Forward-looking target network planning of the E-Netz South Hesse will continue to make supply infrastructure reliably and efficiently in the future
In the course of the implementation of the energy transition, distribution network operators must design and develop their power grids in such a way that they meet new requirements and that permanently stable supply is guaranteed. Because the entire system of energy supply is in the middle of a transformation: More and more decentralized generation systems such as photovoltaic and wind turbines as well as new consumers such as charging stations and heat pumps must be safely brought to the net. In order to be able to say today how a reliable and efficient network infrastructure has to look, the E-Netz Südhessen uses the strategic instrument of target network planning.
The E-Netz Südhessen faced this challenge at an early stage. With the network development department, the Entega-Niederstlich daughter has its own team of experts, which develops realistic scenarios for future network development at low and medium-voltage level. On this basis, well-founded renewal and expansion concepts are created for optimally dimensioned networks. The focus is on cost efficiency and sustainability- the calculated expansion and expansion requirement always follows the guiding principle "as much as necessary, as little as possible". The specialist department also gives the E-Netz South Hesse important flexibility in the context of target network planning. Target network concepts can be adapted independently and at short notice if, for example, technological innovations, political decisions and market developments in relation to the energy transition change the framework conditions: “The basis of target network planning is our regionally up to the local network level. This describes two different development paths how the framework conditions of network planning can develop according to the current level of knowledge in the next 25 years. The scenario framework is updated every two years, in the event of major changes in the political or market framework, also event -oriented, ”says Dr. Helge Pluntke, Head of Network Development at E-Netz South Hesse.
Digitization plays a key role in target network planning. As one of only a few distribution network operators in Germany, the E-Netz South Hesse uses digital, compensatory network models from the medium-voltage level to the low-voltage level. This allows new network connections for consumers and generation systems to be efficiently checked and to develop forward -looking and need -based target network concepts based on simulation models. “The long -term use of our resources, the integration of decentrally generated renewable energies, storage technologies, smart grids and electromobility must be taken into account. This creates systemic target network planning that contributes decisively to the success of the energy transition, ”says Dr. Pluntke.
From the overall overall concept for the network area of the E-Netz South Hesse, municipal target concepts are derived. This ensures the best possible efficiency for the entire infrastructure in the region and all municipal network areas. The target network planning helps to efficiently integrate regenerative generation systems into the local network and thus support the transition to a more sustainable energy supply in southern Hesse.
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