Brussels, Brussels Region, Belgium
Annual purchase volume of several hundred MEUR under public procurement law (SektVO).
Topics: Hydrogen and natural gas network planning (TYNDP), scenario building (hydrogen/natural gas/ electricity), security of supply (seasonal outlooks and other model-based analyses), European network modeling (interlinkage of hydrogen/ natural gas/ electricity), cost-benefit analyses of hydrogen infrastructure projects Department size ~ 15
Topics: Security of supply, hydrogen integration, gas quality, methane emissions reduction, data exchange Team size ~ 5 System Operation department
Topics: Security of supply (coordination between gas TSOs, European Commission, Member States in case of incidents or emergencies), hydrogen integration and gas quality (technical effects on assets, European standardisation) System Operation department
National and European natural gas network development planning (development plans and incremental capacity processes). Hydraulic capacity modeling. Infrastructure dimensioning (NOWAL and EUGAL pipelines). Capacity product design (dynamically-allocable firm capacity, temperature-dependent firm capacity). First German TSO vision of a hydrogen grid.
Project promotion of two Projects of Common Interest (PCI): Trans-Caspian Pipeline (TCP) and White Stream.
Analysis and comparison of international technical safety codes. Modeling of natural gas systems and pipelines with a focus on safety. Comparison of probabilistic and deterministic safety concepts.