The AGISTIN project has reached an important milestone in the proiject, which focuses on testing the vanadium redox flow battery and the AGI energy storage concept in pumping applications. This work was carried out at CEDER-CIEMAT in northeast Spain, where a hydraulic system, photovoltaic generation and multiple storage assets are integrated to simulate real operating conditions before field deployment. 

The new storage system, a vanadium redox flow battery, was installed and commissioned. The inverter is housed in a dedicated shed, while the battery itself is located in a container on site. Measuring devices were added across the microgrid units, enabling remote monitoring and real-time control. An advanced Advanced Grid Integration (AGI) control system was also developed, allowing operators to manage generation, storage and loads through a single interface. 

Initial commissioning tests have verified the integrated operation of pumps, turbines, photovoltaic energy, conventional and innovative storage, and loads. Operational data was transferred to UPC, where it will support the development of a microgrid optimisation programme. Different operating scenarios were tested to validate the behaviour of the AGI system in flexible environments, ensuring potential issues are identified before final deployment. 

This progress marks a key step in demonstrating how advanced storage technologies can support irrigation and energy systems in practice and set the bases for deployment of the AGISTIN concept in the rest of the Segrià-Sud canal pumping stations