Adaptive architecture development for Smart Grids based on integrated building blocks

The development of ICT-Architectures for Smart Grids needs to regard requirements from multiple sources. These sources outline architectural viewpoints regarding domains, functionalities, and cross cutting issues like interoperability or security. A reference architecture is developed in context of the European Smart Grid Mandate M/490 which proposes a structure of interoperability layers, domains and zones, called the Smart Grid Architectural Model (SGAM). Such high-level reference architectures are not directly applicable within enterprises due to the differences in focus. Yet, the SGAM-structure may be used to transfer the concepts of the architecture into the enterprise context. For this purpose the methodological framework proposed in this contribution integrates the authors´ research approaches. These provide integrated building blocks for enterprise-specific Smart Grid ICT-Architecture development, using the SGAM as the underlying structure.