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Sino Danish Microgrid Collaboration – The RED Project in Shanghai China

Current status, energy mix, organizations, suppliers, equipment, controls, reported specifications, and project updates—with source-level citations.

CoverageDetailed public record
Named organizations7
System facts18
Sources reviewed6
Evidence reviewed2026-07-20

This entry refers to a research platform at Plant B of HT-Shanghai Solar Energy Science & Technology's photovoltaic manufacturing facility, not a generic Shenzhou commercial building. The hardware was installed from September to December 2013 under the Danish RED/HyMG collaboration and then used in the Sino-Danish MeTER_Demo research project from April 2014 through March 2017. A later government case study reports 206 kW total capacity: 136 kW rooftop PV, 20 kW of wind, and a 50 kW energy-storage system, with EMS and advanced metering/communications. An earlier AAU presentation labels the PV array 130 kVA; this likely reflects a design or reporting-basis difference and should be preserved rather than silently normalized. The platform investigated hierarchical control, distributed generation, interoperability, and component/system testing, and it produced a documented research program. MeTER_Demo is formally finished. The case study said the installation was operating and selling electricity to the grid during the project, but no authoritative post-2017 operating update was found, so current asset condition is unknown.

Research status
Research and demonstration program completed in March 2017. The installation operated and exported electricity during the project, but continued operation after project close has not been verified.
Historical classification
Building
Reported capacity
200 kW
Coordinates
31.21732, 121.44789
Evidence note: “Every company” cannot be proven from public material alone. This page lists every organization found in the recovered record and reviewed sources, preserves unknown roles, and explicitly marks undisclosed controller or equipment details.
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Project delivery

Who was involved in Sino Danish Microgrid Collaboration – The RED Project in Shanghai China?

7 publicly identified organizations. Where a recovered source named a participant without explaining its work, the role remains explicitly unspecified.

Organization

Aalborg University

Danish research lead and coordinator for hierarchical microgrid controls and project publications [3][4][5]

Organization

Danish Energy Technology Development and Demonstration Program (EUDP)

Public funding program for the Sino-Danish demonstration [4][6]

Organization

HT-Shanghai Solar Energy Science & Technology Co., Ltd.

Plant B host, industrial partner, PV supplier, and private co-funder [3][6]

Organization

Kamstrup

Advanced-metering and communications partner [3]

Organization

Shanghai Solar Energy

Publicly named participant; role not specified in the recovered record [1]

Organization

State Grid Corporation of China

Grid utility identified in the case study [6]

Organization

Tsinghua University

Chinese university research partner [3]

System evidence

Energy mix, capacity, and specifications

Values can describe different project phases, generation sources, storage systems, or other components. Source citations are attached to each figure so discrepancies remain visible.

KW Solar
130 [1]
KW Wind
20 [1]
Storage
NA [1]
Reported total capacity
206 kW in the California Energy Commission/Navigant case study [6]
Photovoltaics
136 kW rooftop PV in the later case study; an earlier AAU project presentation labels an east-west, fixed-angle rooftop system 130 kVA [6][5]
Wind generation
20 kW total from two 10 kW turbines [6][5]
Energy storage
50 kW power rating; usable energy, chemistry, manufacturer, and model were not disclosed in the located sources [6][5]
Installation and research period
Hardware installed September–December 2013; testing and commissioning continued through the 2014–2017 MeTER_Demo project, formally dated April 1, 2014 to March 31, 2017 [6][3]
Project cost
DKK 2.3 million, comprising DKK 1.0 million of RED/EUDP public funding and DKK 1.3 million from HT-Shanghai Solar [6]

Controls and hardware

Equipment and controller details

Manufacturer and model are shown only when a source names them. Generic descriptions are not converted into guessed product assignments.

01

Rooftop photovoltaics

Model not publicly disclosed

East-west, fixed-angle array on the Plant B roof; reported as 130 kVA in an AAU presentation and 136 kW in the later case study [5][6]

02

Small wind

Model not publicly disclosed

Two 10 kW wind turbines, 20 kW total; manufacturer and model were not identified [5][6]

03

Energy storage

Model not publicly disclosed

50 kW storage system integrated into the EMS; duration and chemistry were not published in the located material [6]

04

Controls and metering

Model not publicly disclosed

Energy-management system, advanced metering infrastructure, and standardized smart-grid communications supported hierarchical control and component testing [3][6][5]

Technical record

Architecture, performance, and project updates

Concise technical facts, milestones, operating results, and later developments. Dated notes distinguish historical design claims from current evidence.

  • Project lineage

    HyMG was the 2013 RED predecessor under which the physical platform was installed. MeTER_Demo was the 2014–2017 Sino-Danish research phase. Treating the two names as unrelated assets or using only one date loses the installation-versus-testing chronology. [4][3][6]

  • Research scope

    The program studied distributed generation, hierarchical and multilevel control, advanced metering, standardized communications, interoperability, and both component-level and full-system testing. [3][5]

  • Commercial interaction

    The case study described the microgrid as operational during the project and generating revenue by selling electricity to the utility. It did not publish annual generation, export volume, availability, or post-project revenue. [6]

  • Site correction

    The documented host was Plant B of an operating Shanghai Solar/HT-Shanghai Solar manufacturing facility. The label 'Shenzhou Commercial Building' is not supported by the primary project record. [6][5]

  • Current-status gap

    Aalborg University marks MeTER_Demo finished and lists its research outputs, but no source located confirms whether the hardware was retained, repowered, dismantled, or still interconnected after 2017. [3][4]

Provenance

6 sources

Primary owner, government, university, supplier, and engineering sources are preferred. Archived references preserve claims whose original pages moved or disappeared.

  1. [1]
    Recovered Microgrid Projects record

    Internet Archive · Archived source · captured 2021-04-20

  2. [2]
    Project Description from Aalborg University

    et.aau.dk · Archived source · captured 2021-04-20

  3. [3]
  4. [4]
    CROM Research and Projects

    Aalborg University · Primary source

  5. [5]
    Research Challenges in Microgrid Control, Protection, and Demonstration

    Aalborg University / Microgrid Symposium · Primary source

  6. [6]
    Microgrid Analysis and Case Studies Report

    California Energy Commission and Navigant Consulting · Primary source

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