The energy transition is a challenge for electricity grids in Germany. Conceived for a centralized top-down power supply, the grid now has to integrate an increasing number of decentralized bottom-up power flows, while also ensuring that the overall system continues to run smoothly.
However, the increase of renewable energy in the current decade is not the only reason for this challenge. For example, the fleet of conventional power plants in Germany and Europe is also undergoing profound changes at the same time. In addition, parts of the German power grids are also considered by some experts to have suffered of a certain lack of investment in the late 20th century...
In order to assess the challenges of the German power grids correctly, they have to be portrayed in their actual, multi-facetted context. That is indeed the objective of JJ Bürger's book, which was published at Springer-Vieweg, a publishing company specialized in science and academia:
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| JJ Bürger - Transformationsprozesse und Stromnetzausbau |
This book describes the planning processes of German grid development, and the policies put in place in order to modernize those planning processes for the needs of the emerging, new version of our energy system. Moreover, the book compares these targets with the reality of actual grid development progress. A large number of original sources are also referenced, supporting the book's analysis of the current situation in the 21st century, as well as its succinct review of the history of German power grid development in the 20th century.
The book is currently available only in German language. If you are interested in publications in English or French, please feel free to reach out.
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