Integration of electricity from renewables to the electricity grid and to the electricity market – RESINTEGRATION. Final Report

The final report of the RES Integration Study presents an overall assessment of implementations on national level. It will present an overall assessment of implementations on national level as well as recommendations for decision makers at national and European level. These topics also formed the subject of the final workshop of the RES Integration Project on 7 December 2011. 

This report aims to assess the integration of renewable energy sources (RES-E) in the European grids and markets. Therefore, an extensive research of policies and legislation was conducted in order to analyse the current state of RES-E integration in each  one of the 27 Member States. To ensure a balanced and accurate understanding of the situation in each country,  329 stakeholders from different sectors (government, industry, associations, system operators and so on) were contacted. Over 200 of them agreed  to be interviewed and participated afterwards in consultation rounds. 

This report provides an assessment of how different countries are reacting to the challenges brought about by the new setting in terms of adaptation of the grid and the market to the rapid increase of RESE. This assessment is provided in four areas, i.e. an assessment of RES-E integration in the phases of grid connection, operation, development and in the market.description of the methodology applied in this study can be found in Annex I on page 171.