2018
Belgium
Demonstration of Ampacimon’s suite of products on Elia’s interconnectors, assessing the thermal rating of transmission lines by direct physical measurements and increasing their available capacity.
Highlights
01
Extracting more value from existing grid infrastructure and enhancing their utilisation
02
Foreseeing congestion issues and addressing them through low cost configuration options – as opposed to construction of new lines
03
Providing short-term visibility required to anticipate operation security issues
04
Day-ahead forecasting deployed in real scale for the first time world-wide (enabling increased energy transfers across borders, including day-ahead transactions)
Main Information
Power lines and transformers are operated using a specific rating which determines the maximum constant current (allowed load) of a line. Grid operators take into account this thermal limit to determine the available transmission and distribution capacity. To exploit available latent capacities in the line, Ampacimon has developed a suite of products which bring an assessment of the actual thermal rating by direct physical measurements. This has significantly increased imports and exports in Belgium (around 10% of available import/export capacity), and resolved congestions, and reduced redispatching and curtailment costs.
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