Grid Monitoring Enable real-time grid transparency

Historically, the energy system was centralised, and distribution grids static and often over-sized. There used to be no need for detailed transparency of the grid status in real-time at lower voltage levels.

Nowadays, it’s a different story. With the increasing amount of distributed energy resources (DERs), grid transparency is getting more and more important for medium and low voltage networks to avoid power quality issues and capacity bottlenecks. Our Grid Monitoring application is a powerful grid monitoring system that uses real-time data about switching states, currents, voltages and more for accurate state estimation. It also works reliably in complex meshed network structures. It allows distribution grid operators to finally get visibility into the previously ‘blind spots’ in their power networks. This forms the basis for targeted grid-oriented control aka grid-side felxibility.

Get accurate state estimation and fault alerts

Dedicated state estimation algorithms for MV and LV grids are used to accurately assess voltage levels and loadings for all operating assets in the grid. The state estimation calculations are performed every minute. Incidents are reported through notifications and warnings.

A function developed from real-world implementation projects also allows you to deactivate individual faulty data points in the Online Monitoring app. This helps safeguard the quality of the state estimation by excluding incorrect inputs – e.g., from installation or transmission errors – from the assessment until they are clarified.

The app also clearly indicates whether enough measurements are available to perform a valid state estimation – or whether any data is missing entirely.

Track input data transparently

With the Measurement Analyzer, every state estimation becomes traceable: You can see which data points were used for a specific state estimation run and how much the calculated values deviate from the input data. This way, you gain full transparency of the data basis, can check anomalies more precisely, and quickly detect possible data quality issues.

These DSOs are already using our Grid Monitoring tool to improve transparency of the current grid state

3 reasons why you’ll love our tool for increasing distribution grid visibility

Grid smartification

With the full overview of the grid state at your fingertips, you’ll have the basis for an automated congestion management of flexible loads or generators in the second step. In the long run, this will enable smart grid operation and reduced need for grid expansion.

Power supply quality

You can detect grid congestion risks early on and take timely action to minimise – or even prevent – the strain on the grid. Moreover, you can improve the overall grid operations through e.g.optimisation of switching states.

Costs management

Thanks to live transparency of grid states, you’ll have a much more solid data basis for prioritisation of maintenance work and for planning grid expansion measures. This, in turn, leads to reduced costs for grid planning and operation.

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The things you can do with Grid Monitoring

Combine data from various sources

Visualize data for better load monitoring