Optimum weather forecasting for DLR : requirements

The goal of the meeting was 1) to identify the research topics within weather forecasting (days) that need to be addressed to allow for an effective & reliable forecast of DLR and 2) to deter-mine the DLR potential based on historical weather data, for planning DLR installations.
Developing methods and tools to be able to determine the potential for DLR for specific loca-tions based on historical data and weather models would allow TSO/DSO to make much better decisions on where they could/should implement DLR to solve congestion and curtailment issues in their network. Increasing line electrical capacity on borders can mitigate market pres-sure and lower average generation prices thus increasing welfare.
The aim of the WG3-DLR is to come up with a project proposal for these 2 topics that in-cludes:
• A description of the obtainable results
• An estimation of the R&D tasks required to attain these results
• The timing and budget these tasks require
Based on these project proposals and depending on their exact content, the proposals are in-tended to be used to either
• Convince Transmission/Distribution Network Operators to fund the research for their own immediate needs,
• Submit a proposal for EU funding of this research as follow-up to the currently running FP7 Twenties project,
• Prepare a potential contribution to Cigré which should be presented at the Cigré B2 meeting due to take place in September in Auckland, NZ.