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Guiding a Least Cost Grid Integration of
RES-Electricity in an extended
Europe GreenNet-EU27
Project Co-ordinator Energy Economics Group
(EEG) Vienna
University of Technology Duration January 2005
December 2006 (24 Months) Grant Agreement No.
EIE/04/049/S07.38561 The project GreenNet-EU27 is
supported by the European Commission under the
Intelligent Energy Europe (EIE) Programme.
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Objectives

• The core objectives of the project GreenNet-EU27
  are
• to derive least cost strategies for
  RES-Electricity grid integration into the
  European
• electricity grids (by applying and extending
  the existing simulation software GreenNet),
• to analyse the advantages, cost, system
  stability and security of supply issues of
• large scale RES-E grid integration from the
  grid systems point-of-view,
• to identify best-practice RES-E grid integration
  cases in different European countries
• under different constraints,
• to identify existing regulatory barriers and
  distortions in RES-E grid integration in
• general and cost allocation in particular,
• to facilitate networking between several
  important decision makers and stakeholders
• and to stimulate a common understanding of
  optimal least cost RES-E grid integration
• concepts for the future, and
• to disseminate the project results and practical
  guidelines to a broad audience,

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Activities / Workplan

• The activities of the workplan of GreenNet-EU27
  include
• comparative empirical case studies on RES-E grid
  integration (and derivation of
• best-practise cases) in different EU countries
  with different RES-potentials, grid
• structures and policy objectives,
• application and extension of existing software
  models (notably simulation model
• GreenNet and system stability analysis tools
  developed in the WILMAR project)
• supplementing empirical investigations,
• comprehensive involvement (interviews, reviews,
  etc.) of stakeholders in the
• consortium as well as outside for
  identification of strengths and weaknesses of
  both
• existing national approaches (taking into
  account different system configurations of
• the UCTE-, Nordel-, UK-region) and of the
  models applied,
• synthesis of different results and derivation of
  tailored guidelines and action plans for
• decision makers and key stakeholders on least
  cost RES-E concepts under different
• constraints, and

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Results / Products

• The results and major products of the project
  GreenNet-EU27 are
• tailored practical guidelines and action plans
  for decision makers and stakeholders in
• order to establish a common understanding on
  least cost RES-E grid integration
• strategies in an extended Europe under
  different constraints,
• the simulation software GreenNet-EU27 modelling
  least cost RES-E grid integration
• strategies under a variety of different
  constraints and energy policy settings up to the
• year 2020 for the EU27-region (HRNOCH),
• a comprehensive and consistent empirical data
  base on cost-resource curves of RES-E,
• system operation and grid extension cost due to
  RES-E grid integration for different
• European system configurations,
• a comprehensive network of key stakeholders
  exchanging experience on RES-E grid
• integration,
• a set of comprehensive ongoing as well as final
  dissemination activities and materials
• incl. project website guaranteeing know-how
  transfer of the project outcomes in several

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Consortium / Project Website
The GreenNet-EU27 consortium consists of 17
partners
The GreenNet-EU27 project website provides
up-to-date information
www.greennet-europe.org