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Flexible Networks for
a Low Carbon Future
Approaching one year in...so far so good
LCNF Conference
26th October 2012
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The Challenge
Management of Uncertainty
Resources
Business
Justification
Data
Management
System
Integration
The Whole is Greater than
the Sum of the Parts
Will we be
ready for it?
Network
Automation
What will
the
future be?
Dynamic
Ratings
Data
Analysis
Whenthe
will
Sharing
itlearning
turn up?
Voltage
Optimisation
What will
it cost?
How fast
will it deploy?
Energy
Efficiency
Fit for Purpose Project Partners
• Data Analysis & Tool Development
• Experimental Design & Future Analysis
• Data backbone, interfaces
& volume optimisation
• Customer engagement
& energy usage analysis
Capacity Headroom
Load Duration Curve
What and Where we are doing it...
Dynamic
rating
St Andrews
Energy
Efficiency
Flexible
Control
Wrexham
Whitchurch
Integrated
Voltage
Regulation
Network Monitoring – Our Approach
This is not another monitoring project – collecting the data is a means
to informing the other elements of the project
Before
After
Our journey so far..
Specification
& Tendering
Site Surveys
Requirements
Identification
Test case site
Installations
What’s next?
• Complete installation of monitoring
equipment
• Establish “iHost” database mining &
reporting tools
What is the future of
network monitoring?
• Plug-n-play functionality?
• Commencement of early data analysis
• Transformer load only?
• Trial installations of DTR to 33kV OHL and
• Smart MDI’s?
Primary transformers
• Trial installations of flexible network
automation
• Local processing of data?
• Data optimisation?
Flexible Networks for a
Low Carbon Future
Enhanced
Network
Monitoring
Network
Automation
Dynamic
Ratings
Data
Analysis
Sharing the
learning
Voltage
Optimisation
Voltage
Regulators
Energy
Efficiency