Energinet.dk’s vision for the development of the Danish electricity and gas infrastructure is clear. Coherent planning will ensure that the Danish electricity and gas infrastructure is robust and fully optimised in both the short and the long term.
The planning must support the objectives laid down in Danish and European energy policies, including the Danish government’s Energy Strategy 2025. Furthermore, the development of the electricity and gas systems must strike a balance and take account of the wish for a high level of security of supply, emergency preparedness, market mechanisms, environmental concerns and socio-economic factors.
Challenging times
As regards the electricity system, the handling of system operations, securing sufficient production capacity and integrating large volumes of local production remain keywords and focal points for Energinet.dk’s planning. The electricity infrastructure must support the increasing use of renewable energy. In this context, the construction of new offshore wind farms and the expansion of existing ones will place new demands on the system and entail a need for developing the transmission grid.
As regards the gas system, the market is characterised by a small number of commercial players, limited competition and an ever more pressing need for analysing the establishment of new infrastructure to ensure the availability of gas in the longer term.
Finally, the infrastructure for electricity and gas must to a larger extent be integrated, where this is expedient.
These are the challenges which are the focus of Energinet.dk’s planning work.