Towards an Interoperability Roadmap for the Energy Transition

• DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2309.08284
• Publication Date: 2023-07-06
• Authors: Reif, Valerie; Strasser, Thomas I.; Jimeno, Joseba; Farre, Marjolaine; Genest, Oliver; Gyrard, Amélie; McGranaghan, Mark; Lipari, Gianluca; Schütz, Johann; Uslar, Mathias; Vogel, Sebastian; Bytyqi, Arsim; Dornmair, Rita; Corusa, Andreas; Roy, Gaurav; Ponci, Ferdinanda; Dognini, Alberto; Monti, Antonello
• Keywords: FOS: Computer and information sciences; 9. Industry and infrastructure; 13. Climate action; Computer Science - Other Computer Science; Other Computer Science (cs.OH); 11. Sustainability; 7. Clean energy

Smart grid interoperability is the means to achieve the twin green and digital transition but re-mains heterogeneous and fragmented to date. This work presents the first ideas and corner-stones of an Interoperability Roadmap for the Energy Transition that is being developed by the Horizon Europe int:net project. This roadmap builds on four cornerstones that address open interoperability issues. These are a knowledge base to address the lack of convergence among existing initiatives, a maturity model and a network of testing and certification facilities to ad-dress the lack of practical tools for the industry, and a governance process to address the gap between standards-related approaches of Standards Development Organisations and Research and Innovation projects. A community of practice will be set up to ensure the continuity of the ongoing activities related to smart grid interoperability. To outlive the duration of the int:net project, the aim is to formalise the community of practice as a legal entity.<br/>12. (Hybrid) Symposium Communications for Energy Systems (ComForEn 2023)<br/>