Please find below selected joint research projects from EURAMET's European Metrology Research Programmes (EMRP and EMPIR) that are related to Smart Electricity Grids:
Current projects
Metrology for digital substation instrumentation
Digital-IT
As the use of decentralised renewable energy grows, so too does the need for real-time control and monitoring of energy networks. Renewable sources ar...
read moreTowards a true 8-digit digitiser
True8DIGIT
Manufacturing, medical diagnostics, energy and environmental protection all employ sensors that measure phenomena by converting it into an analogue si...
read moreCompleted projects
Non-conventional voltage and current sensors for future power grids
FutureGrid
Integrating power from renewable energy sources into existing distribution grids will become an essential requirement for reducing CO2 emissions. Howe...
read moreMetrology for efficient and safe innovative lighting
MESaIL
The electricity generation sector is the largest contributor to global CO2 emissions, and lighting consumes one fifth of produced electricity. Househo...
read moreSensor network metrology for the determination of electrical grid characteristics
GridSens
Smart Grids could unlock further expansion of renewable generation capacity, enabling the control of what will be more distributed and complex network...
read moreNext generation of power and energy measuring techniques
Power & Energy
The project aimed at developing a metrology infrastructure consisting of equipment designs, algorithms, procedures and techniques that will enable the...
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