Future Grid Accelerator
Why the Future Grid Accelerator?
Global electricity grids are experiencing levels of operational volatility not anticipated by their original architects as variable renewable generation is deployed at massive scale. This is further compounded as the withdrawal of conventional ‘dispatchable’ generation accelerates. This is because synchronous generation has provided essential system services needed by the grid and the flexibility to balance supply and demand every second of the year.
For our deeply decarbonised Future Grids to be secure, cost efficient and customer-centric, these complex physics-based systems increasingly require…
Bulk power, transmission and distribution systems – and the rapidly expanding fleet of distributed resources – to be made capable of functioning far more dynamically and holistically end-to-end as an integrated, self-balancing system.
Designed as traditional linear supply chains, however, our legacy power systems have often been deeply ‘siloed’. Many professionals working, for example, in the distribution sector have required only limited or no interaction with the bulk power system, and vice versa.
By contrast, these ultra complex systems are now experiencing a profound transformation, ultimately requiring them to become far more dynamically interdependent. Occurring at unprecedented scale and pace, this requires new ways of thinking and working together that are far more holistic, inclusive and integrative.
The Future Grid Accelerator is a unique global resource that supports multi-stakeholder collaboration across the full value chain of conventional, transforming and future electric power systems.