Congestion management
Article 14 of 14 · Monitoring, grid capacity and valueCongestion management on a business park: where do you begin?
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Congestion management on a business park is about smartly distributing and spreading the available grid capacity between businesses. It starts not with technology, but with insight: which peaks arise when, how large is the simultaneity, and where is the flexibility? COMCAM makes that visible per connection and for the entire site.
- Peaks and simultaneity per connection
- Collective capacity picture for the site
- Underpin flexibility and spreading
- Factual basis for agreements and conversations
Waiting for grid reinforcement versus active congestion management
On more and more business parks, expanding the connection is not quickly possible. Congestion management then offers room: by spreading peaks and using flexibility, the existing capacity can be shared more effectively. The condition is a shared, data-driven picture of who requests how much power and when.
- Congestion management first requires insight into peaks and simultaneity per business.
- With collective data you can underpin flexibility, spreading and agreements.
- A factual picture strengthens the conversation with grid operator, entrepreneurs and advisers.
Starting point
Traditional approach
Waiting for extra capacity or a heavier connection.
Modern approach
Insight into current peaks, profiles and simultaneity.
Approach
Traditional approach
Each business optimises independently of its neighbours.
Modern approach
The site distributes and spreads capacity collectively.
Substantiation
Traditional approach
Assumptions about consumption and peaks.
Modern approach
Measurement data, simultaneity analysis and scenarios.
Result
Traditional approach
Standstill until the grid is reinforced.
Modern approach
More room within the existing capacity.
What is congestion management on a business park?
Congestion management means that businesses coordinate their power demand among themselves so that peaks do not all occur at once. As a result, the available grid capacity can be used more effectively without everyone waiting for grid reinforcement.
- Spread peaks across times of day and businesses.
- Deliberately deploy or shift flexible installations.
- Lower simultaneity where operationally possible.
- Make agreements on distributing available power.
What data do you need to start?
The basis is a reliable picture of consumption and peaks per connection. On a site, the simultaneity between businesses is added: do peaks coincide or not?
- Quarter-hour values per connection or business.
- Contracted capacity and maximum peak load.
- Charging, production and cooling profiles.
- Simultaneity between connections on the site.
What does COMCAM do for the site?
COMCAM makes peaks, profiles and simultaneity visible per connection and for the entire site. This creates a factual basis for agreements with entrepreneurs, grid operator and advisers. COMCAM is supplier-independent and does not control any installations; it provides the insight on which you choose measures.
- Capacity analysis per connection.
- Portfolio overview for the entire site.
- Signals on peak load and anomalies.
- Input for flexibility and spreading agreements.
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