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NTC forecasts methodology

Net Transfer Capacity (MW) forecasts

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Written by Hamza Aourach
Updated over a week ago

(S)FTP access

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Host: calc1.cor-e.fr

(FTP) Port: 21

(SFTP) port: 2222

Documentation of NTC forecasts' files

Access to the data: ENTSOE forecasts are grouped by country (A-B) under the following FTP path:

5_Interconnection/Forecast/NTC/ENTSOE/{Country_A}/{Country_B}

File naming convention: CORE_INTERCONNECTION_FORECAST_NTC_ENTSOE_{Country_A}_{Country_B}_{forecast_horizon}_{date_of_the_first_day_forecasted}.csv

Forecast horizon can be:

  • YearAhead

    • Path: 5_Interconnection/Forecast/NTC/ENTSOE/{Country_A}/{Country_B}/{yyyy}

    • Name: .._NTC_ENTSOE_{Country_A}_{Country_B}_YearAhead_yyyy0101.csv

    • Granularity: Monthly

  • MonthAhead -

    • Path: 5_Interconnection/Forecast/NTC/ENTSOE/{Country_A}/{Country_B}/{yyyy}/{mm}

    • Name: ..._NTC_ENTSOE_{Country_A}_{Country_B}_MonthAhead_yyyymm01.csv

    • Granularity: Daily

  • WeekAhead -

    • Path: 5_Interconnection/Forecast/NTC/ENTSOE/{Country_A}/{Country_B}/{yyyy}/{mm}

    • Name: ..._NTC_ENTSOE_{Country_A}_{Country_B}_WeekAhead_yyyymmdd.csv (dd being the first day of the forecasted week)

    • Granularity: Daily

  • DayAhead -

    • Path: 5_Interconnection/Forecast/NTC/ENTSOE/{Country_A}/{Country_B}/{yyyy}/{mm}

    • Name: ..._NTC_ENTSOE_ES_PT_DayAhead_yyyymmdd.csv

    • Granularity: Hourly

The table below describes all columns composing the files:

Variable Name

Format

Description

start_date

β€œ%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S”

(datetime)

UTC date and time of the start of the period forecasted

end_date

β€œ%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S” (datetime)

UTC date and time of the end of the period forecasted

from_area

str

Control area name for outgoing flow

from_country

str

Country ISO for outgoing flow

to_area

str

Control area name for incoming flow

to_country

str

Country ISO for incoming flow

forecast_horizon

str

One from the list below:

  • "YearAhead"

  • "MonthAhead"

  • "WeekAhead"

  • "DayAhead"

value

float

Forecasted net transfer capacity

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