Duration: 1 March 2013 to 28 February 2015
Contact: M. Tröschel, M. Gandor, T. Klingenberg (all OFFIS)

Funding: Federal Ministry for the Environment

The aim of D-Flex was to comparatively evaluate the system integration of renewable energies through decentralised or centrally controlled load and generation management at distribution grid level. Based on these results, social and political decision-makers should be enabled to further develop the framework conditions for load and generation management approaches in distribution grids in a targeted manner. Load management includes load shifting for commercial and household customers (demand side management) and the charging of electric vehicles (smart charging). Generation management includes the controlled feed-in of wind and PV systems as well as the control of CHP units and stationary storage systems. In particular, distribution grid restrictions that limit the use of these systems at distribution grid level must be taken into account.

The project was carried out in collaboration with the Öko-Institut e.V..