GDF SUEZ — GreenLys WP2: Estimating the benefits and costs of a smart electrical system in French urban areas in 2020–2030

WP2 of the GreenLys project piloted by GDF SUEZ aims to realize a costs-benefits analysis of a smart grid based on the demonstrator deployed within the project in Lyon and Grenoble. Spread over 4 years and launched a year ago, the WP2 presents here its first realizations on the topic. The first step has been to define a value chain for a Smart Grid. Secondly a methodology to quantify costs and benefits had been elected that led to the identification of more than 40 possible benefits generated by the deployment of a smart grid. Following the choice of a methodology and preliminary to the quantification of the costs and the benefits, five scenarios describing various types of smart grids have been selected and are presented in this paper