Online Workshop – From Data to Action : Mapping Dynamic Line Rating Adoption in Europe
CurrENT Europe invites you to an online workshop on 27 January, 13:00-14.30pm CET to discuss the results of our recent assessment of Dynamic Line Rating (DLR) deployment in Europe. It will be the occasion to highlight the role of DLR in transmission efficiency, the use of datasets like the JAO dataset to monitor grid performance and how greater transparency could be incentivized in line with the objectives of the Grids Package. Technology providers, grid operators and policy-makers will provide their perspective on the benefits of DLR and how this technology can be key for competitiveness and the energy transition.
More about the workshop
CurrENT Europe has recently launched an assessment that looks at publicly available data, to determine the adoption of Dynamic Line Rating in Europe. According to this assessment, there is very little evidence that Dynamic Line Rating (DLR) is being systematically used by grid operators in Europe.
This assessment comes at a crucial time, as the recently published Grids Package proposal highlights the role that innovative grid technologies like Dynamic Line Rating can have in making the most out of the existing electricity grid. Monitoring the adoption of DLR across Europe, as well as other innovative grid technologies, will be key to supporting the implementation of this new package.
In line with the ambitions of the Grids Package to quickly deliver extra grid capacity, it is exactly what Dynamic Line Rating delivers. Air temperature and wind cooling determine how much electricity can be safely transported through an overhead line at any given moment. With dynamic line rating, grid operators can measure in real time, through sensors and weather data, what the safe capacity is at that moment, and with this knowledge transport much more electricity safely through an overhead line. This means less renewable energy is wasted, and it can significantly reduce costs for consumers.
Yet, analysis of the JAO data set, currently the most comprehensive publicly available source, suggests that many grid operators either do not use DLR or do not report its use. This represents a missed opportunity for both the electricity system and the market.
In this context, the workshop will present the results of this new mapping exercise and provide a platform to discuss:
- what the findings tell us about DLR deployment in Europe,
- the role of DLR in increasing transmission efficiency,
- the use of datasets such as JAO to monitor grid performance, and
- how greater data transparency could be incentivised in line with the objectives of the Grids Package.
