Tricked Out Substations: Technological advancements are being applied to substations at the equipment level

摘要

It is doubtful anyone involved with the beginnings of the electric utility industry ever envisioned how the transmission grid would be used in today's world. Huge amounts of bulk power are transported across extremely long distances in an effort to meet ever-increasing demands for electricity. There are problems with congestion, reliability, cyber security, connecting variable renewable resources, the environment and economics. Interestingly, technological advancements applied in the electrical substation are playing an important role in addressing and solving these issues.