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Smart Grid Metrology workshop a great success
The Smart Grid Metrology workshop organized by VSL on 25 and 26 June in Noordwijk, the Netherlands, was a great success. The workshop was one of the final activities of a European joint research project in the area of Smart Grid Metrology. In this project 22 metrology institutes and universities from 17 countries throughout Europe joined forces in order to tackle a series of measurement challenges related to the realization of Smart Electrical Grids.
Over 60 participants attended the workshop, including project partners, manufacturers, utility companies and other project stakeholders. There were oral and poster presentations, as well as a series of booths where project partners and equipment manufacturers demonstrated high precision measurements for smart grids. The presentations were followed by lively discussions, many of which continued into the breaks of the workshop.
Several presentations showcased the excellent results achieved by partners within the Smart Grid Metrology project. The first session on phasor measurement units (PMUs) raised great interest with several presentations from the project stakeholders. PMUs are increasingly being used in smart grids to monitor their stability. The presentations included the development of PMU algorithms, PMU calibration facilities and the actual use of PMUs in grids in Sweden and Greece. In the second session on metering a significant step forward was presented with the realization of on-site high voltage revenue metering systems. In the area of Power Quality, the results were shared from a series of on-site measurement campaigns carried out at grid substations, an industry site with several renewable energy sources (wind, solar cells), near a windmill and in a residential area with retrofitted solar panels.
In all three areas the lessons learned during the project were clearly shown. These were indicative of the success of the project, which stemmed from the fruitful interaction between metrologists and technicians from utilities and other stakeholders.
The presentations of the workshop will be available soon on the SmartGrid project website. See http://www.smartgrid-metrology.eu/workshop
Further information contact Gert Rietveld, grietveld@vsl.nl
