Grid Management and Optimisation

The electricity value chain is transforming (renewables, small distributed generation units closer to demand and digital applications) and this necessitates a revision of roles and the way System Operators interact. TSOs will have the leading responsibility for balancing, frequency control and system restoration, whereas DSOs will maintain their responsibility for managing their networks, with an increasing emphasis on distribution congestion and voltage management. As an increasing share of generation connects to DSO grids (in particular, the majority of renewables is connected at low and medium voltage levels) there is a growing need for observability and power management of distributed generation. This will help system operators maintain security of supply, lessen demand forecast errors, limit increases in reserve margins and solve congestions in both transmission and distribution grids. EMTech smart-grids aims to serve both (but not exclusively) TSOs and DSOs, by providing holistic solutions that facilitate their collaboration and seamless interaction.