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News publ. 01. Oct 2017
During a delegation trip, US system operators met with German electricity market and network experts in Berlin from the 25th to 28th September 2017 to discuss current opportunities, energy policy challenges and previous experiences.
On the way to a cleaner and more flexible power supply system, the US and Germany are facing new challenges: The electricity market of the future should guarantee a secure, cost-effective and environmentally friendly power supply even with high shares of renewable energies. Important topics and challenges include the modernization of the existing transmission and distribution network infrastructure, the construction of new grids and their financing, the maintenance of system stability, the control of electricity flows into other countries and imports from abroad, the increase of system efficiency, the reduction of transmission losses, the decarbonisation of the power plant fleet, the redesign of the electricity market, negative electricity prices, market distortions and the increase of the flexibility of the whole system as well as questions about the social acceptance of grid expansion.
The four-day delegation trip coordinated by adelphi enabled a bilateral exchange of experience on these and other challenges and solutions. The Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) invited 15 US system operators to Berlin. The aim was to strengthen bilateral energy cooperation and expand energy policy expertise. The event consisted of presentations, meetings and visits to German innovation projects. Among other stops, the participants visited the 50Hertz Netzquartier and the Finow solar park in Brandenburg.
adelphi coordinated the delegation trip on behalf of the BMWi as part of the project “Supporting the German federal government in its energy dialogues with Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the USA”. The trip was organized by the Renewables Academy (RENAC) and the German American Chamber of Commerce (GACC).