Network Reliability: Delivering Customer Comfort beyond Net Zero
In this session National Grid Electricity Distribution will showcase its latest innovation projects, sharing learnings from the projects and looking ahead to future roll out across not just the business but all DNOs. All projects aim to ensure the network remains reliable when customers need it most, offering valuable insights for DNOs and other utilities looking to increase the resilience of their asset base.
Chair: Roger Hey, Head of development, National Grid Electricity Distribution
Project Pre-fix: building capability to detect and locate brewing HV faults and locating causes of unplanned outages
Paul Morris, Innovation Manager, National Grid Electricity Distribution
Project ACCELERATED(Assessment of Climate Change Event Likelihood Embedded in Risk Assessment Targeting Electricity Distribution): using the latest climate science to understand the impact of climate change on performance of distribution assets
Liza Troshka, Innovation Engineer, National Grid Electricity Distribution
Project Reliability Threat Assessment: improving predictions of reconnection times following a fault
Felix Peterken, Innovation Engineer, National Grid Electricity Distribution
Project ALARM (Automatic Location of Arc-faults through Remote Monitoring) - ALARM has tested LV monitoring devices with distance to fault capability, which were proven to assist us in being more proactive in fault location and resolution. The project is now being rolled out into Business as Usual
Jacob Lynch, Innovation Engineer, National Grid Electricity Distribution
