The e-Highway2050 partnership comprises transmission systems operators, energy associations, a non-governmental organisation, research institutes, universities and companies coming from all over Europe.
Today, the Ten Years Network Development Plan - TYNDP - drawn up by the European Network of Transmission Systems Operators for Electricity (ENTSO-E) is the basis for the expansion and conversion of the European electricity grid: it pinpoints potential investment gaps within the next ten years and highlights technological and socio-economical approaches to reach the energy aims of the EU policy. The e-Highway2050 research project plans to develop an appropriate methodology for longer-term horizons and to guarantee sustainable and economically advantageous development.
In this context, the e-Highway2050 research project examines framework conditions and develops solutions for planning the European electricity grid expansion from 2020 to 2050, and involving several growth and energy scenarios for Europe. Key stakeholders from all over Europe are invited to discuss the interim results in consultations and workshops and contribute actively to influencing the outcomes.
The Network Development Plan will first serve policy makers, regulatory authorities and the power industry as key players to support the expansion of the pan-European transmission grid. The network planning methodology will be made available to all ENTSO-E members: it will also provide roadmaps for further research and innovation in the development of improved grid expansion planning instruments.
e-Highway2050 is a 40-month project which started on 1st September 2012. It is supported in part by the European Commission's Directorate General for Research and Innovation within the Seventh Framework Programme for Research. The consortium is led by the French grid operator RTE and comprises: SINTEF, Norway; AMPRION, Germany; TECHNOFI, France; REN, Portugal; ELIA Group, Belgium/Germany; RSE, Italy; dena, Germany; ENTSO-E, Belgium; CEPS, Czech Republic; SWISSGRID, Switzerland; TERNA, Italy; Brunel University, UK; COMILLAS University, Spain; IST, Portugal; KU Leuven KUL, Belgium; ENSIEL, Italy; TU Berlin, Germany; ECN, Netherlands; IPE, Poland; EURELECTRIC, Belgium; EUROPACABLE, Belgium; EWEA, Belgium; T&D EUROPE, Belgium; POYRY, UK; E3G, Belgium; PSE, Poland; CEP, UK.
Dr. Philipp Prein, 19.04.2013
presseportal.de: http://www.presseportal.de/pm/43338/2454186/planning-europe-s-future-electricity-highways-eu-consortium-develops-modular-plan-for-a-pan/api
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