A modern Power SystemA highly complex cyber-physical and transactional System tha... Click for more consists of an ultra-complex web of seven distinct, inter-dependent StructuresThe stable relationships, linkages and interdependencies tha... Click for more. Viewed from a whole-system perspective, the Power System is a Network of Structures that consists of:
a) Electricity Infrastructure (Power Flows)Infrastructures and subsystems that provide for the generati... Click for more;
b) Digital InfrastructureInfrastructures and subsystems that provide for all informat... Click for more (Information/Data Exchange);
c) Operational Coordination StructureInfrastructures and Subsystems that support the systematic o... Click for more;
d) Transactional StructureInfrastructures and Subsystems that provide for the valuatio... Click for more;
e) Industry / Market StructureThe range of Entities involved in operating an end-to-end Po... Click for more;
f) Governance / Regulatory StructureThe range of Entities involved in the governance and regulat... Click for more; and,
g) Sector Coupling StructuresAs decarbonisation advances, the proactive management of Int... Click for more (Gas, Water, Transport, etc).
Many of these structures have evolved progressively over several decades in the service of highly centralised, one-directional legacy Power System. As the functions of our Power System transform to enable a deeply decarbonised future, it is essential to recognise that these legacy structures contain hidden and overt interactions, cross-couplings and constraints which, if unaddressed, fundamentally impede change.
This is critically important as the underlying Structure of any complex SystemA set of Components that are formally related together by a ... Click for more, including that of GW-scale Power System, will always establish its essential limits and disproportionately impact what it can reliably and cost-effectively perform. Therefore, the Network of Structures paradigm enables whole-system analysis and mapping of the legacy structural constraints that impact the end-to-end system to enable targeted interventions to ensure the Power System is made future-ready.
