This pilot of the BEYOND project is in the municipality of Großschönau. Großschönau is a town in lower Austria in the region of Waldviertel. It consists of 13
villages and a total population of 1200 inhabitants. This municipality represents a rural area in Central Europe, without connection to higher traffic infrastructure and without a significant amount of industrial activity. Most of the buildings in the municipality are residential buildings, small commercial units like farms, craftsmen, local services, banks, and doctors as well as municipality buildings.
One of the five substations existing has been selected as a pilot (250 kVA, 400 V) for the BEYOND project to which 41 buildings are connected. Currently, three prosumers belong to the categories of commercial and municipal buildings while the number of prosumers from the residential buildings is still to be
determined within the first stage of the BEYOND project.
This pilot project has Sonnenplatz Großschönau as coordinator and counts with the support of Großschönau Municipality, entrepreneurs, residents, and the utility company owning the substation. The main objective is to focus on the DSO substation and implement a distance-dependent price scheme (more expensive for other substations). It is expected that this implementation helps to increase local RES consumption and gain insights into the interdependence of LEC grid tariffs.