FP6 SUSTDEV 1.1.7 Grid Issues

FP6 Demonstration Projects

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• FP6 Information Day - 21 September 2005
• FP6 Information Day - 17 June 2005
• Fourth Call for Proposals [FP6-2005-TREN-4]
• Work Programme, Call Text, etc for FP6-2005-TREN-4
• FP6 Information Day - 22 June 2004
• Third Call for Proposals [FP6-2004-TREN-3]

The demand for electricity is expected to grow significantly over the next decade, but the liberalisation of the energy market has lead to a significant reduction in the installed over-capacity of base load power plants. In some EU countries the demand for electricity peaks more often in summer than in winter, due to a very significant increase in the demand for cooling. In a growing number of regions the low voltage distribution network to the end users shows weaknesses. Some of these problems can be addressed by installing medium and small scale power generation units, including renewable electricity generating plants, in strategic locations to stabilise the grid instead of installing new power lines.

Priority areas:

• Distributed generation
  
• Management of electricity grids linked to large scale decentralised wind power generation

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