According to the EU legislation, critical infrastructure refers to assets and systems that are essential for the well-being of the citizens. The disruption of these systems would have a significant impact on maintaining the safety and security of the citizens, their health, economic and social activities. Electricity transmission systems are
Cybersecurity in the electric power system
Successful demonstrations in Serbia
A demonstration of the setting of the over-frequency protection in a protective device in the Wind Power Plants of Košava (Serbia) from the National Dispatching Centre Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition system was successfully performed by the CROSSBOW partners involved in the Regional Operation Centre.
CROSSBOW showcases trial results at the 14th Symposium on Power System Management (CIGRE)
At the online 14th Symposium on Power System Management (CIGRE), which took place on November 9-13, HOPS, NOSBIH and University of Manchester partners presented the recent results under the CROSSBOW project under the article Provision of the experiments by coordination of demand-side response units in the region of southeast Europe
Introducing pathways to relaxing regional cross-border power exchanges at MEDPOWER 2020
The 9th of November, CROSSBOW project has participated in the online MEDPOWER 2020 conference by organising the panel session “CROSSBOW – pathways to relaxing regional cross-border power exchanges”.
Cross-border sharing of frequency restoration reserves
The cross-border interaction of different countries’ electricity systems should not be limited to exchanging energy. A key aspect in the secure operation of the European power system is the commitment of sufficient reserves to restore power balance, considering the inherent variability of continuously increasing renewable generation and large contingencies, such
CROSSBOW again among the jury’s favourite practices of the ‘Good Practice of the Year’ award
This 2020 CROSSBOW has been selected as one of the favourite practices of the 7th round of the annual ‘Good Practice of the Year’ award under the category “Technological Innovation & System Integration”. The jury was really impressed by CROSSBOW and the excellent collaboration, scope, and transferability which it demonstrates. Thus,
First steps in the RES-DU product demonstration
On September 1st, the preliminary demonstration stage for RES-DU product officially started at the ICCS Lab in Athens (Greece). During this stage, renewable assets (photovoltaic and wind farm) and a storage unit (lithium-ion battery) were managed according to the RES-DU instructions in order to demonstrate the proper operation of the
Helping to buffer extreme weather events
Extreme weather events have caused significant damages to power systems, leaving millions of customers without electricity. Expecting that the frequency and intensity of these events will increase within the next years due to climate change, CROSSBOW proposes a power system resilience enhancement software, as part of the Regional Operation Centre
CROSSBOW special session at the 15th SDEWES Conference
CROSSBOW project hosts a special session at the 15th Conference on Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems (SDEWES), which this year is taking place online between 1-5 September. The session provides 4 papers for the project.
How has COVID-19 affected CROSSBOW?
COVID-19 crisis arrived just at the beginning of the first round of trials. When the project was concluding the first deployments and after the execution of the first experiments, we were forced to handle the unforeseen situation that has blocked activities across the world. In the case of CROSSBOW, the