How can our power grids be made fit for the energy transition?
Interdisciplinary team shows the way to resilient and sustainable power grids
An international research team from JARA partner RWTH Aachen University and Aalborg University has presented a new concept for the power grids of the future in the journal Nature Reviews Electrical Engineering. Prof. Antonello Monti, Director of JARA-ENERGY and Professor at RWTH Aachen University, plays a key role in this research.
The researchers demonstrate how power grids can become more resilient to outages, particularly in the face of fluctuating energy from wind and solar power. Decentralization is the key: instead of synchronizing the entire grid through a single frequency, they propose dividing it into many smaller, autonomous subnetworks that exchange energy in a targeted way. Modern power electronics and communication technologies enable this flexible and stable mode of operation.
Further information is available on the RWTH Aachen University website: https://www.rwth-aachen.de/cms/root/wir/aktuell/pressemitteilungen/november-2024/forschung-die-die-gesellschaft-veraende/~bkldhz/-wir-wollen-das-regelungsprinzip-des-str/?lidx=1