Abstract— Grid integration studies try to assess the impact of
future developments on large scale network areas, e.g. nationwide,
state-wide or DSO-wide. Goals can be to support strategic
alignment in the regulatory framework or to adapt the grid
planning principles of DSOs. This paper presents pandapower,
an open source software framework that was developed by
Fraunhofer IWES together with University of Kassel and that
was used in several grid integration studies so far.
pandapower’s high suitability of automation together with a
novel automated grid planning approach allows for analysing
large number of real distribution grids with respect to different
technologies and possibly many scenarios. This assures a high
accuracy and informative value of the grid integration study.
Exemplary case study results are presented, with a focus on PV
integration studies. The integration studies were performed in
cooperation with different major distribution system operators
and cover varies research tasks. Furthermore, benefits and
challenges of the proposed approach are discussed.

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