Introduction: The project will develop new concepts, strategies and architectures for services provided by demand and distributed energy resources on distribution grids. This entails a full integration and market-based exploitation of the flexibilities of the distributed energy resources of the distribution network.

Objectives: The project aims to deliver a comprehensive commercial and technical framework for the development of Active Demand in the smart grids of the future. ADDRESS started in June 2008 and is investigating how to effectively stimulate the participation of domestic and small commercial consumers in the power system markets. The project also addresses the provision of services to different power system participants. ADDRESS is European Commission funded FP7 project.