Towards an Interoperability Roadmap for the Energy Transition

TL;DR

This paper proposes an initial framework for an interoperability roadmap to facilitate the energy transition, focusing on addressing fragmentation, establishing practical tools, and creating sustainable governance and community practices.

Contribution

It introduces the first ideas and foundational elements of an interoperability roadmap specifically designed for smart grid integration in the energy transition.

Findings

Identifies key interoperability challenges in smart grids.

Proposes a knowledge base, maturity model, and testing facilities.

Suggests governance and community structures for sustainability.

Abstract

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.