DNOs

Enabling the smart grid

Features, Gas, Power, Technology Operations /

Government demands for decarbonisation, a changing energy landscape of renewables, demand-side response, battery storage, the growth of electric vehicles and advances in digital technology require the use of innovative tools and techniques. These include: IoT, web-based customer self-service, blockchain, geospatial and even space-based technologies such as Earth Observation to enable the transition of distribution network operators (DNOs) to distribution system operators (DSOs) and the creation of the smart grid. 

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Electricity distribution networks – a new model for a new age

Electricity distribution networks – a new model for a new age

Customers, Features, Innovation /

For any distribution network operator (DNO), customer service and satisfaction are priorities. If there is an outage or failure, they want to seem responsive – giving timely updates and information on the resolution. To do that, they are investing in new technologies to improve the design, operation and maintenance of distribution networks everywhere. 

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Call for utilities to invest in new technologies to cope with growth of renewables

Customers, News, Technology Operations /

As DNOs accelerate their transition to become distribution system operators (DSOs), the report concludes that utility companies should begin implementing distributed energy resource management systems (DERMS) immediately to save money and meet decarbonisation targets, while also continuing to meet the needs of their increasingly sophisticated and active customers.

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Adapting to the new reality

Customers, Features, Policy Regulation, Power /

Ofgem’s justification of the move to block DNOs from owning and operating storage was that it sees network operators increasingly in the role of buyers of flexibility services, and as such, does not want them to operate their own storage. It believes that as DNOs transition to becoming distribution system operators (DSOs), their impartiality must be guaranteed, and that this will not be possible if they have an interest in a particular option.

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A platform-based approach to distribution operations

Customers, Features, Power, Technology Operations /

The energy landscape today is undergoing significant transformation as distribution network operators (DNOs) continue making the transition towards distribution system operators (DSOs). Led by widespread growth of distributed generation – including 27.0GW of installed rooftop solar capacity globally in 2017(1) – along with battery storage, electric vehicles (EVs), and other forms of distributed energy resources (DERs), DSOs face significant changes to the traditional energy delivery model. Coupled with an evolving regulatory framework, in order to continue to provide safe, reliable, and affordable grid services, DSOs are looking at new, modern approaches to safely connect, model, manage and optimise customer DERs within the overall network.

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