The vertical layers of a GW-scale PowerElectrical represents rate at which Energy is transferred th... Click for more SystemA set of Components that are formally related together by a ... Click for more including the Bulk Power SystemThe large-scale Generation Plant and other Energy Resources ... Click for more, Transmission NetworksThe High Voltage (HV) network that transports Power over lon... Click for more and Distribution NetworksA network that transports Electricity from the Bulk Supply P... Click for more. In a conceptual sense, as Distributed Energy Resource (DER/CER)A diverse range of small to medium scale Energy Resources th... Click for more volumes increase, these may also be considered an additional virtual Tier/Layer.
In contexts where millions of diverse Energy ResourcesA universal term for all technologies that provide one or se... Click for more become ubiquitous across all layers of the Power Systems, the decomposition of such a System experiencing escalating ComplexityA System is complex if it has many interrelated, interconnec... Click for more across its natural layers becomes foundational to the design of future-ready Operational CoordinationOperational Coordination is the systematic operational align... Click for more mechanisms.
Employing the mathematical method known as Layered DecompositionA formally established mathematical technique employed in ma... Click for more, such highly complex optimisation problems are decomposed from a master problem into a sub-problem and then sub-sub-problems in a recursive manner. In the case of Power Systems, each level of decomposition for the consideration of advanced Operational Coordination is a Tier/Layer.
Refer also to Layered Future ArchitectureA vision of the future Power System that is informed by the ... Click for more and Centralised Future ArchitectureA vision of a future Power System that is a logical extensio... Click for more.