EUROPEAN NETWORK CODE WITH FOCUS ON INVERTER-BASED RESOURCES ~PART 2: REQUIREMENTS FOR GRID-FORMING CONVERTER~

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This webinar highlights:

• Approved in 2020 by the European Commission (EC), the Green Deal is a set of policy initiatives with the target of making the European Union (EU) climate-neutral in 2050. The fulfillment of the European climate protection targets under the Green Deal will lead to a reduction in synchronous generation capacity throughout Europe. In Germany, the significant reduction in synchronous generation capacity has already been initiated by the coal phase-out based upon the German act KVBG (“Gesetz zur Reduzierung und zur Beendigung der Kohleverstromung”) together with the exit from nuclear energy. Therefore, synchronous generation capacity will be consistently replaced by converter-based generation to an increasing extent. An idea of a need for Grid Forming capability requirements, which should be implemented in Network Code on Requirements for Grid Connection of Generators (NC RfG), was recognized immediately after its publication in 2016. In the meantime, through projects, national and international working groups with transmission system operators, and stakeholders in Europe, some Grid Forming requirements for Inverter-based Resources and their protentional implementation issues are recognized. A new version of NC RfG with Grid Forming requirements is planned to be published in 2024.
• The target of the webinar is to provide information about the latest activities on NC RfG update status in the EU, specifically focusing on grid-forming converters.