Re-Europe: European Electricity Grid and Renewable Inflows, 2012-2014

1494 buses and 2156 lines model the continental European transmission network, integrated with hourly load, wind, and solar capacity factors for three years. Synthetic forecasts for wind and solar production are provided every 12 hours for a 91-hour horizon, based on numerical weather prediction models. The dataset includes technical and economic specifications for 969 real-world generators and offers two distinct capacity layouts for scaling renewable generation.

Use Cases

• Simulating grid dispatch and unit commitment based on generator cost specifications and nodal demand.
• Evaluating renewable energy integration strategies using the provided synthetic wind/solar observations and forecasts.
• Assessing transmission congestion and network reliability with the detailed bus-and-line model.
• Comparing capacity expansion scenarios using the Uniform and Proportional renewable capacity layouts.

Strengths

• High spatio-temporal resolution (~50km, 1 hour) over a large geographic extent (Mainland Europe) and time span (3 years).
• Integrates multiple real-world data sources, including a transmission network fitted from literature and generator data with full cost specifications.
• Includes synthetic renewable forecasts, enabling research on the value of forecasting in power system operations.

Limitations

• Key metadata such as exact row count, file size, and specific column names are not provided across any source.
• The renewable production signals are given as capacity factors, requiring a user-specified capacity layout to be utilized, which adds a layer of modeling complexity.
• The 'last updated' date is unknown, raising potential concerns about data freshness and maintenance.

Provenance

Source

T. Jensen, Technical University of Denmark

Collection Method

Synthesized from real-world generator data, transmission network models, and meteorological weather data processed through numerical weather prediction models.

Time Range

2012-2014

Geography

Mainland Europe