A real-time commercial aggregator for distributed energy resources flexibility management

The paper describes the implementation of a real-time Commercial Aggregator, that pools the generation and/or consumption flexibility offered by its customers to provide energy and services to actors within the system. Results of the emulations carried out in the scope of the FP7 European project IDäL are presented, highlighting the effects of the participation of DERs and Microgrids to the congestion management by offering flexibility products through the involvement of the Commercial Aggregator (CA).