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Ten-Year Network Development Plan 2014

by ENTSO-E​​​​​ –  EU legislation mandates ENTSO-E to publish a biennial, non-binding, Ten-Year Network Development Plan (TYNDP). This network development plan is designed to i...

Benchmarking smart metering deployment in the EU-27 with a focus on electricity

European Commission – Joint Research Centre – Institute for Energy and Transport –  Member States are required to ensure the implementation of smart metering under EU energy ...

Imbalance costs better managed by automatically shifting energy consumption of families

Smart household appliances can help energy suppliers and network operators respond better and faster to hard-to-predict output from renewable energy sources. With this approach, they can more eas...

The Energiewende and Germany’s Industrial Policy

Clingendael International Energy Programme – The challenges and opportunities of the German Energiewende are in line with the German tradition of approaching industrial and energy policy as a...

Economic grid support from variable renewables

In September 2014, a consortium of research institutes, led by the European Wind Energy Association and supported by the Intelligent Energy Europe programme, published the final results of their study...