On May 28^th and May 29^th 2015, the 6th e-Highway2050 workshop took place. The purpose of this workshop was to present and exchange on an enhanced methodology using optimization methods for long-term transmission expansion planning over large systems in the scope of the workpackage 8 of the e-Highway2050 project.

• The developed approach aims at finding the optimal design of a large grid including its modular development plan over a long time horizon.
• Advanced optimization and simulation methods have been investigated to tackle this very large and complex problem, which includes highly combinatorial aspects and stochastic behaviors of system components, while taking into account controls embedded in the system.
• Preliminary results were presented too, followed by discussions.
  
  

Download the Agenda

A document to review with background information can be downloaded here.

Please find below the presentations:

e-Highway2050 - Overview and status of the project
G. Sanchis, RTE (e-Highway2050 Project Coodinator)

 

Overview of interim results and challenges
P. Panciatici, RTE

 

Computation of generationand demandtime series
B. Seguinot, RTE

 

Detection of overload problems & Integration test
C. Pache & J. Maeght, RTE

 

Reduction of the Initial Grid According to Critical Branches
Prof. S. Lumbreras, F. Báñez-Chicharro, Prof. L. Olmos, Prof. A. Ramos, Prof. M. Rivier, Prof. J. Latorre, COMILLAS

 

Transmission Expansion Planning
S. Agapoff & C. Pache, RTE & L. Warland, SINTEF

 

Grid Expansion at Nodal Level
Prof. S. Lumbreras, F. Báñez-Chicharro, Prof. L. Olmos, Prof. A. Ramos, Prof. M. Rivier, Prof. J. Latorre, COMILLAS

 

Robustness Analysis of the Proposed Grid Architectures
F. Echavarren, L. Rouco and L. Sigrist, COMILLAS

 

The workshop took place on May 6th, 2014, at Radisson Blu Royal Hotel in Brussels.

The contents and objectives of the workshop were:

1. Morning Session: The e-Highway2050 workpackage 5 is developing target governance models to encompass the best performing grid architectures identified for the e-Highways2050 scenarios. Through a methodology which was presented during the workshop, an existing or new combination of promising governance elements was proposed per scenario. Interaction and discussions with stakeholders on preliminary results provided input on assumptions, criteria and relevant aspects for the detailed analysis of governance options.

2. Afternoon session: The e-Highway2050 workpackage 4 is developing EH2050's Strategic Environmental and Sustainability Assessment (SESA) which is assessing the risks and opportunities of the main strategic options that are being considered for future grid architectures. The identified risks and opportunities will then inform the development of guidelines supporting sustainable pathways for grid-development. The main objectives of the SESA part of the workshop were to:

• Validate the preliminary strategic environmental and sustainability assessment findings with stakeholders
• Discuss possible measures to integrate risks and opportunities
• Raise awareness of e-Highway2050 amongst key stakeholders

Download the agenda: agenda.pdf

 

After the stakeholder workshop of May 6th, additional comments, suggestions or remarks are welcome. More precisely, four specific questions for your feedback are raised at the end of the following supporting document. Please send any contribution to info@e-highway2050.eu no later than May 30th.

Download the supporting documents:

From existing governance models to a target governance model per e-Highway 2050 scenario: a step-wise approach: supporting_document_WP5.pdf

 

Environmental validation of the grid reinforcements: preliminary results workshop: supporting Document WP4.pdf

 

Presentations:

General Presentation of the Project
Gérald Sanchis (e-Highway2050 Project Coodinator)

 

Work Package 5 on e-Highway2050 Governance: A Brief State of Play
Bernard De Clercq (ELIA Group)

 

From Existing Governance Models to a Target Governance Model Per e-Highway2050 Scenario: A Step-Wise Approach
Bernard De Clercq (ELIA Group)

 

From Existing Governance Models to a Target Governance Model Per e-Highway2050 Scenario: Preliminary Results
Luis Olmos (Universidad Pontificia Comillas)

 

Strategic Environmental and Sustainability Assessment (SESA) WP4.2
Maria Partidário (CEG-IST, University of Lisbon) and William Sheate (Collingwood Environmental Planning)

The workshop took place on April 15th, 2014, at Eurelectric’s premises in Brussels.
 
