AUTOMATIC VOLTAGE CONTROL FOR SMART GRIDS

Following the Customer Led Network Revolution trials under the LCNI funding scheme, Northern Powergrid identified the need to adapt its network for the new Smart Grid era: a rapidly increasing number of distributed generation, electric vehicle and STOR connections.
Key to the project is the need to improve voltage control in order to avoid having to reinforce the network while maintaining a healthy network supply within statutory limits.
Northern Powergrid chose Fundamentals’ SuperTAPP SG relay to provide AVC (Automated Voltage Control) across its southern region
to enable Smart Grid deployment, future proof the existing network for more distributed generation connections and prepare it for increasingly dynamic system conditions.
As part of the programme, Northern Powergrid is taking the opportunity to review its whole voltage control infrastructure, identifying assets that need upgrading and/or refurbishment to ready its substations for future network challenges.