3. Trials, Design and Specification Report

This follows the second project deliverable, QUEST System Design and Architecture Lessons Learned, published in December 2022, which provided an in-depth review of the architecture options based on the use cases in the first deliverable, QUEST Initial Report – Use Cases, in addition to a specification for the network models and modelling regime that aligned with the architecture options.

This deliverable will detail the chosen QUEST functional specifications for the architecture, voltage control methodology, trial design and detailed site design, based on the research and learning from the previous deliverables. This will allow for development of the QUEST system control and for onsite works to commence, which will feed into the next project deliverable.

This project deliverable comprises four workstreams: the functional specification for architecture and trial design workstreams were led by Schneider Electric (SE); the functional specification for voltage control methodology workstream was led by Smarter Grid Solutions (SGS); and the detailed site design workstream was led by Fundamentals Ltd. All partners were tasked with producing a detailed report for each workstream as part of this deliverable, which can be found in the associated documents folder below.