The purpose of this one-day event was to uncover the key features of a new  database, which mainly covers technical and cost performances by 2050 of a set of selected power system technologies.

• The database contents were used as inputs to the simulation tasks of  the e-Highway2050  project, which will deliver a set of pan-European network modular development plans.
• This workshop also provided the attendees with an unique opportunity to debate on the assumptions underlying the construction of that database, and to identify complementary work which may have been carried-out in the recent past at Member State level.

 

Download the minutes of the workshop:

Minutes of the workshop (PDF 704 KB)

 

 

Presentations:

Introduction and objectives of the workshop
Eric Peirano (Technofi) & G. Kariniotakis (ARMINES)

 

General Presentation of the project workshop on power system technologies 2050
Gérald Sanchis (e-Highway2050 Project Coodinator)

 

Overview of WP3 interim results and open questions
Eric Peirano (TECHNOFI) & Georges Kariniotakis (ARMINES)

 

e-HIGHWAY2050, generation technologies
Dr. Franz Bauer (eurelectric, VGB)

 

Wind energy in the 2050 perspective
Paul Wilczek (EWEA)

 

Critical technologies impacting electricity demand at 2050
E. Peirano, A. Vafeas, K. Laffont, C. Coujard (Technofi)

 

Battery storage technology assessment
Lukas Sigrist (Comillas) & Eric Peirano (TECHNOFI)

 

CAES technology assessment
Lukas Sigrist (Comillas) & Eric Peirano (TECHNOFI)

 

Outlook 2050 on cable technologies
Volker Wendt (Europacable)

 

High voltage underground and subsea cable technology options for future transmission in Europe
Ernesto Zaccone (Europacable)

 

Outlook 2050 on overhead lines
Claude Counan (RTE)

 

Active power technologies at 2050 – Outlook 2050
Jerker Roos (T&D Europe)

 

Active technologies: point of view of research centers and discussion
G. Migliavacca (RSE)

March 20th, 2014, 9.00 a.m. – 5.00 p.m. (CET) at Hotel MARTIN'S Central Park in Brussels.

• On 20th March 2014, the e-Highway2050 workshop "A pan-European Cost Benefit Analysis methodology for the modular development plan of the pan-European transmission network at 2050" took place in Brussels.
• Project partners and European stakeholders discussed the cost-benefit methodology proposed by the project for analyzing new investments on the pan-European transmission corridors up to 2050. The workshop's active debate provided valuable input for the finalization of the approach.

Workshop agenda:

Agenda.pdf

 

Presentations:

Cost Benefit Analysis Workshop: Overview

G. Sanchis (e-Highway2050 Project Coodinator)

 

Historical background of Cost-Benefit Analysis and view of the methodology implemented

G. Migliavacca (RSE)

 

Economic profitability analysis

S. Rossi (RSE)

 

Social, environmental and technological impacts of transmission infrastructures

J. Sijm, (Energy research Centre of the Netherlands)

 

System security aspects

A. Ramos, L. Olmos, M. Rivier (Comillas University)

 

Regulatory aspects

D. Van Hertem, D. Huang (KU Leuven)

The workshop took place on October 10th, 2013 in Brussels.

The objective of the second e-Highway2050 stakeholder workshop was to present and exchange on the methodology built to assess the energy mix and load in 2050 at the Pan-European level for each scenario already defined by the project and to discuss the actual first results of quantification.

For further information, please see the presentations of the workshop.

The workshop took place on January 23rd, 2013 with 57 participants at the ENTSO-E – premises in Brussels.

The objectives were to define the scope of the study, the so-called ”boundary conditions”, and to define a robust methodology for the identification of energy scenarios. The scenarios will be used all along the project in order to foresee the possible development of the transmission network in Europe

For further information on the content please see the workshop programme, the workshop memo and the presentations of the workshop.