BatMan – Batteries Applications for the Management of Adequacy and Network congestions 

The increasing integration of renewable energy into the transmission grid poses significant challenges for congestion management. At the same time, new flexible assets such as large-scale battery energy storage systems (BESS), electric vehicles, and controllable loads are intended to help ensure system adequacy at all times. As the grid is increasingly operated closer to its technical limits to avoid costly grid expansion measures, coordinated deployment strategies for these flexibilities are becoming massively important.  

The goal of this research project is to investigate the interactions between grid services and ensuring power balance (adequacy) at the transmission level. The interactions are analyzed from day-ahead planning through real-time operation to ensure efficient use of the grid while maximizing the potential of flexible assets.

Through close collaboration between the University of Duisburg-Essen, RTE, and Swissgrid, techno-economic solutions are being developed to provide decision-makers with well-founded recommendations for the design of future market rules and the technological integration of storage systems.

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Contact person: Luis van Sandbergen, Yannik Pflugfelder, Dr. Sepehr Hendiani