Creos' mission is to ensure the transport and distribution of energy on the electricity and natural gas networks in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.
The StroumMonitor tool has been set up to provide you with information on the national level of electricity consumption.
StroumMonitor is a power barometer, indicating the national level of electricity supply in Luxembourg. Signals guide consumers to adopt good practices and ensure a secure electricity supply for all. The StroumMonitor alerts the population in case of a power shortage (orange or red signal, depending on the criticality of the situation). In addition, it also indicates the daily peak consumption hours.
Let's save electricity during periods of high consumption in Luxembourg:
The European Commission is calling on all electricity consumers to reduce their consumption at peak times in order to minimise the production of electricity from fossil fuels, in particular gas, a limited and expensive resource. It should be noted that StroumMonitor does not reflect the stability of the Luxembourg electricity network.
Clear signals, based on a daily forecast of peak hours, serve as a reference for you to adopt the right actions and reduce your energy consumption during these critical hours. The forecast for the following day is updated daily at 4 pm.
Companies and business customers:
Households:
Keep electricity consumption to a minimum to avoid blackouts!
Even in times of green signals, it is important that we are aware of our consumption. By adopting good practices every day, we can make a more conscious contribution to climate protection and reduce our energy bills.
These gestures are particularly welcome during peak hours, indicated by white arrows, in order to make the electricity system more flexible and to limit the production of electricity from fossil fuels, in particular gas.
Like the weather forecast, the signal is a prediction by the energy network operators in Europe of the hourly situation of the electricity supply on a certain day. The main objective is to detect possible risks of imbalance between electricity supply and demand based on hourly predictions for the coming days.
A first prediction of the situation is available three days in advance. It is continuously improved up to the moment ('real time') based on new information from consumers, suppliers and producers of electricity. The network operators compile all this information taking into account the activity on the European markets and the availability of the electricity grid. The process is part of the tasks of the network operator assigned by Regulation (EU) 2019/941 on risk preparedness in the electricity sector. An illustrative explanation of the process can be found here.
The peak hours (white arrows) are the result of a calculation of the electricity imports from Germany, i.e. national consumption minus national production. This state is activated daily during the four hours of highest imports. In Luxembourg, the typical peak periods are the time frame between 11 am - 1 pm and between 5 pm - 7 pm on working days. In order to consider specific daily profiles of consumption and production (such as the availability of photovoltaics for example), an accurate prediction is made at 4 pm the day before to update the white bars of the StroumMonitor.
It should be noted that even if the best available predictions are used, there may still be deviations and unforeseen events in the electricity supply chain.
A public API is available at:
https://www.creos-net.lu/json/StroumMonitor.jsonStroumMonitor API Documentation (English)
To subscribe to the RSS feed, please use the address:
www.creos-net.lu/rss/stroumMonitor
To display the StroumMonitor tool directly on your website, define the desired width of the widget below, then click on the "Preview" button and copy/paste the generated iframe code onto your site.
