Ten Years Transmission Network Development Plan of CGES 2020 - 2029

Montenegro
Ten Years Transmission Network Development Plan of CGES 2020 - 2029

client: CGES ad (Montenegro)

finishing date: June 2019

team: Slobodan Markovic – Project manager, Dj. Dobrijevic, B. Sijakovic, O. Vukovic, B. Lekovic

The objectives and the related key deliverables of the scope of work are to prepare a 10-year development plan for the Transmission System Operator of Montenegro (CGES) according to ENTSO-E recommendations, reflecting also a specific situation in Montenegro. In particular, the Plan considers the following strategic documents of Montenegro:

  • Rules for the development and monitoring of the ten-year development plans of the transmission system (NRA, July 2016)
  • CGES Grid code (December 2017)
  • Spatial plans of Montenegro

The main goals of the Plan are:

  • Methodological approach
  • Review of the previous development plans and their realization
  • To assess the engagement of the production units in the region on hourly level for the particular years of the planning
  • To assess new distribution system connection
  • To estimate the termins of connection of conventional and a significant number of renewables
  • Anticipate potential uncertainties that may affect the operation of the transmission system in accordance with the complex legal and regulatory framework
  • Assess the impact of possible variations in the implementation of the new projects
  • To assess the reconstruction and revitalization of the existing transmission equipment
  • To reestablish and correct a list of projects with their basic characteristics to be implemented over a period of 10 years and beyond, and to propose the implementation plan and the corresponding time-scheduling
  • To propose the investment plan for the next three years
  • The plan also use the relevant available transmission network development plans of the neighboring systems as input for its realization.

Type of services provided:

  • Methodological approach
  • Review of the previous development plans and their realization
  • Demand forecast on the transmission network level
  • Regional market based assessments
  • Detailed 3 years development plan
  • 10 years development plan
  • Assessment of the connection points of the new production utilities
  • Short-circuits currents for single and three-phase faults according to the IEC 60909 standard
  • Dynamic Stability Analysis
  • Techno-economic assessments
  • Investment plan based on ЕNTSO- E Cost Benefit Analyse (ENTSOE CBA)