The document discusses Siemens' Volt-Air initiative in Belgium, which aims to integrate energy and mobility through smart grid and electric vehicle charging infrastructure technologies. It describes Volt-Air projects including a microgrid installation at Huizingen that connects a PV system to an energy management system and charging stations. It also mentions plans to couple three microgrids together to form a virtual power plant and support an innovation center for startups. The goal is to bridge the gap between university research and industrial applications of smart grid technologies.

1. Where energy
meets mobility
The energy model of the
future in practice
for Belgium
André Bouffioux
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2. Smart Grids will change our daily lives
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3. Total solution provider for Mobility,
Energy, Infrastructure
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4. Volt-Air: Integrated Technology
Platform @ Siemens Belgium
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5. Volt-Air: Green Energy
Volt-Air: Sustainable Energy
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6. Volt-Air: Mobility
Volt-Air: E-Mobility
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7. Volt-Air: Charging infrastructure
Volt-Air: Loadinfrastructure
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8. Volt-Air: Infrastructure, beyond technology
Company Car Company Car
Private Car Renting Car
Single User Multiple User
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9. Volt-Air: Grids in the city and at home
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10. Volt-Air: Behaviour
Volt-Air: MicroGrid in Huizingen
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11. Volt-Air: Control Center MicroGrid
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12. Volt-Air: Control Center MicroGrid
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13. Microgrid at Huizingen
PV Installation
Energy Management System
Microgrid Controller
Energy
metering
Energy
metering
Charging
stations
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14. Volt-Air: From µGRID to Smart Grid
Bridge between university and industry
2011: 3 µGRIDS will be coupled ~ Virtual Power Plant
2010 : µGRID 2011: Industrial operational µGRID 2011 : µGRID
• Labo, Educational-environment • Platform selected by IWT • Innovation center for incubators
• Siemens equipped for next phase • Siemens sponsoring, equipment
• Partners: Volvo, stad Kortrijk, KUL and partnership for smart metering
and other SMC’s & grid applications
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15. Volt-Air: Behaviour
Volt-Air: Social Behaviour
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16. Charging poles at Gent, Liège and
Brussels Midi train station
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17. Thank you for your attention.
And thank you all for
your environmental
efforts !
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