Automating and speeding up grid integration processes

Distribution system operators are currently experiencing a rapidly increasing number of customer inquiries for the connection of PVs, heat pumps and e-charging stations. Since it puts an increasing strain on our grids, these inquiries need to be examined more thoroughly, which often leads to a huge workload because many processes still have to be carried out manually today.

With the Connection Request app, you can digitize and automate the entire process from data transfer to the technical evaluation and documentation of new requests for grid integration. This allows to significantly reduce time for processing and assessment of grid connection applications – all without the need for additional personnel.

Easy input of all important details

Evaluating new connection requests is intuitive and quick. Select the correct flow direction or connection phase via a dropdown menu, optionally enter installed active power or contractual active power – the app offers a lot of flexibility for as accurate and fast a grid compatibility check as possible. Moreover, you can expand existing connections with newly requested grid participants.

Automatic technical evaluation

The app automatically searches for and calculates the most suitable grid connection point within seconds. Possible grid connection variants such as shortest geographical distance or shortest electrical distance are automatically identified and directly technically evaluated. Any potential limit violations are immediately marked in the app.

Reservation management and documentation

The capacity of approved but not yet connected systems is automatically reserved in the grid model and taken into account in calculations for future requests. Moreover, all requests can be sorted and filtered by various criteria such as region, whether it’s binding or non-binding, or capacity if needed, enabling targeted processing and analysis.

3 reasons why you will love the Connection Request app

Faster processing of inquiries

Our customers report that on average about 50-60% of all grid connection requests are assessed with a positive result in under 5 minutes. This also leads to significantly higher customer satisfaction.

Lower personnel workload

The reduction in processing time per request and the automation of the entire process along the grid connection planning allow for the effective handling of the rapidly growing number of new requests without additional staff.

More transparent grid planning

The app enables the early identification of potential bottlenecks that may occur due to new grid integrations. This allows grid planners to derive necessary grid planning measures in a timely manner.

Mona Keller

Head of Asset Management & Strategic Planning at FairNetz

In some cases, it would not have been possible to anticipate the high load without the IGP. The IGP provides calculation results which already take existing as well as approved but not yet installed generators into account. That is why we were able to visualize a rapid concentration of assets set to be put into operation and based on this information, we can already initiate grid expansion measures at an early stage.

Rainer Loeber

Head of Electricity Department at Travenetz

Like all grid operators, we are facing a significant increase in grid connection requests. With the IGP, we consider ourselves optimally prepared for this challenge and other aspects of the energy transition. In addition to the technical grid connection assessment, which has been smoothly integrated into the registration process at TraveNetz, we can, for example, use future grid scenario analyses created with the ‘Grid Study’ application as an important aid in investment decisions for grid expansion.

Michal Holan

Senior Project Manager at EG.D

In cooperation with envelio, we managed to deploy two digital solutions in our IT landscape – Online Connection Check and Connection Request.
Online Connection Check has been used by more than 80,000 of our customers since the beginning of the year, and this confirms the great interest in connecting renewable sources to our distribution system. This is also why we are happy to offer our customers an online, intuitive tool.
Connection Request, on the other hand, is used for faster processing of customer requests, and here we found that the new process is twice as fast as our previous system thanks to Connection Request.

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Common questions we hear about our tool for faster processing of grid connection requests

Can I connect the Connection Request app with my own connection application portal or installer portal to automate data input?

You can easily integrate mainstream connection application portals to automatically forward requests to the Connection Request app. You will find here an overview of all portals with which we already have a standard integration.

Moreover, you can have the data records on approved installations automatically transferred to other systems, for example, for further processing in EDM or NIS.

Which types of installations can be evaluated and processed in the Connection Request app?

All typical feeders and loads such as PV, wind turbines, combined heat and power, households, heat pumps, charging stations, storage, and more.

Our data quality might not be satisfactory. Does it then make sense to implement the app?

Yes, in the first project phase, we work closely with you to create an accurate digital twin of your entire grids. For this, you merge your data from multiple systems, with at least 95% of all data inconsistencies and gaps being eliminated step by step as a result. This data cleansing phase lasts on average 3-6 months. Afterward, we use this as a basis for a rapid implementation of the Connection Request app.

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