Project Synthesis – Effective Regional Inertia Monitoring and Automatic Control with a Whole System Approach | NIA_SPEN_0053

Jun 2020

Electricity Transmission and Electricity Distribution

Project Synthesis – Effective Regional Inertia Monitoring and Automatic Control with a Whole System Approach

Reference: NIA_SPEN_0053

Status: Live

Start Date: Jun 2020

End Date: Dec 2021

Funding Licencee(s): SP Energy Networks, SP Distribution, SP Manweb and SP Transmission

Contact: James Yu

Funding Mechanism Network Innovation Allowance

Research Area: ED - Transition to low carbon future, ED - New technologies and commercial evolution, ED - Safety, health and environment, ET - Transition to low carbon future, ET - Safety and health and environment

Core Technology(ies): Environmental, Low Carbon Generation and Network Monitoring

Estimated Expenditure: £350,000.00

Introduction: This project will quantify the potential viability of a range of technologies to act as network frequency response services across various timescales.

Objectives: The overall aim of this project is to quantify the potential viability of a range of technologies to act as network frequency response services across various timescales. The aims of the project can be broken down as follows:

Establish the technical requirements for the various levels of frequency response provision
Conduct a gap analysis to establish the TRL of the available generation, demand, storage and vector shift solutions
Report on the viability of the various technologies, including an indicative roadmap of how low TRL technologies might be accelerated to be included in a whole energy system solution.