Winter Outlook Report 2014/15 and summer review 2014

ENTSO-E –

ENTSO-E adopts and publishes on an annual basis the “Winter Outlook and Summer Review”. These short-term adequacy reports focus on exploring the main risks identified within a seasonal period, highlighting the possibilities for neighbouring countries to contribute to the generation/demand balance in critical situations. These reports consider uncertainties such as climatic conditions and outages, as well as other risks incurred by the system including the evolution of load, load-management, generation capacities, and stability issues. It also provides an overview of the main events which occurred during the previous summer period. The purpose of these reports is to provide a platform for information exchange amongst TSOs, promote discussion on transparency, and inform stakeholders on the potential system risks so appropriate decisions can be made on topics such as maintenance schedules, postponement in decommissioning, and stakeholder awareness about levels of adequacy.

The Winter Outlook Report will present the summary of the national or regional power balances between forecast generation and demand on a weekly basis for the winter period from 1 December 2014 (week 49) to 19 April 2015 (week 16). Note that the period of the assessment in the report is prolonged in order to include two reference points after Easter weekend, which in a number of countries proves to be very relevant for downward analysis. More information regarding reference points is provided in Section 3 – Methodology – and in the questionnaires & template folder.
The Summer Review covers the period from 1 June (week 23) to 20 September 2014 (week 38). It outlines the main events during the previous summer, according to TSOs, with reference to security of electricity supply (i.e. summer conditions, power system conditions, as well as availability of interconnections).

> to the Review and Report

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