A live smart grid project of 25 households in the Hoogkerk district in the northern Netherlands enables residents to share electricity without sacrificing comfort. The homes are connected with each other as part of the trial project and equipped with micro combined heat and power systems, hybrid heat pumps, smart meters photovoltaic panels, EV charging stations and smart home appliances.
Energy consulting and testing and certification firm DNV/KEMA Energy & Sustainability, which is leading the project, says it is the “first real-life smart grid community in the world and having delivered the world’s first results from a total-concept smart grid deployment project, PowerMatching City is playing an important role in the development of smart grids and the transition towards a sustainable energy system.”
via Smart Grid: PowerMatching City: The world’s first real-life smart grid?.
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