Key readings: Grid expansion, costs and the European context
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Annual monitoring report from the Federal Network Agency (Bundesnetzagentur), documenting and analysing developments in German energy market. The key findings summarise the longer German version of the report. https://www.bundesnetzagentur.de/SharedDocs/Downloads/DE/Allgemeines/Bundesnetzagentur/Publikationen/Berichte/2017/Monitoringbericht_2017.pdf?__blob=publicationFile&v=4
The paper explains the current state of grid expansion and provides a wealth of information on power generation and trading.
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This report on loop and transit flows highlights the problems that an integrated, decarbonised European power system brings and gives suggestions (e.g. different price zones in Germany) that could be applied to soften issues surrounding market and physical power flows in Europe.
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A document from the EU Commission on energy security in the EU, outlining the basis and options for improving the EU’s energy supply and exchange. Among other things, it calls for further integration of the energy market, for example through increasing the interconnection of installed electricity production capacity between the member states.
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The EU commission gives state-of-affairs analysis of the integrated energy market, highlighting how it can provide the basis for the cost-efficient decarbonisation of the energy system. It says that market integration requires more grid and grid connections across borders and that the EU could have “net economic benefits from completion of the internal market in the range of 16-40 billion euros per year”.
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The study explains technical measures that could be taken today to increase the capacity of the existing power grid in Germany. This could reduce re-disptach costs and provide relief for the grid until new connections are completed in the second half of the 2020s.
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The Umweltbundesamt (UBA) looked at different scenarios for an entirely renewable power supply in Germany in 2050. In this scenario called "local, self-sufficient" they anaylse a simulation of a highly decentralised power system with few grid connections.
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A paper on the common European electricity market and its requirements for transmission grid expansion, in particular cross-border interconnectors.
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Two DIHK energy experts explain why German businesses need grid expansion and why southern Germany in particular would benefit from being connected up to receive wind power from the north.
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The so called "winter package" by the European Commission describes the EU's quest for an internal European energy market.
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Professors Jarass and Obermair prepared this statement in response to federal grid expansion planning procedure. They say the suggested extension plan is exaggerated and that different calculations of the costs and benefits of incorporating conventional and renewable power suppliers equally into the grid, show that too much money is spent on unnecessary power lines.
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Website by the Bundesnetzagentur in English and German giving an overview of transmission network planning.
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Website by the four German transmission grid operators in English and German on grid development plans.
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Study on the idea of a decentralised energy transition - what are the different meanings of the term "decentralised" and how does this fit into an energy system based on renewable sources?
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Brief English overview from the Bundesnetzagentur of the steps involved in grid planning.
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Meta study on the assumptions and conditions for a decentralised power system in Germany. In German but with English summary on page 7.
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Lists other German and European information platforms on grid related subjects.
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Website of the European Commission that lists the latest studies and decisions on the targets for interconnecting the European power grid further.
Date:
Tuesday, 10 April, 2018 - 00:00