Elia Grid International offers assistance in managing power systems more efficiently, addressing the growing complexity of the role of power system operators due to factors such as increased use of variable energy, interconnections, power markets, and the involvement of multiple stakeholders.
With the fast-changing landscape of the energy industry, system operators require a broad range of expertise, from short-term transient dynamics to long-term market developments for energy transition. Drawing from the expertise of parent system operators and clients, Elia Grid International (EGI) has developed a critical mass of knowledge and resources, enabling them to provide high-quality solutions and analyses to tackle these challenges.
Learning from our past to support your future
To ensure the reliable and secure operation of an electricity transmission business, it’s essential to develop expertise across multiple technical and critical fields. Elia Grid International (EGI) provides tailored solutions to help organizations avoid failure and excel in areas such
- Load frequency control (compliance with regulations, modelisation and design, implementation)
- Congestion management
- Grid ancillary services and balancing reserves
- Resilient power system
- Emergency and restoration management
- Grid code development
- Grid connection requirements
- System training and simulation
- International coordination of system operation
EGI recognizes the unique challenges faced by each organization and offers customized support to meet their specific needs.
Integration of renewable energy
As more utilities adopt higher penetrations of renewable energy sources, power systems face increased uncertainty and new challenges.
Elia Grid International (EGI) works closely with the two System Operators of the Elia Group to continuously improve their skills and provide the best support to their partners.
EGI offers solutions related to
- operational requirements for renewable energy integration,
- balancing reserve sizing,
- grid codes,
- congestion management,
- flexible access,
- renewable control centers,
- aggregation of decentralized production,
- system stability.
EGI’s expertise helps utilities deploy effective operational and technical solutions to integrate higher penetrations of wind and solar generation.
“EGI has developed for us a roadmap to cope with the coming wave of RES power plants. Since then, this strategy paves the way of our initiatives to make it happen in the country.”
“We wanted to follow European TSOs best practices in terms of System Operations, Market and Grid Planning.
EGI has supported us the way to reach that objective”. TSO Eastern Europe
As a TSO in Eastern Europe, we target to connect to the Continental European System.
EGI has showed us what are the gap and required initiatives to make this possible and be compliant with EU regulations.” TSO in Eastern Europe.
Frank Vandenberghe
In this fast changing world, TSO’s need a vast range of expertise areas, from very short term transient dynamics to long term market developments for the energy transition. The EGI team, combining the expertise of the two parent system operators and of their clients, has reached a critical mass able to offer…