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Planning the electricity of tomorrow
PLANNING THE ELECTRICITY OF TOMORROW with better network asset
management, optimized models and economic scenarios for planned transport infrastructures, by adopting intermittent energy sources, and building smart grids for today's populations and the generations to come.
management, optimized models and economic scenarios for planned transport infrastructures, by adopting intermittent energy sources, and building smart grids for today's populations and the generations to come.
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Electrical test laboratory in EDF R&D (LEER)
DEVELOPING SMART GRIDS
The shift toward "more intelligent" electrical networks or "smart grids" constitutes one of the cornerstones of the transition toward the power
grids of tomorrow. To meet the challenge, R&D has set forth several priorities:
grids of tomorrow. To meet the challenge, R&D has set forth several priorities:
- equip itself with the tools necessary to enable better management of grid assets;
- incorporate intermittent and decentralized production means on the grids;
- develop technical and economic models of new transmission and interconnection infrastructures ("super grids");
- get involved in intelligent network experimentation by participating in "smart grid" demonstrator projects, and outline a technological monitoring scheme accordingly
- establish forward-thinking scenarios on the evolution of the energy scene, and optimize power grid savings in order to anticipate new technologies by assessing the rules for engagement and maneuverability between the various links in power grid management.
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