The EV4EU project was part of the 17th Conference of Slovenian Electric Power Engineers (May 19-21, 2025), organized by the Slovenian Committee of CIGRE and CIRED. The conference is a cornerstone event for professionals in the electric power sector. This year’s event brought together engineers, researchers, utility representatives, and industry experts to explore challenges and innovations shaping the future of energy grids, smart grids, and sustainable energy solutions.
The Slovenian partners of the EV4EU project actively contributed to the conference by presenting three papers, focused on electric vehicle (EV), flexibility, simulation tools, smart grid enhancements, and support for distribution system operators, including:
- “Participation of Electric Vehicles in Local Flexibility Services: Assessment of Flexibility Potential for a Selected Use Case with V2X Technologies“ by Tim Marentič, Dušan Golubović, Anton Kos, Andreja Smole, Matej Zajc.
The paper presents the simulation tool for assessing the flexibility potential of V2G (Vehicle-to-Grid) electric vehicles (EVs) and their ability for participation in local flexibility services, developed as part of the Slovenian demonstrator of the European project EV4EU. The article analyses a case involving 10 V2X CSs aggregated into a virtual power plant (VPP), enabling EVs to participate in a local flexibility service Congestion management.
- “Systematic Utilization of Electric Vehicle Flexibility to Support the Needs of Distribution Network Operators“ by Nermin Suljanović, Igor Podbelšek, Anton Kos, Leon Maruša, Matej Zajc, Andreja Smole
The Paper explores the utilization of electric vehicles as flexibility resources for distribution grids, focusing on the systematic procurement and activation of flexibility services. As part of the EV4EU project, the FlexIS platform has been developed to facilitate end-to-end flexibility service management for distribution network operators (DNOs).
- “Technical Implementation of Back-End Processes for Automatic Management of Flexibility in Elektro Celje“ by Leon Maruša, David Kramer, Anton Kos, Nermin Suljanović, Boštjan Čegovnik, Igor Podbelšek.
The paper describes the implementation of automated back-end processes for flexibility management in DSO Elektro Celje. It presents the target architecture of connectivity and functionality of all information systems in the flexibility management chain, with a detailed description of the implementation of back-end processes for automatic flexibility management, developed using tools on the LAMBDA big data platform.
Tim Marentič, EV4EU researcher at the University of Ljubljana, shared about EV4EU participation at the event:
“The 17th CIGRE-CIRED Conference served as an excellent platform to disseminate our activities, engage with the broader professional community, and gather valuable feedback. We look forward to leveraging these insights and partnerships in further developments of the Slovenian demonstrator.”