Future energy system

How can our future electricity grid remain stable and affordable?

To have a grid for renewable energy in the future, we all need to make a big move today. We are going through an energy transition where wind and solar power are the main energy sources of our future energy system.

The variable nature of these sources increases the need for flexibility in the system, also because of massive industrial electrification. Storage and hydrogen production bring balance to the system, and heat and hydrogen products open new markets.

Switch to the future

To manage and, more importantly, validate and demonstrate hybrid systems, energy management systems are needed before large-scale deployment. This is why TNO and Wageningen Research have joined forces and set up the SWITCH field lab. A unique hybrid sustainable energy plant on a small scale.

TNO

There, TNO is mainly investigating how smart energy management solutions can support the integration of large amounts of electricity produced by offshore wind farms into the energy system from 2030 onwards. Wageningen Research focuses on the application possibilities of this kind of smart energy grid in rural areas.

Programme webinar

Challenges system integration offshore wind
Jan-Willem Wagenaar, R&D Portfolio Manager Wind Energy, TNO

Energy management systems for future energy systems
Iratxe Gonzalez Aparicio, R&D Portfolio Manager System Integration Wind Energy, TNO
How can smart energy management solutions support the integration of large amounts of electricity produced by offshore wind farms into the energy system from 2030 onwards?

Applications in the rural area
Chris de Visser discusses the application possibilities of smart energy grids in the rural area.
Chris de Visser, Business Unit Manager Wageningen Research

Operational status SWITCH fieldlab
Jan-Willem Wagenaar

Case: Shore power in Rotterdam
Floor Schipper, Project Manager, Port of Rotterdam
How can a high percentage of seagoing vessels be 'plugged in' by 2030 so that diesel generators can be switched off?

Rewatch the TNO webinar

On Wednesday, February 1st, 2023 the webinar Switch to the hybrid energy system took place.

You can watch this webinar on demand via the following link:
https://channel.royalcast.com/landingpage/tnowebcasts/20230201_1/

Discover technological and societal solutions of the future energy system and the SWITCH facility in this webinar