A holistic approach for power system monitoring to support DSO transition

Meaningful and consistent (and synchronized) information for both transmission and distribution is now a necessity to improve the security in supporting ancillary services and to support fast decision making and fast response to various power system disturbances and faults at grid and component level. The increasing amount of distributed generations connecting at the medium and low voltage levels increases the complexity of challenges faced, thereby requiring the upgrade of existing practices. Decarbonization of transportation and heat will further impose significant challenges on the power system planning, operation and control. There has been always a trade-off between cost and reliability of the solutions proposed based on available information. The response time and data requirements of those solutions are key elements determining their possible uptake in practice. This project will investigate the holistic approach for hybrid integration of PMU-based WAMS, modified integrated fault recorder and other power system monitoring and data acquisition methods to support smart grid operations and DSO transition to deliver net zero target.