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Projects: Projects for Investigator
Reference Number	NIA_NGET0125
Title	EPRI Research Collaboration on Grid Operations and Control
Status	Completed
Energy Categories	Other Power and Storage Technologies(Electricity transmission and distribution) 100%;
Research Types	Applied Research and Development 100%
Science and Technology Fields	ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Electrical and Electronic Engineering) 100%
UKERC Cross Cutting Characterisation	Not Cross-cutting 100%
Principal Investigator	Project Contact No email address given National Grid Electricity Transmission
Award Type	Network Innovation Allowance
Funding Source	Ofgem
Start Date	01 April 2013
End Date	01 January 2015
Duration	21 months
Total Grant Value	£4,243,923
Industrial Sectors	Power
Region	London
Programme	Network Innovation Allowance
Investigators	Principal Investigator	Project Contact , National Grid Electricity Transmission (100.000%)
Web Site	http://www.smarternetworks.org/project/NIA_NGET0125
Objectives	EPRI Project 39. 011: Situational Awareness Using Comprehensive Information Visualization of multiple power system operating boundaries/margins in aggregated views for system operators Incorporating advanced asset condition related information into operations security analysis. EPRI Project 39. 012: System Voltage and Reactive Power Management Developing hybrid methods and tools that combine the measurement-based and simulation-based approaches to help system operators better monitor and control voltage stability Developing methods and tools to forecast day-ahead reactive power needs and develop optimized schedules for reactive power resources. EPRI Project 173A: Bulk Power System Integration of Variable Generation - System Planning Methods, Tools and Analytics Research and validate models and tools for generic wind and photovoltaic generation to increase security and more efficient use of new and existing transmission assets Develop methods and tools to enable transmission planners to incorporate and considers the added uncertainty when evaluating system reliability and facility upgrades to support future generation and load requirements. Developing tools and guidelines protection to contribution to the reliable operation of system with existing renewable resources and assessing the integration of new renewables in the system. EPRI Project 173A: Bulk Power System Integration of Variable Generation - System Operation Methods, Tools and Analytics Investigate and validate existing reserve schedules and determine optimal dispatches to respond to random forecast errors and contingencies. Develop an extensive understanding of forecast needs and value for system operations and improve methods and practices to integrate forecasting. Examine system voltage and frequency impact of high penetration of renewable resources; develop mitigating strategies and evaluate new technologies and resources to support these strategies. EPRI Project 39. 011: Situational Awareness Using Comprehensive Information Develop reliability through improved system operators’ situational awareness and improved system operators’ monitoring of critical equipment utilization. Develop security through reducing the risk of cascading outages caused by insufficient operating margins or equipment failures. EPRI Project 39. 012: System Voltage and Reactive Power Management Provide guidance on study tools, techniques, procedures, and modelling for investigating voltage stability and identify mitigation measures. Provide situational awareness for potential voltage stability issues. Facilitate decision making to help avoid or mitigate a potential voltage instability scenario. Provide operators an ability to arrive at an optimized plan for reactive power resources allocation and voltage profile to be followed over the course of a day. Also, provide guidance and strategies to maintain system security under foreseen system changes and events, as well as unexpected contingencies. EPRI Project 173A: Bulk Power System Integration of Variable Generation - System Planning Methods, Tools and Analytics Develop methods and tools for supporting resource adequacy and transmission planning for systems that accommodate high levels of variable generation such as wind power and solar PV. EPRI Project 173A: Bulk Power System Integration of Variable Generation - System Operation Methods, Tools and Analytics Develop methods and tools to use in the operational planning time frame,for example: efficiently schedule resources to meet demand and improve frequency control. Future year tasks will collect use cases from utilities to generate recommended practices as well as identifying the potential gaps for improvement.
Abstract	The Worldwide electricity industry recognises that there are parallel challenges within the field of electricity transmission which are more economically investigated and addressed through collaborative learning and knowledge generation among key industry stakeholders. The Electric Power Research Institution (EPRI), with its wide international membership, takes a key role in determining and delivering the most impactful R&D projects. This portfolio of work is focused on Grid Operations and Control (GOC) which address key aspects of National Grid’s Innovation Strategy. Today’s power system must be operated to meet objectives for which it was not explicitly designed. The transmission system is operated to transfer larger amounts of energy over greater distances utilizing an increasingly higher percentage of non-traditional resources than were considered when it was built. Generation resources are more constrained and increasingly more variable and uncertain. Demand resources are now considered as an option for resource adequacy and providing ancillary services in many regions. All of the changes are occurring at a rate that is outpacing corresponding growth in transmission infrastructure. As a result, today’s grid is operated much closer to the margin. Under these circumstances, it is imperative that operators be provided with good information based on real-time data regarding the status of the system, as well as decision-making support to respond to rapid changes that might occur in the near future. The emergence of new sources of real-time data that are becoming available from synchrophasor measurements, asset health sensors, and forecasts of future load and variable renewable output levels enable the possibility of providing operators with increased situational awareness and advanced decision-support tools. System operators need such tools to continue reliably and economically to operate the system in the face of emerging challenges. EPRI’s Grid Operations research program is addressing these needs by improving real-time situational awareness, developing tools that use synchrophasor and other measurements to assess the present system operating point relative to thermal, transient, and voltage stability operating limits, and developing tools to manage the grid through extreme events and restore the system in the event of an outage. EPRI is a non-profit organization which facilitates a variety of research projects relating to GOC within the electricity industry. These collaborative projects bring together scientists, engineers and academic experts in the industry to help assess recognised challenges within the field. EPRI’s approach in managing collaborative projects is beneficial to provide National Grid with valuable information, learning and knowledge which would be more expensive to formulate on an individual basis. On an annual basis we work with EPRI to select a portfolio of projects which is made available to all collaborators; this annual portfolio review includes an overview of the project’s research value, the approach and alignment of objectives with the needs of and priorities for the GB Electricity Transmission Network. Each project that is chosen for National Grid to join is reviewed and agreed through our governance processes with authority for sanctioning innovation projects within the Company. Of the 12 Grid Operations and Planning projects put forward by EPRI members for 2013/14 programme, National Grid has identified four of particular value to the GB system. EPRI Project 39. 011: Situational Awareness Using Comprehensive Information EPRI Project 39. 012: System Voltage and Reactive Power Management EPRI Project 173A: Bulk Power System Integration of Variable Generation - System Planning Methods, Tools and Analytics, and EPRI Project 173A: Bulk Power System Integration of Variable Generation - System Operation Methods, Tools and Analytics.Note : Project Documents may be available via the ENA Smarter Networks Portal using the Website link above
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Added to Database	14/08/18