Enhancing the asset management process for new demands of decentralized energy integration

The "Energiewende" in Germany and resulting legal requirements lead to a dynamic increase of decentralized energy generation and the essential network integration. The power distribution system represents the central hub between decentralized energy resources and load customers. German distribution system operators are obliged to immediate network extension in order to take up the decentralized energy in total and to ensure the complete network integration. The resulting demands for distribution system operators are dealing with even more than technical issues and will be discussed in the following.