Welcome to ERESS
The foremost aim of ERESS (European Railway Energy Settlement System) is to provide a simple, efficient, reliable, accurate and flexible energy settlement system both for the current rail market and the future market where most trains will be equipped with meters and many different train operators will use the railways.
ERESS had the opportunity to present ourselves, technical aspects of measuring traction energy and achieved results for representatives from infrastructure managers and ministries from the Balkan states.
The ERESS was invited as expert by DG Move to the SEETO (South East Europe Core Regional Transport Network) working group meeting in Podgorica, Montenegro on the 10 June 2010. The SEETO is organised by the EU Commission and aims to foster the development of a European railway area. This fits very well with the ideas underlying the ERESS as a European solution.
We are honoured to be invited by the EU Commission to present our solutions, results and views to an interested group of railway decision makers.
The 2010 ERESS Customer Forum on “on-board measuring and managing of traction energy” was held on June 1st, 2010, in Copenhagen. The conference brought together 95 participants including representatives from infrastructure managers, railway undertakings, authorities and manufacturers of vehicle, sensor, energy metering and energy management solutions in Europe.
The European Railway Energy Settlement System (ERESS) and Banedanmark would like to thank all delegates, speakers and sponsors of the ERESS Customer Forum 2010 for their participation and contribution.
The main objectives of the conference were to:
- keep actors in the railway sector up to date with the present European standardization work on energy management and energy efficiency;
- learn about the latest developments of ERESS;
- learn from experiences of railway undertakings and infrastructure managers that have implemented an energy management system;
- share best practices in the energy measurement system on board trains;
Read more and download the presentations on ERESS Forum
The last issue of EURAILmag includes an article describing the advantages of using the ERESS system and solution. By introducing new technical solutions and principles, ERESS customers have reduced their energy consumption and costs by up to 15%. By doing so, they have also strengthened both their competitiveness and environmental profile. At the same time, ERESS enables railway infrastructure managers to fulfill requirements for accurate, neutral and non-discriminatory services in the rail and energy markets. In order to read the article, please download it from this link.
EURAILmag Issue 21 - ERESS.pdf
At the 4th UIC Energy Efficiency Conference the ERESS had the opportunity to present and promote the advantages of building and operating common European solutions for metering, settlement and billing.
The conference showed that the interest for these topics is high on the agenda at several European railway companies and infrastructure managers. Complete and consistent solutions taking into account the whole process of metering, energy management, settlement and billing will be the future approach in order to succeed. The ERESS provides efficient, reliable, accurate and flexible metering, settlement and billing systems and solutions. It is a proven concept. New partners joining will have the advantage of being operational fast.
More detailed information can be found in the presentation ERESS gave at the conference.
The ERESS Customer Forum gathered almost 100 participants representing railway undertakings, infrastructure managers, EU organisations, manufactures of rolling stock and manufactures of metering equipment.
The topics presented and discussed included interoperability, energy management, energy saving and European standardisation processes. Several manufactures of energy measuring equipment and systems presented their innovative products and solutions.
The need to find common workable and effective solutions for the railway sector was discussed. The ERESS Partnership believes this will be an important issue for the railway sector in order to be competitive against other modes of transportation.
The presentations from the ERESS Customer Forum can be found below.
INTRODUCTION
The need of measuring energy consumption in a liberalized railway market
Luc Vansteenkiste, Director General, Infrabel, Grid Access Department, Belgium
THE ERESS PARTNERSHIP
The need for common European solutions
Johnny Brevik, President, ERESS Steering Group, Norway
Presentation of the ERESS joint settlement system and partnership
Dyre Martin Gulbrandsen, Jernbaneverket, Bane Energi, Norway
Jesper Larsen, Banedanmark, Denmark
EUROPEAN STANDARDIZATION
An overview of the complete system
Bart Van der Spiegel, Infrabel, Energy Management, Belgium
On board Energy Measuring System in the TSI
Stanislaw Lis, European Railway Agency, France
EN 50463, the European standard for on board Energy Measuring Systems, part 1
Carlo Fasoli, CENELEC, Convener WG11, FAR Systems, Italy
EN 50463, the European standard for on board Energy Measuring Systems, part 2
Luca Trinca, RFI, Italy
The role of UIC in Railway Energy Billing
Henning Schwarz, UIC, France
THE MANUFACTURERS
LEM
Yves Declercq, LEM, Belgium
Energy ICT
Vincent Dehullu, EnergyICT, Belgium
FAR Systems
Paul Steurs, FAR Systems, Italy
Solvera Lynx
Gregor Hribar, Solvera Lynx, Slovenia
Faivelay
Patrice Huaulmé, Faivelay, France
Billanco
Lionel Cima, Billanco, France
Saphymo
Olivier Magne, Saphymo, France
Unicontrols
David Rysanek, Unicontrols, Czech Republic
THE IMPLEMENTATION
The experiences of a Railway Undertaking
Jan Vetle Moen, NSB, Norway
Homologation and certification
Marnix Schrijner, KEMA, Netherlands
Energy Metering on the grid of Infrabel
Bart Van der Spiegel, Infrabel, Belgium
Feasibility study for implementation of Energy Metering
Christophe Tassin, NMBS, Belgium
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