Load management is one part of SMIGHT NeMS, the network management system for low-voltage grids.
The best kind of intervention is the one that never needs to be made.
If it is unavoidable, however, distribution system operators can now use SMIGHT Grid2 to record, identify and eliminate bottlenecks to the full extent using the proven sensor technology.
SMIGHT Grid2 provides the transparency needed to react before the grid reaches a critical state.
If the need to take action cannot be avoided, load management within SMIGHT NeMS represents a pragmatic way of doing so – for the first time, without having to bring in a complex digital grid model and expensive software.
preventive or
network-serving
SMIGHT NeMS offers both preventive (without measurement data) and measurement data-based, grid-supporting load management. This allows the entire process chain to be mapped: from the recorded and reported overload to the triggering of a dimming command via BDEW-WebAPI to the relevant controllable consumption devices (SteuVE).
With the SMIGHT NeMS monthly report, you can keep track of all monitored and controlled outgoing circuits and dimming processes at all times. SMIGHT NeMS also takes care of documentation in accordance with BNetzA and VDE FNN specifications.
4 steps to compliant load management
#1 Connect
Distribution system operators must immediately connect all controllable loads within scope.
#2 Understand
Distribution system operators must identify/understand bottlenecks and avoid them by taking preventive measures.
#3 Manage
Distribution system operators are permitted to reduce loads in the event of highly critical grid conditions under certain circumstances.
#4 Optimize
Distribution system operators must permanently eliminate bottlenecks through grid expansion.
MEASURE with
SMIGHT Grid2 sensor technology
What you measure you don’t need to estimate. However, you don’t need to measure everything, everywhere, all at once.
What: Current, voltage, and phase angle.
Where: Only where load issues exist.
When: Deploy sensors in a steady roll-out as demand increases.
INTERPRET with the
SMIGHT Grid2 Cockpit
Produce insights out of data.
Prioritise: Find out where you need to apply your limited resources.
Utilise: Identify how to fully exploit your existing assets and infrastructure.
Estimate: Use your measured data to produce more accurate estimations of what you don’t measure.
ACT with
SMIGHT NeMS
Turn insights into reality.
Reinforce and develop your grid.
Deploy flexibility and load management where and when it is needed.
Connect more customers to your network.
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