Whole System Growth Scenario Modelling Phase 2

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This project follows on from NIA_SSEN_0030 Whole-System Growth Scenario Modelling, which developed an initial model tool which demonstrated network impacts and informed possible investment decisions over a two-decade time period.

Objectives

1 Enhance a model tool to incorporate new governmental targets for economic and sustainable action plans and provide greater granularity by incorporating the 11kv network.

2 Understand the possible patterns of change associated with the Scottish Government 2045 climate change targets (Note: the UK target is 2050) in the distribution networks served by a single Grid Supply Point in an area of accelerated EV growth. Develop optimum solutions to meet whole system needs.

3 Validate and calibrate inputs for whole system planning with existing or planned requirements/expectations for the Local Authorities to avoid unnecessary extra work in producing local energy plans/strategies.

4 Develop a methodology and framework that allows the two-way transfer of knowledge and understanding between network operators and those that make investment decisions in the areas served by the network, to facilitate efficient whole system planning.

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NIA_SSEN_0043 Annual Progress Report (2) 2023-07-26 2_23 (40.2 KB) 2023-07-26

2023-07-26

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NIA_SSEN_0043 WSGSM Phase 2 Progress Report 2023 Final.pdf (581.9 KB) 2023-07-26

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NIA Project Registration and PEA Document 2023-06-21 2_41 (63.0 KB) 2023-06-21

2023-06-21

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NIA_SSEN_0043 Annual Progress Report (1) 2022-06-20 4_29 (68.0 KB) 2022-06-20

2022-06-20

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NIA_SSEN_0043 WSGSM ph2 Progress Report 2022 004 Clean.pdf (676.7 KB) 2022-06-20

2022-06-20

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NIA Project Registration and PEA Document 2021-11-30 9_18 (92.3 KB) 2021-11-30

2021-11-30

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NIA Project Registration and PEA Document 2021-07-10 9_44 (92.3 KB) 2021-07-10

2021-07-10

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NIA_SSEN_0043 Annual Progress Report 2021-07-05 10_27 (64.2 KB) 2021-07-05

2021-07-05

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NIA_SSEN_0043 WSGSM ph2 2021 Final.pdf (1.0 MB) 2021-07-05

2021-07-05

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NIA Project Registration and PEA Document 2021-06-03 8_55 (90.5 KB) 2021-06-03

2021-06-03

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NIA Project Registration and PEA Document (83.0 KB) 2021-03-25

2021-03-25

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NIA_SSEN_0043 (18-12-2019 14-51-15) (47.9 KB)

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NIA_SSEN_0043 (24-06-2020 09-47-09) (24.4 KB)

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This project is ongoing and no outcomes are available yet.

Lessons Learnt

Capacity and Resource – Local authorities have limited resource to support whole system planning information or strategies for specific years or utilities. Any process established by the DNOs must be mindful of this and consider options to minimise ‘extra work’ by looking at data already being produced or in the public domain to support plans.

Data availability - Data varies in quality, availability and consistency across local authorities. Dundee City Council is progressive and has more data than most other local authorities on EVs, but the methodology produced by this project must be consistent and replicable across all regions. This means some assumptions like the adoption of EV’s between 2025 and 2030 will need to be clearly defined, to ensure the methodology produced can be applied to all areas.

Data sharing – This has proved to be the most time-consuming element of the project. Attempting to obtain Scottish Government building data has proved challenging due to legal and contractual issues. We hope to have a replicable data sharing agreement that we will be able to use with all Local Authorities in the future. However, this is not an optimal solution, ideally this data is made more available in the future.

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