Summary

Adapted and lightly edited from: https://windeurope.org/about-wind/reports/twenties-project/

TWENTIES is a project that looks into how to operate grid systems with large amounts of wind and other renewables. It is the largest renewable energy project ever funded by the EU. The aim of the TWENTIES project is to advance the development and deployment of new technologies which facilitate the widespread integration of more onshore and offshore wind power into the European electricity system by 2020 and beyond.

Overview

Adapted and lightly edited from: https://cordis.europa.eu/project/rcn/94496_en.html

The project included six Transmission System Operators (TSOs) (Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, The Netherlands, and Spain), with two generator companies, five manufacturers and research organizations, and six demonstration projects. The full -scale demonstrations aimed at proving the benefits of novel technologies (most of them available from manufacturers) coupled with innovative system management approaches. The contribution of wind energy to the system showed how aggregated wind farms can provide system services.