System security overview · solved physics, one verdict
Security SECURE
System secure — N-1 compliant, every limit respected. Everything the control room needs to know about whether the ring is safe right now — the base-case AC solve, the N-1 re-solve, the inter-regional boundaries and the least-cost secure dispatch — rolled into a single live verdict, worst finding first.
Verdict
Secure
worst finding governs
N-1 security
SECURE
0 core splits · 22 stub islands
Base-case losses
24.8MW
worst |V| 1.000 pu
Peak cable
46.9%
most-loaded in-service link
Findings
- Base case converged; N-1 secure; every boundary and cable comfortably within limits.
Drill in: power flow · N-1 · dispatch
Tightest boundaries
| UK ⇄ Continent | 30.0% |
| Nordic infeed → Germany | 12.7% |
| Europe → Africa (Morocco gateway) | 8.9% |
| North Atlantic gateway (west of UK) | 8.7% |
Least-cost secure dispatch
| Feasible | yes · merit order |
|---|---|
| Optimal cost | 130.7 k€/h |
| Dispatched | 3.20 GW |
| Binding cables | 0 |
Tightest corridor right now: UK ⇄ Continent at 30.0% of its 10000 MW limit.