighting
Smart Waste
Smart Alarming
Track & Trace
LoRa sensors
Heat / cold
meter
Hot water
Cold water
Electricity
Existing or
supplier meters

Public LoRa network
Choice between public & private LoRa networks

Private LoRa network

• Radio coverage : Better indoor radio reception (dedicated installed gateways)
• Cost : Simulation with district equipped with 700 sensors
INDEX+ Private Network
Aspect Cost
Gateway 700€ (1x)
Installation 1000€ (1x)
Service (200.000 msg) 100€/month
Cost after 5 Years : +/- 8.000€
Public network
Aspect Cost
Service 1€/sensor x month
Cost after 5 Years : +/- 42.000€
Advantages of private LoRa network

Example of district LoRa network
Example : District of Dison city equipped with LoRa Network
Radio coverage Gateway
(installed on a school roof)

Building management
✓Optimizing local renewable
energy production & use
✓Monitoring of energy uses
✓Owner education
✓Abnormal energy use detection
and subsequent alerting
✓Automatic energy control with
district needs
✓Open for future needs…
Example of smart building management

Data management
Network Monitoring
➢ Substation status
➢ Optimization of renewable energy use
➢ Billing of energy use
➢ …
Data Management of the Distric Monitoring System (1)

Data management
Monitoring of individual substation
➢ Energy efficiency optimization
➢ Cost allocation
Interface with third-party applications
➢ Car electrical charging station
➢ Car park management
➢ Energy billing
Data Management of the Distric Monitoring System (2)

Jacques Terlinden
jacques.terlinden@indexplus.be
+32.484.11.70.37

Howco-operatingSME-Clusterscanacceleratethe
energytransition.
From idea to technical implementation through innovative technology.
Bert Leeman

Lovitas started as an idea in 2016 during one of the meetings of Business Club
Dendermonde.
The question was simple: how can we optimize our CO2-neutrality in a cost-
effective manner?
Business Club Dendermonde had the experience of jointly installing a high-speed
fiber –optic network and running the operational business by themselves.
In 2015 Fiber Connect was a Spin-off from BCD which was a success.
Doing telecommunication as a group of companies is one thing, achieving a local
climate change... something else
BCD went looking for similar projects and soon met POM Oost-Vlaanderen that had
a project running called SEL – Smart Energy Link.
Aboutus
The definition of a community
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BCD started a "feasibility study" together with POM Oost-Vlaanderen. It took
(and still takes) us a lot of persuasion to convince the companies and their owners
that this is the way to go... (at least according us...)
Despite the “long-term” view and having to take a path which was not clear +40
companies agreed to join forces if it was a fair deal.
2019 – Lovitas was born with the support of Stad Dendermonde
https://www.dendermonde.be/product/3378/werf-8-aandacht-voor-het-klimaat

When BCD started with the feasibility study, BCD had several options:
• Working with an external partner (study office)
• Start-up metering with tools available back then
• Looking the mile ahead and choosing for something next-level
The choice was not easy, but the goal was not to do a study and just stick with the
study..., not do metering and stick with the metering... BCD wanted to have an
impact
Aboutus
The definition of a community
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At that time there was no platform that provided smart metering, steering and
was multi-company-community based with a price tag that was OK...
The idea of Energytix was born
In 2020 IRC.be (IT-company that is located on the business park Dendermonde) &
SDM (specialist designer of steering systems for electric power generation)
started with the development of https://energytix.cloud
Energytix has the support of VLAIO

Buildbottom-up-Howdoesitwork?
Lovitas – Business Partner
• Business Development green energy
• Building trust
• Negotiation with local authorities
• Delivering Solutions for the community with respect
for every single member
• Investments in local green energy production
• Managing the Renewable Energy community from A
to Z
• First user of the Energytix platform
• Owned by local industrial companies
Energytix – Technology Partner
• energytix.cloud ECO-system has wide set of features:
• Web based plaftorm with redundant controllers
• Community Management
• Community Builder
• Smart metering
• Smart steering
• Predictive solutions based on AI resulting Dynamic Load
Profiling
• Tranparancy for all actors on the platform
• ...
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Thankyou
Bert Leeman
+32 485135615
bleeman@lovitas.be
Lovitas BV
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Energy Communities
Data Loggers & data management
Do we need Data ?

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Who is Memoco ?
founded in 2009
founded in 1982
new commercial name (2020)

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37 people
▪ 9 R&D
▪ Software & Hardware
▪ Mechanical Design
▪ 2 System Administrators
▪ 6 Cablers, fitters & onsite workers for installations
▪ International partners for project delivery
Team
▪ 4 Project Managers
▪ 4 Service Managers
▪ 5 Back-office R&D
▪ 3 Sales & Marketing
▪ 4 Managers CTO, CEO, COO, CPO

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Clients Memoco
Substations
Build
Monitoring & Control
Asset Management
Grid Recovery
Maintain
Digital
Operate Social Acceptance
Predictive Maintenance
Maintain
Upgrade
5900+ Sites
Pro-active aging detection
Green Certificates Trading

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Clients Memoco
All-in-one energy invoicing
End-to-end Custom Solutions Digital Energy Infrastructure &
Management
Energy Optimisation No cure no pay

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Energy Communities
Technology to foster social interactions
Decentralize
decisions &
objectives
Peer pressure is a
powerful tool to
drive change
Beyond centrally-driven change
?Subsidies have reached their limits?
(Nimby,…)

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Memoco & Energy Communities
? ?

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Ongoing Research Project
PV Generation
forecast
PV inverter
control
Sector: Residential
Scope: Load control
Sector: C&I – Tertiary Sector
Scope: building-level control
& Energy Storage
2013 2017 2020 2023
End-to-End solution
(Hardware + Software)
Designed for
Energy communities
Generation Flexibility Demand Flexibility Generation & Demand
Co-optimization
Analyses tools

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The issue of interoperability
GWio
Local Intelligence
Local Integration
Secured & Independent Communication
Local Control
Low Cost
Follow centralized decisions

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The « Weather » of your self-consumption

Arnaud.latiers@memoco.eu
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