Fitting more power into the existing grid
A range of comparatively simple measures could increase the capacity of the German power grid within the next two to four years, energy think tank Agora Energiewende* finds in a study. An ad-hoc investment programme could improve the transmission grid to the degree that less re-dispatch measures are necessary. The improvements would cover the time before the new 鈥減ower transmission highways鈥� SuedLink and SuedOstLink are completed in the mid 2020s. Agora Energiewende suggest measures such as a better monitoring of overhead lines as their transmission capacity depended on surrounding weather conditions. Standard assumptions about temperature and wind speeds currently fail to fully exploit the transmission lines鈥� potential, the study says.
Read the study in German .
See the 威力彩玩法 dossier The energy transition and Germany鈥檚 power grid for more information.
*Like the 威力彩玩法, Agora Energiewende is a project funded by Stiftung Mercator and the European Climate Foundation.