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System Stability Roadmap

A transformation pathway to secure and robust system operation with 100 per cent renewable energies

Goal: to lay the foundations for a sustainable energy system and address the challenges for the stable operation of grids with 100 per cent renewable energies

Topics: Renewable energies, Overall system, Infrastructure, Generating and distributing energy

Runtime: 2022 until the end of 2024

Our mission

The aim of the project agreed in the coalition agreement in 2021 was to lay the foundations for a sustainable energy system. More specifically, the idea was to address the challenges for the stable operation of electricity grids with 100 per cent renewable energies. The challenges are mainly the result of the increasing share of power-electronic feed-in to the grid and the simultaneous phase-out of large controllable power plants. In terms of the procedures, the idea was to show ‘who does what and when?’The roadmap was adopted by the German government in December 2023. The project steering group (Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action, Federal Network Agency, dena, ef.Ruhr) and the stakeholder group continued their work without interruption in order to implement the identified processes.

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Our approach

A stakeholder process was established in order to develop the roadmap due to the high complexity in terms of technology and the large number of different players influencing the process. A total of 150 people from 80 institutions were involved through advisory boards, working groups and core groups. At the beginning of the collaboration, all participants agreed on a target vision that described the developments and challenges in the future electricity supply system. On this basis, the processes to be established or adapted for each area of stability were derived and the responsibilities and timelines were assigned to each of them. The dialogue within the advisory board will continue as part of the System Stability Forum in order to support the implementation of the identified processes.

Our milestones

April 2024: the completion of the creation of the roadmap and the start of its implementation were celebrated with the industry as part of the Roadmap Conference at the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action
December 2023: roadmap adopted by the German government

Link to the article on the Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate Action’s website

Let us know if we can help!

Friederike Wenderoth

Team Leader, Infrastructure & energy system