Dutch Grid Peak Ramp & Dispatch Simulator

● GRID BALANCED

Scenario Presets

Dispatch & Demand Levers

500 MW
Shifts peak residential load into daytime hours
1,000 MW
Max storage power output available
1,500 MW
Thermal gas generation ceiling
4,500 MW
3-Hr Dusk Ramp 3,100 MW 4 PM to 7 PM Net Demand Delta
Min Grid Frequency 49.82 Hz Target: ≥ 49.80 Hz
Unserved Energy 0 MWh Congestion Load Shedding
Max Line Thermal Load 88.4% Transformer Limit: 100%
24-Hour Power Generation Stack & Demand Curve
Hour: 18:00
Peak Demand Profile
Solar PV
Wind Power
Gas Peakers
Battery Storage
Demand Shift
Unserved Congestion Gap
Dynamic Grid Frequency (18:00)
50.00 Hz
Inertial Governor Lock (49.80 - 50.20 Hz)
Transformer Line Thermal Stress
Load Flow: 6,800 MW Capacity: 88.4%
Grid Stability Proof Brief

Engineering Context: During the 4 PM–9 PM window, rapid solar decline coincides with evening residential electricity demand surges. Without adequate flexible ramp capability (batteries, gas peakers, or demand shifting), the grid suffers a severe supply deficit, forcing frequency decay below the critical 49.8 Hz load-shedding threshold and causing local transformer thermal congestion.

The grid simulator redistributes demand before bounded dispatch

Read the explanation

Five peak hourly slots multiply entered demand shift. Illustrative shifts one hundred twenty and two hundred forty megawatts assign six hundred and twelve hundred megawatt-hours to redistribution. Bars share point three pixels per energy unit. A two-thousand-megawatt floor can reduce actual peak savings; this is simulated rather than observed grid telemetry. The source divides requested shifted demand among six daytime slots. Totals six hundred and twelve hundred give one hundred and two hundred megawatts added per slot. Bars share two pixels per addition. This source rule does not validate an actual demand-response program. Discharge is bounded by positive net load, power cap and stored energy under the one-hour step. Need five hundred and cap three hundred with stored energy two hundred gives discharge two hundred; stored four hundred gives three hundred. Bars share one point two pixels per discharge unit. Gas covers residual up to its cap, then residual is unserved. Full twenty-four-hour export and responsive first-footer checks remain preserved.

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