Enhanced System Supervision and Control : ETIP SNET WG 4 : Digitalisation of the Electricity System

Abstract

This document focuses on the enhanced supervision and control requirements of current power systems faced with a large penetration of variable renewable energy sources (RES) into transmission and distribution networks. A brief overview of current developments and trends in hardware and control equipment and functionalities for energy management and system control at Transmission and Distribution level is provided, including energy management systems, advanced distribution management systems, distributed energy resources management systems, transactive energy systems, phasor measurement units and wide area monitoring systems, advanced meters and flexibility platforms. The key challenges regarding data availability, granularity and compatibility are identified next. Special emphasis is placed on cybersecurity threats. The available digital solutions, including data analytics, energy data spaces, internet of things, artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) and digital twins are described together with selected industrial or pilot research applications and good practices. The current and future state of emerging computational technologies, including parallel and distributed computing, quantum computing, GPU computing and edge intelligence is also overviewed. High level recommendations on R&I support and R&I priorities conclude this document