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 PyPSA-Eur is an open model dataset of the European power system at the
 transmission network level that covers the full ENTSO-E area.
 
+![PyPSA-Eur Grid Model](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/PyPSA/pypsa-eur/master/img/pypsa-eur-grid.png)
+
+
 The model is described and partially validated in the paper
 [PyPSA-Eur: An Open Optimisation Model of the European Transmission
-System](https://arxiv.org/abs/1806.01613)
+System](https://arxiv.org/abs/1806.01613), 2018,
 [arXiv:1806.01613](https://arxiv.org/abs/1806.01613).
 
 This repository contains the scripts and some of the data required to
 automatically build the dataset from openly-available sources.
 
-Built versions of the model can be found the accompanying [Zenodo
+Already-built versions of the model can be found in the accompanying [Zenodo
 repository](https://zenodo.org/record/1246851).
 
 The model is designed to be imported into the open toolbox
@@ -33,6 +36,23 @@ The dataset consists of:
 - Geographical potentials based on land use (CORINE) and excluding nature reserves (Natura2000) are computed with the [vresutils library](https://github.com/FRESNA/vresutils).
 
 
+This project is maintained by the [Energy System Modelling
+group](https://www.iai.kit.edu/english/2338.php) at the [Institute for
+Automation and Applied
+Informatics](https://www.iai.kit.edu/english/index.php) at the
+[Karlsruhe Institute of
+Technology](http://www.kit.edu/english/index.php). It is currently
+funded by the [Helmholtz
+Association](https://www.helmholtz.de/en/). Previous versions were
+developed by the [Renewable Energy
+Group](https://fias.uni-frankfurt.de/physics/schramm/renewable-energy-system-and-network-analysis/)
+at [FIAS](https://fias.uni-frankfurt.de/) to carry out simulations for
+the [CoNDyNet project](http://condynet.de/), financed by the [German
+Federal Ministry for Education and Research
+(BMBF)(https://www.bmbf.de/en/index.html) as part of the [Stromnetze
+Research
+Initiative](http://forschung-stromnetze.info/projekte/grundlagen-und-konzepte-fuer-effiziente-dezentrale-stromnetze/).
+
 
 # Installation
 
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