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With Smart Grid Intelligence solutions from Aidon, energy distribution system operators will get an accurate picture of the state of the distribution grid to help with grid and capacity management and the planning of maintenance tasks.

Smart Grid Intelligence can be applied at three levels:

1. Proactive monitoring: voltage quality and preventive maintenance
2. Reactive monitoring: real time alarms for immediate action
3. Analysing: detailed information for analysis and problem solving

These together provide a comprehensive grid intelligence solution, which utilises the high sampling frequency of the metering devices, intelligent grid management algorithms and the latest IoT connectivity technologies.

Intelligent sensors in the households

The smart electricity meters installed houses act as intelligent sensors, which produce information about the consumption point’s situation. Examples of such information are voltage quality variations as well as details of failures or disturbances which may be caused by malfunctioning electrical supply or faulty installations. Detecting the events when they occur or are likely to occur provides the DSO’s service team the ability to quickly locate the problem, and corrective action can be taken to prevent eventual accidents and minimise any further damage.

Broader overview with transformation station monitoring

With our advanced transformer station monitoring solution Aidon TRAFO, the DSO will get a broader view over the entire low voltage grid. For example, management of the constantly increasing micro-production by renewable energy sources such as wind and solar power, set new requirements on the transformer-level distribution grid capabilities. Aidon TRAFO Solution is a cost-efficient, secure and easy-to-deploy end-to-end approach for monitoring of transformer stations and the low voltage grid on feeder line level. This advanced monitoring solution provides DSOs with a comprehensive view over the entire low voltage grid, facilitating better management of electricity distribution in terms of quality, quantity, and cost, both in daily operations and over longer periods.

See also: Aidon Feeder Line Measurement Device

Cost savings in daily operations

The benefits of Smart Grid Intelligence can be immediately seen as cost savings in the utility’s customer service. The operations related to fault prevention and fixing as well as reacting to network disturbances are significantly more efficient as less time is needed on troubleshooting and repair work. Moreover, the solution helps DSOs prevent some of the failures from happening at all via early-warning alarms and statistical analytics capabilities. The latest IoT connectivity technologies utilised by the solution guarantee reliable and timely delivery of the monitored data and at its best, a fault in the grid or at a customers’ destination never happens or can be fixed before the customer even notices it. Minimised network outages also means significant savings in compensations to be paid to the customers.

Improved efficiency on the long run

From the grid efficiency point of view a good overview of the network resources is necessary. Monitoring the voltage levels and other parameters at a transformer station and throughout the power line up to the last consumption point reveals eventual delivery quality deviations and their source of origin without separate and expensive quality metering devices. In addition, transformer station monitoring provides information about possible network overload, which, without intervention, leads to premature wear and accelerated failure of the grid equipment.

Loss management enabled by metering at the transformer and in the households gives a clear view on how much of the supplied energy is lost during the distribution. Any loss that cannot be billed from customers means lost income for the utility. Thus, finding and eliminating the root causes for loss, whether it’s a question of a connection failure, theft or something else, results in cost savings.