Future issues start in the present!
Today, we Lay the Foundations for Tomorrow - Also in Terms of Energy.
Modern lifestyles demand more and more electrical energy. This fact is not new. Nevertheless, power grid operators around the world still have a lot of catching up to do in order to make their grids fit for future challenges.
This starts on a small scale, where local grids must be designed to ensure that electricity no longer flows in one direction only from the producer to the consumer, but that private households and companies produce electricity via their own plants and feed surpluses into the public grid.
In future, such surpluses will be increasingly used on a large scale to convert electrical energy into forms that can be stored better and with less loss – keyword sector coupling.
And finally, power supply companies and transport system operators are also in demand. They must make their grids more flexible in terms of managing supply and demand, while at the same time ensuring that they can operate safely and with as little disruption as possible. Digital substations are an important element of this, as they can not only be built in a more resource-efficient way, but also offer considerable advantages in terms of reliability and personal safety.
