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What is the e-Highway2050 Project?

Eight transmission system operators (BE, CZ, FR, DE, IT, PT, CH, PL) and ENTSO-E, together with 4 associations of technology manufacturers, and 16 RTDs are developing and applying a methodology for the long-term development of the pan-European transmission network. Planning of the transmission network will assume a crucial role when it comes to implementation and realisation of the European single electricity market and the decarbonisation process over the next 40 years. The results will be presented and debated with the whole electricity value chain as well as representatives of all impacted stakeholders in Europe, thereby addressing the main drivers and potential barriers for the proposed grid architecture options. The project is supported by the European Commission via the seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development.

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What are the objectives of the e-Highway2050 Project?

The project aims at delivering a top-down method to support planning of the pan-European transmission network, including possible highways, capable of meeting European needs between 2020 and 2050. Further objectives of the project are to increase public acceptance of grid expansion, to optimise investment cost, to propose governance and regulatory aspects and to support standardisation of grid technology components to optimise future investment. The project aims to increase the acceptance of grid expansion by means of information exchange and consultation processes that incorporate stakeholder opinions. A portfolio of expansion plans will be proposed in which the 2020-2050 proposals optimise the investment costs over this period of time. Governance and regulatory aspects are being analysed to produce a set of proposals which will be reviewed by regulatory authorities. Standardisation efforts are focused on the optimisation of future investment with the support of the manufacturing industry.

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Who are the members?

Members of the project are transmission system operators from Belgium, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Switzerland, Poland and ENTSO-E, university and research institutions together with companies and associations of technology manufacturers and energy and consulting associations.

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