Context

As climate impacts become more intense, long-term infrastructure planning must evolve. Floods, droughts, wildfires, landslides, and tornadoes are no longer outliers—they are becoming the backdrop against which we must design and invest in Europe’s electricity transmission infrastructure. 

 
Yet today, climate hazards are challenging to predict both due to the unreliability of historical data and uncertainty of climate scenarios, therefore they are not precisely incorporated into grid planning decisions-making. These thresholds should reflect how different types of extreme weather such as heat waves, storms, floods and wildfires affect grid performance and stability across Europe. As a result, TSOs risk building infrastructure that is underprotected, oversized, or economically inefficient to maintain or retrofit in the future. The optimal mix of investments and the trade-off between capital expenditures and system resilience has become essential. 

The topic question is:

How might we integrate advanced climate and weather hazard assessments into network planning and investment decisions to ensure the resilience and economic efficiency of both new and existing grid infrastructure?

The ideal pilot should aim to deliver the following outcomes: 

• Accurate and precise prediction scenarios for extreme weather events that may have a direct impact on the infrastructure (such as floods, tornadoes, landslides, wind gusts) or an indirect impact on grid operations (such as droughts)
• Geographical maps of hazard scenarios (Timeframe: up to 50 years, Area: all Europe): maps that show where and how climate-related risks are expected to occur across Europe over the next years so as to identify the most critical areas requiring attention
• Nice-to-have: Identification of impact on infrastructure based on assessed risks: 
  1) Knowing which infrastructure update/retrofitting is needed for every kind of hazard due to weather-and climate- dependent accelerated degradation
  2) Integrating the climatic risk in the existing infrastructure planning processes and platform

Technology providers are invited to complete their submission for either one, or both of the challenges, including:

• A brief introduction to the organization and its solution(s)
• The approach to the challenge(s) and relevant use cases
• More information on the organization’s current business status
• The expectations for a Proof of Concept (PoC)

This application form is intended to consolidate all relevant information for the eight TSOs and make it immediately applicable across all organizations.

Submissions will be accepted until 7 November 2025 . For questions or early engagement, please contact Jelte (jelte@nlmtd.com). We look forward to exploring these urgent challenges with forward-thinking partners who can help us build smarter, faster, and climate-resilient grid operations across Europe