Norway and Sweden experienced a critical energy supply situation during the winter 2002/2003. During the summer and fall of 2003, several very serious power system blackouts happened in Europe and North America. All these events have put focus on power system security and the need for increased utilization of the power transmission system capacity. This is, however, not a new problem. The fact that we have a common Nordic power market with considerable daily and seasonal variations in supply and demand leads to an increasing demand for power exchange. Increasing consumption leads to additional stress on the power transmission system, and altogether this creates challenges in daily operation regarding power system security and congestion management.
“Increased utilization of the Nordic power transmission system”, was a project that SINTEF Energy Research carried out together with Nordic universities and the Nordic transmission system operators Elkraft System, Fingrid, Svenska kraftnät and Statnett. The main objective in this project was to develop methods, models and control solutions that will contribute to enable increased utilization of the existing power grid. The project had three main activities, and below are some examples of objectives and results within each of the activities.
Project Plan (in Norwegian)
Contact: Bjørn Harald Bakken , SINTEF Energy Research
