E-Lunch session: Grid operators' vision of future energy system.

When:

19 January 2022

12:00 Hour - 13:00 Hour

Location:Online via MS-Teams

Event organizer:Electrical engineering

Pricing KIVI leden:Free

Pricing Nog geen KIVI lid:Free

The energy system in the Netherlands is undergoing full-scale changes as a result of the Energy Transition.

The way energy is produced and its locations, as well as the way energy is used, is already changing in full swing. This has consequences for the underlying networks.

The joint grid operators are fully aware of this and have carried out a study on what our energy system could look like in 2050.

The results are set out in a report entitled:

"The Energy System of the Future, An Integral Infrastructure Outlook 2030 - 2050".

In April 2021, this report was presented to Minister Van 't Wout, who in turn sent a memorandum to the House of Representatives.

E-Lunch webinar:

In this lunch webinar, the content of the report was explained for KIVI by Arjan van Voorden, Expert Asset Management at Stedin and closely involved in drafting the report.

According to which scenarios could the energy transition develop in the Netherlands from 2030 to 2050?

What adjustments to infrastructure are needed to properly facilitate those scenarios? And what do these much-needed adjustments to infrastructure mean in turn for the costs the use of space and the feasibility of the transition of the entire energy system?

These are some of the questions the grid operators have asked themselves.

You can watch the recording of the webinar here.

Under "Documents" you will find the presentation (1.0 pdf)

Scenarios:

With that, they set to work and drew up four scenarios. The scenarios each describe an energy system for our country, with the corresponding starting points, bottlenecks and conclusions.

Two scenarios assume a self-sufficient system for the Netherlands, two scenarios assume maximum imports of either green gas or hydrogen. But everything has a price and a lot has to be done! Some conclusions are: the infrastructure for electricity needs to be expanded very substantially, there needs to be a nationwide hydrogen transport network, large-scale energy storage (so nicely called flexibility resources!) is necessary, there is a space problem and politicians need to make fundamental choices quickly.

For grid operators, the outcomes of the explorations are guiding their own investment plans.

Because that the Energy Transition will cost a lot of money is certain. The sooner you can realise the 'no regret' measures the better!

Direction: who?

Direction at the national level is necessary to forge local and regional plans together into an integrated programme for the entire energy system, including spatial choices and investments. This should include a focus on getting enough technical people available for all the installation work.

It does not stop with this report. This is a first comprehensive exploration, which will be followed in the future by ever more detailed explorations and possible infrastructure development paths. We will continue to pay interested attention!

The speaker:

Arjan van Voorden is a graduate of Delft University of Technology, Faculty of Electrical, Mathematical and Computer Sciences.
He received his PhD on the topic of Power Balancing in Autonomous Renewable Energy Systems.
He is currently working at Stedin Netbeheer as Expert Asset Management