Real-time Flexibility Coordination
To balance potential flexibility and the grid's needs, SMPnet introduces adaptive optimisation, a real-time flexibility coordination solution that monitors grid performance and identifies flexibility.
Industry Challenge
Distribution System Operators (DSOs) have made huge advancements in integrating flexibility resources, creating gigawatt-hours worth of flexibility across distribution grids.
However, rapid fluctuations in energy supply and demand continue to be driven by the of variable renewable energy sources entering the grid. With the exponential growth of energy assets, generators, batteries, and consumers, the pressure is on DSOs to find ways to increase flexibility and continue to maintain grid stability.
To date, a dependence on conventional methods to determine flexibility and using historical data to manage flexibility procurement have led to a disconnect between flex management and the grid's requirements.
Flex disconnect - Reliance on traditional models
Solution
Our real-time flexibility co-ordination solution monitors grid performance and identifies flexibility needs to reduce high operational costs and target under-utilised assets.
Redefining how DSOs identify, schedule and dispatch flexibility within the grid
Key Characteristics
- Integrated power flows and data analytics with automatic reporting and real-time insights
- Scenario Simulation: Use of digital twin technology to manually or automatically test flexibility strategies in virtual environments, ensuring robust scheduling before actual implementation.
- Real-time Flexibility Procurement: Leverages real-time and predictive analytics to tailor flexibility procurement to actual grid needs.
- Dual Mode Operation: Offers real-time flexibility requirement projections on automated reports and dashboards using integrated data analytics in Suggestive Mode, and directly integrates with the system to send commands to assets in Operational Mode.
- Flexible integration with numerous environments, including cloud platforms, flex-marketplaces, SCADA, DERMS and ADMS systems.
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