An assertion that the Systems ArchitectureA formal element of Systems Engineering, which enables objec... Click for more of a Power SystemA highly complex cyber-physical and transactional System tha... Click for more hosting high levels of Distributed Energy Resources (DER/CER)A diverse range of small to medium scale Energy Resources th... Click for more must either be entirely centralised or entirely decentralised.
In practice, however, both approaches have strengths and weaknesses that must be carefully balanced to provision each Power Systems to meet the CustomerThe human individuals, families, organisations, institutions... Click for more & Societal Objectives in a particular jurisdiction. For example, a wholly centralised ArchitectureEvery functioning System created by humans has an architectu... Click for more may experience increasing ScalabilityAn architectural characteristic that takes the future scale ... Click for more and ResilienceThe ability of the Power System to avoid or withstand stress... Click for more challenges whereas a wholly decentralised scheme may experience increasing Co-optimisationCo-optimisation is a structured approach to ensuring that En... Click for more challenges.
Where a significant transformation of a Power Systems is underway, holistic consideration of the seven inter-dependent structures reflected by the Network of StructuresA modern Power System consists of an ultra-complex web of se... Click for more model becomes critical. Rather than a ‘big bang’ architectural shift, this will then enable a progressive transition in which elements of both schemes may co-exist as a legacy Architecture is progressively transitioned over time toward the desired future Architecture.
Refer also to Centralised Future ArchitectureA vision of a future Power System that is a logical extensio... Click for more and Layered Future ArchitectureA vision of the future Power System that is informed by the ... Click for more.