Open letter to Christian Zinglersen & Ditte Juul Jørgensen | Expansion of the scope of the Grid Connection Network Codes to consider Decentralised Energy Resources

The European energy system is going through an unprecedented crisis resulting in extremely high energy prices. One answer is to connect faster renewable energy to the European networks taking advantage of the significant growth of Distributed Energy resources (DERs) in consumer environments. Through their flexible capabilities, DERs like demand management, small scale renewables and energy storage facilities can help manage price hikes while allowing more renewable penetration, ensuring security of supply and system stability. On behalf of smartEn, I would like to stress the opportunity offered by the current revision of the Grid Connection network codes (both the Requirements for Generators (RfG) and the Demand Connection (DC) codes) to fully consider and facilitate the role that DERs can play in the energy system.