At the TSO level, Elia publishes a map on hosting capacity. This map provides a geo-overview (per substation or per zone impacted by a substation), for a given target year, a given type of grid user (load, generation, storage), for a given flexibility level (referring to the maximum percentage of yearly energy curtailment allowed, relative to the yearly total generated or consumed energy), and a set of underlying assumptions (planned infrastructure, evolution of other grid users (and already reserved/allocated grid capacity), market coupling, connection criteria, etc.) of how many additional MW consumption or production, at one location at a time, respecting planning and operational criteria, could be hosted without additional grid investments, and without taking into account specific constraints such as short-circuit currents and voltage and spatial constraints. 

At the DSO level, with the capacity map, Fluvius aims to provide professional customers (production and offtake, technology neutral) with transparent insight into the connectivity and residual capacity of  Fluvius’ HV distribution network (abbreviated to “HV distribution network”, also known as the MV network). In addition to all cables and cubicles, the map provides clear information about the connectivity of additional capacity for each known plot. This allows customers to estimate the available capacity at each location.