Study on further development options for the System Development Strategy published

Together with our partners BET, Fraunhofer IEG and IKEM, we have investigated options for further improving the System Development Strategy (German: Systementwicklungsstrategie, SES) for the BMWE. We evaluated the first issue of the SES by conducting interviews with experts from the electricity and gas network operators involved in the SES and the Federal Network Agency. We found particular potential for improvement in terms of a clearer definition of the interface between the SES and the NEP processes: How binding are the anchor points of the SES? How should network development planning deal with uncertainties identified in inter alia the SES process? The SES can also improve infrastructure planning for the interface between the planning processes at transmission level and those at distribution level, e.g., in a future role as a “data hub.” Further recommendations on this and other topics can be found in the published report on the study (ger).