Industry insight

Making substations the cornerstone of your smart grid

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Utilities today face increasing pressure to improve grid reliability and efficiency, while simultaneously enhancing security of supply. They must also support a higher ratio of distributed energy resources (DER) — such as renewable energy sources, distributed storage, and electric vehicle charging stations — connected to medium voltage (MV) or low voltage (LV) distribution systems.

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Looking after your assets

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RTE, owner of the largest high and extra-high voltage electricity transmission network in Europe, spends more than €800 million on asset management every year. Confronting challenges to arbitrate between maintenance and renewal policies, RTE decision makers realised they needed to create a holistic business plan, allowing them to view the impact of their decisions across multiple systems.

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Locating faults

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Traditionally, options for reclosing on mixed and underground circuits to locate faults have been limited. Mixed feeders are the most difficult to manage for reliability and protection, and they contribute highly to customer interruptions and customer minutes lost. They also are expensive to own and operate. Underground circuits have large numbers of customers, so utilities tend to prioritise repairing them for rapid restoration.

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How harnessing data can make your connected assets work for you

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Organisations across the power sector have always known their assets were valuable, but transformations in technology now mean they can deliver rich rewards that were unimaginable just a few years ago. Assets are no longer simply to be ‘managed’; they can provide an integrated holistic dataset, enabling more efficient and effective decision making, and a safer distribution network.

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Grasp the UK microgrid opportunity

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Mention the term microgrid, and most people tend to think of providing access to power on remote islands or in poorly served regions in developing markets. But recent developments are highlighting a big potential role for microgrids in mature power markets, including the UK, where it’s becoming clear that new ways of thinking about power supply capacity, stability and resilience are needed.

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Going digital: the hidden wealth of grids

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The energy supply mix in the UK has steadily changed over the last decade and the ever evolving decentralised landscape is presenting new challenges for network operators. With consumption patterns anticipated to significantly change in response to the electrification of heat and transport, combining key industry drivers and initiatives with digitalisation will play an important role within this sector.

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