Grid Connection Study

Automate grid impact assessment and grid integration processes at the primary and secondary level

Fast evaluation and processing of connection requests including reservation management

Utilities are currently experiencing a rapidly increasing number of customer inquiries for the connection of solar systems, heat pumps and e-charging stations. Since it puts an increasing strain on our power grids, these inquiries need to be examined more thoroughly, which often leads to a huge workload because many processes still have to be carried out manually today.

With the Grid Connection Study app, you can digitize and automate the entire process from data transfer to the technical evaluation and documentation of new requests for network integration. This allows you to significantly reduce time for processing and assessment of grid interconnection applications – all without the need for additional personnel.

What you can use Grid Connection Study for:

The app allows for a fully or partially automated technical evaluation of new load and generation applications on primary and secondary networks. This enables you to reduce the processing time per request to just a few minutes and make the planning work for new interconnections more efficient.

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Easy input of all important details

Evaluating new interconnection requests is intuitive and quick. Select the correct flow direction or connection phase via a dropdown menu, optionally enter installed active power or contractual active power – the app offers a lot of flexibility for as accurate and fast a grid compatibility check as possible. Moreover, you can expand existing interconnections with newly requested network participants.

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Automatic technical evaluation

The app automatically searches for and calculates the most suitable point of interconnection within seconds. Possible grid interconnection variants such as shortest geographical distance or shortest electrical distance are automatically identified and directly technically evaluated. Any potential limit violations are immediately marked in the app.

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Automated calculation of best routing options

When adjusting the identified grid interconnection variants, you can use the automated routing function. You can specify and import your own data for GO-routing or use OpenStreetMap data, which is already included for automatic calculation.

 

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Queue management and documentation

The capacity of approved but not yet connected systems is automatically reserved in the grid model and taken into account in calculations for future requests. Moreover, all requests can be sorted and filtered by various criteria such as region, whether it’s binding or non-binding, or capacity if needed, enabling targeted processing and analysis.

3 reasons why you will love the Grid Connection Study

 

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Faster processing of inquiries

Our customers report that on average about 50-60% of all interconnection requests are assessed with a positive result in under 5 minutes. This also leads to significantly higher customer satisfaction.

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Lower personnel workload

The reduction in processing time per request and the automation of the entire process along the interconnection planning allow for the effective handling of the rapidly growing number of new requests without additional staff.
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More transparent system planning

The app enables the early identification of potential bottlenecks that may occur due to new grid integrations. This allows grid planners to derive necessary grid planning measures in a timely manner.

 

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Common questions we hear about our tool for faster processing of grid connection requests

Can I connect the Grid Connection Study app with my own connection application portal or installer portal to automate data input?

You can easily integrate interconnection application portals to automatically forward requests to the Grid Connection Study app. You will find here an overview of all portals with which we already have a standard integration.

Moreover, you can have the data records on approved installations automatically transferred to other systems, for example, for further processing in EDM or NIS.

Which types of installations can be evaluated and processed in the Grid Connection Study app?

All typical feeders and loads such as solar systems, wind turbines, combined heat and power, households, heat pumps, charging stations, storage, and more.

Our data quality might not be satisfactory. Does it then make sense to implement the app?

Yes, in the first project phase, we work closely with you to create an accurate digital twin of your entire system. For this, you merge your data from multiple systems, with at least 95% of all data inconsistencies and gaps being eliminated step by step as a result. This data cleansing phase lasts on average 3-6 months. Afterward, we use this as a basis for a rapid implementation of the Grid Connection Study app.