By attending this GOPACS workshop, you can dive into an interactive game designed to showcase how congestion management is carried out in the Netherlands through GOPACS. It allows you to experience the platform’s features firsthand while navigating through various challenges. During this game, you will learn about both the market and grid operators’ perspectives. Experience firsthand that every role matters and represents a different aspect at the GOPACS platform.
To ensure a smooth experience, the workshop game features a timeline leading up to the point where congestion arises—something you can help mitigate by playing your role correctly. You might have the ability to solve congestion by bidding in downward and/or upward flexibility. How? Come to the GOPACS workshop and experience congestion (and the GOPACS solution) in real life!
⚠️ NOTE: This workshop will also take place on Thursday @12:o0 on the Main Stage
GOPACS, short for Grid Operators Platform for AnCillary Services, is an important platform to reduce capacity shortages in the electricity grid (congestion). The platform helps to keep the grid reliable and affordable. GOPACS is a collaboration of the Dutch grid operators and unique within Europe. While the electricity grid is being strengthened and expanded, GOPACS helps grid operators better match electricity supply and demand to reduce congestion.
GOPACS allows large and small market players to easily monetise their available flexibility and help resolve congestion and voltage problems. Also, the cooperation of grid operators ensures that solving a transportation problem in one part of the electricity grid does not cause a problem in another part of the grid at another grid operator. GOPACS is not a trading platform, but a market place for ancillary services. For GOPACS, the grid operators have teamed up with several energy trading platforms, such as ETPA and EPEX SPOT. Through these platforms, participants can submit their flex offers to GOPACS.
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IJ Zaal
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Jasper Kroondijk - Senior Project Manager bij DEP - Energy Consultancy
and Bas Trago
Energy Consultancy - Project manager - DEP
GOPACS