Aggregation validation approach for the management of resources in a smart grid

Power systems evolution to an intelligent energy system - smart grid, encounters several issues when integrating distributed generation and demand response. At the aggregator level, activities such as the energy resource management, capacities aggregation and resources remuneration are needed. The present paper addresses the previous needs of the aggregator by considering an optimization of the resources scheduling, followed by an aggregation of resources, and their remuneration is performed. The considered case study is composed by 20 suppliers, 548 distributed generators and 20310 consumers participating in three distinct demand response programs: load reduction, curtailment and real-time pricing.This work has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant agreement No 641794 (project DREAM-GO) and from FEDER Funds through COMPETE program and from National Funds through FCT under the project UID/EEA/00760/2013