UK Centennial AGM 2021

Interconnection – Charlotte Higgins (C1)

11th November 2021

 1920s

1960s

Aliso_St_Overhead_Line_Congestion.jp
g (1024×832) (waterandpower.org)

1990s

2020s
History | ABB powerline.net.in/2019/07/06/spot-market-evolution/

www.wind-turbine-models.com/fotos/VwKtGeDTgvV-vestas-wind-systems-a-s-v112-onshore

Nexans-cable.jpg (1049×590) (utilities-me.com)

UK Centennial AGM 2021
Control Rooms – Ronan Jamieson (C2)

11th November 2021

1920s

1950s

1980s

2000s
2020s
 UK Centennial AGM 2021
Control Room IT systems – Ronan Jamieson (C2)

11th November 2021

1920s

2020s
CIGRE UK AGM - Centenary Event

PAST: Development of Planning Tools 1921-2021

Presented by:
Spyros Karamitsos – CIGRE SC C4 UK Regular Member

16th November 2021

PAST: Development of Planning Tools 1921-2021
Stability has always been an issue of paramount importance in Power System Planning
PAST: Development of Planning Tools 1921-2021
PAST: Development of Planning Tools 1921-2021
Phenomena and Analysis Techniques in Modern Power Systems

Table 1: Summary of Power System Modelling, Analysis Methods and

Studies for Networks Planning

Figure 1: Range of phenomena investigated by SC C4

 UK Centennial AGM 2021
Interconnected Networks – Charlotte Higgins (C1)

11th November 2021

 The Future! Energy
Islands

Multi-Vector
Interconnections

Denmark's Energy Islands | Energistyrelsen (ens.dk)

Global grids
fuelcellsworks.com/news/electrolyzer-generates-green-hydrogen-from-wind-power/

Digital Twins

Digital twin - Arup

Cigre C1.35 TB 775 - Global electricity network – Feasibility study (2019)
CIGRE UK AGM - Centenary Event

FUTURE: Managing System Stability and Reliability 2021-2121

Presented by:
Spyros Karamitsos – CIGRE SC C4 UK Regular Member

16th November 2021

FUTURE: Managing System Stability and Reliability 2021-2121
Inverter Dominated UK Grid: Higher Penetration of IBRs decreases the Strength and Inertia of the System
FUTURE: Managing System Stability and Reliability 2021-2121
Early 21st Century Mitigation Measures and Solutions
 FUTURE: Managing System Stability and Reliability 2021-2121
Late 21st Century Developments and Practices
Ø Transition to Inertia-less IBR-dominated TS – Birth of Offshore Meshed Grids

Ø More Flexible, Controllable and Faster IBR Controllers - Virtual Inertia / Power Level

Ø New System Impedance, SCL, Inertia Measuring Techniques & Control Adaptation

Ø Control Centre Operators with Improved System Visibility for RT Monitoring and
Control of the Grid | Improve choices and uphold the PS during large scale events

Ø Wide-Area Measurement Systems and Active Control Techniques to Improve

System Stability

Ø New Requirements for RT Simulations, using Hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) and full-

power testing of power plants' inverters, and/or power-domain impedance response

Ø New Functionalities of PS Analysis Tools for Large-Scale PS: Mature Hybrid

Modelling and Simulation Tools – multiple analysis techniques & variable time-steps

Ø New Ways for Coordination of the Detailed Models Development, Protecting

Intellectual Property (IP) – Impedance Based Characterisation, Modelling and Analysis
Figure 1: Future Power System Challenges, (Wires/Wiley 2019,
“The future of power systems: Challenges, trends, and upcoming paradigms)
Ø Historical and Weather Data together with Machine Learning Algorithms to form
Optimization Models for adjusting system states, stability margins and PS resilience
CIGRE UK AGM - Centenary Event

Autonomous Networks
CIGRE UK SC C6 – 16th November 2021

Presented by:
Samuel Jupe – CIGRE SC C6 UK Regular Member
 FUTURE: 2021-2121
Autonomous Networks

CIGRE UK AGM - Centenary Event – 16th November 2021

Autonomous Networks…

Renewable
Energy generation • Scheduling demand
storage
and around renewable
Flexibility
generation (future)
Artificial • As opposed to
Intelligence
scheduling
generation to meet
demand (current)

Autonomous Networks
Self * Networks

Biological • Set over-arching goals

• Delegate decision
Systems making to lower levels

• Self-configuring
• Self-healing
Self * • Self-optimizing
• Self-protecting

No more
centralized • Potentially…
control!
 Back to the Future!

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Decentralised Centralised Decentralised (again)

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