Assessment of the MITS planning backgrounds

Project summary

This project will develop new approaches to assess the requirement for network reinforcement by assessing the effectiveness of flexibility options and incorporating these into the calculation of base power flow and margins. 

Name Status Project reference number Start date Proposed End date Expenditure
Assessment of the MITS planning backgrounds Live NIA2_NGESO085 Oct 2024 Oct 2026 £520,000
Summary

This project will develop new approaches to assess the requirement for network reinforcement by assessing the effectiveness of flexibility options and incorporating these into the calculation of base power flow and margins. The existing boundary calculation tool will be updated to compute available security constrained thermal flow margins with usable flexibilities to give indications of potential voltage and stability concerns. This will ensure the electricity system is designed in a secure and economic manner.    

Benefits

The proposed activities with the open, extendable and interoperable boundary calculator tool will: 

  • Ensure the electricity system is designed in a secure and economic manner.
  • Enable open knowledge sharing with key stakeholders with accessible tools.
  • Consider as many off-peak demand conditions, new technologies as necessary and flexibilities to explore the adequacy of accessible flexibility to inform a manageable number of conditions for securing the system.
  • Ensure consistency between the parallel ESO and DSO journeys in security standards. 

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