Innovative Solutions for the Integration of Renewable Energies on Tunisian and Sicilian Electrical Grids

The rapid spread of distributed generation from renewable energy sources, combined with their unpredictable behavior, requires the continuous monitoring and control by the Distribution System Operator, in order to guarantee the stability and efficiency of the distribution network. Thus, in this paper a new measurement and communication architecture is proposed, which foresees the use of innovative devices and different technology-oriented solutions, even redundant ones, which allows the transition from passive to active electricity distribution network, with minimal structural changes. The architecture has been developed in the framework of the SInERT project (Italy-Tunisia cross-border cooperation program 2014–2020), which is aimed at proposing innovative solutions to integrate renewable energy on Tunisian electrical grid, sharing knowledge and experience of two demonstrators built in Elgazala Technopark (Ariana, Tunisia) and Ustica (Sicily, Italy).